2017 Southern Kings season

In 2017, the Southern Kings participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their third appearance in the competition after also playing in 2013 and 2016. They were included in the Africa 2 Conference of the competition, along with Jaguares, Lions and Sharks.

Southern Kings

2017 season
Head coach	Deon Davids
Captain	Schalk Ferreira
Stadium	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Overall	11th
S.A. Group	5th
Africa 2 Conference	4th
Record	Won 6, Lost 9
Top try scorer	All: Makazole Mapimpi (11)
Top points scorer	All: Lionel Cronjé (136)
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In April 2017, SANZAAR announced that three clubs would be cut from Super Rugby for the 2018 Super Rugby season, with two of those teams coming from South Africa.[1] A newly-established SARU Franchise Committee was tasked with determining the two teams to drop out of Super Rugby,[2] and on 7 July 2017, it was confirmed that the Cheetahs and Kings would not participate in the competition going forward, but would "explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions".[3] On 1 August 2017, the European-based Pro12 announced that the competition would expand to 14 teams — being rebranded the Pro14 — and that the Cheetahs and Kings would be the teams joining the expanded tournament from the 2017–18 season onwards.[4]

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Kings coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:

2017 Kings coaches and management
Position	Name
Head coach	Deon Davids
Forwards coach	Barend Pieterse
Backs coach	Vuyo Zangqa
Attack and fundamental skills coach	Dave Williams
Kicking coach	Henning van der Merwe
Conditioning coach	Nadus Nieuwoudt
Doctor	Dr Conrad van Hagen
Physiotherapist	Kim Naidoo
Team manager	Zingi Hela

Squad

The following players were named in the Kings squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

2017 Kings squad
Player	Union	Position/s	Date of birth (age)	Super Rugby		Kings
				Apps	Pts	Apps	Pts
Tango Balekile	Eastern Province Kings	Hooker	(1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 20)	–	–	–	–
Masixole Banda	Border Bulldogs	Fly-half / Fullback	(1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Martin Bezuidenhout	Eastern Province Kings	Hooker	(1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 27)	41	15	7	0
Thembelani Bholi	Eastern Province Kings	Flanker	(1990-01-18)18 January 1990 (aged 27)	9	5	9	5
Alshaun Bock	Griquas	Winger	(1982-05-16)16 May 1982 (aged 34)	–	–	–	–
Chrysander Botha	Eastern Province Kings	Fullback	(1988-07-13)13 July 1988 (aged 28)	11	0	–	–
Chris Cloete	Pumas	Flanker	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 26)	9	20	9	20
Lionel Cronjé	Eastern Province Kings	Fly-half	(1989-05-25)25 May 1989 (aged 27)	17	54	–	–
Christiaan de Bruin	Eastern Province Kings	Number eight	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Pieter-Steyn de Wet	Eastern Province Kings	Fly-half	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Ntabeni Dukisa	Border Bulldogs	Utility back	(1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Schalk Ferreira	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 33)	43	15	27	15
Justin Forwood	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1993-09-19)19 September 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Ross Geldenhuys	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1983-04-19)19 April 1983 (aged 33)	40	0	–	–
Siyanda Grey	Eastern Province Kings	Winger	(1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 27)	5	0	5	0
Stokkies Hanekom	Golden Lions	Centre	(1989-05-17)17 May 1989 (aged 27)	6	0	–	–
Kurt Haupt	SWD Eagles	Hooker	(1989-01-17)17 January 1989 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Chris Heiberg	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 31)	23	0	–	–
Irné Herbst	Eastern Province Kings	Lock	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Malcolm Jaer	Eastern Province Kings	Fullback	(1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 21)	10	10	10	10
Berton Klaasen	Eastern Province Kings	Centre	(1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Ruaan Lerm	Pumas	Number eight	(1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 24)	3	0	–	–
Cameron Lindsay	Eastern Province Kings	Lock	(1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Mzamo Majola	Sharks	Prop	(1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Sintu Manjezi	Eastern Province Kings	Lock / Flanker	(1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 21)	2	0	2	0
Makazole Mapimpi	Border Bulldogs	Winger	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Neil Maritz	Sharks	Winger	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Garrick Mattheus	Eastern Province Kings	Fly-half	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 20)	–	–	–	–
Wandile Mjekevu	Sharks	Winger	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 26)	14	35	4	15
Giant Mtyanda	Eastern Province Kings	Lock	(1986-03-19)19 March 1986 (aged 30)	13	0	–	–
Waylon Murray	Eastern Province Kings	Centre	(1986-04-27)27 April 1986 (aged 30)	71	40	8	0
Andisa Ntsila	SWD Eagles	Flanker	(1993-11-07)7 November 1993 (aged 23)	2	0	2	0
Tyler Paul	Eastern Province Kings	Lock / Flanker	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Yaw Penxe	Eastern Province Kings	Winger	(1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 19)	–	–	–	–
Wandile Putuma	Border Bulldogs	Lock	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Louis Schreuder	Eastern Province Kings	Scrum-half	(1990-04-25)25 April 1990 (aged 26)	66	10	–	–
Ricky Schroeder	Eastern Province Kings	Scrum-half	(1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Johan Steyn	SWD Eagles	Scrum-half	(1995-10-08)8 October 1995 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Johann Tromp	Eastern Province Kings	Utility back	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Stefan Ungerer	Eastern Province Kings	Scrum-half	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 23)	17	25	–	–
Schalk van der Merwe	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1990-12-04)4 December 1990 (aged 26)	25	5	–	–
Wilhelm van der Sluys	Northampton Saints	Lock	(1991-08-14)14 August 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Dayan van der Westhuizen	Eastern Province Kings	Prop	(1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Rudi van Rooyen	Griquas	Scrum-half	(1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
CJ Velleman	Eastern Province Kings	Flanker	(1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 22)	10	0	10	0
Luzuko Vulindlu	SWD Eagles	Winger / Centre	(1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 29)	20	15	11	10
Mike Willemse	Eastern Province Kings	Hooker	(1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 24)	4	0	–	–
Stefan Willemse	Eastern Province Kings	Flanker	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 24)	11	0	11	0
Mzwanele Zito	Griquas	Lock	(1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–

Log

The final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:[5]

2017 Super Rugby standings

Australasian Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Crusaders	15	14	0	1	544	303	+241	77	37	7	0	63
2	Brumbies	15	6	0	9	315	279	+36	41	32	3	7	34
3	Hurricanes	15	12	0	3	596	272	+324	89	31	9	1	58
4	Chiefs	15	12	1	2	433	292	+141	55	30	6	1	57
5	Highlanders	15	11	0	4	488	308	+180	62	40	5	2	51
6	Blues	15	7	1	7	425	391	+34	55	50	4	3	37
7	Western Force	15	6	0	9	313	404	−91	36	55	1	1	26
8	Reds	15	4	0	11	321	479	−158	46	61	1	4	21
9	Waratahs	15	4	0	11	396	522	−126	52	68	1	2	19
10	Rebels	15	1	1	13	236	569	−333	23	79	0	3	9

South African Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Lions	15	14	0	1	590	268	+322	81	27	9	0	65
2	Stormers	15	10	0	5	490	436	+54	64	61	3	0	43
3	Sharks	15	9	1	5	392	323	+69	38	37	1	3	42
4	Jaguares	15	7	0	8	404	386	+18	49	45	1	4	33
5	Southern Kings	15	6	0	9	391	470	−79	49	60	1	3	28
6	Cheetahs	15	4	0	11	395	551	−156	46	75	1	4	21
7	Bulls	15	4	0	11	339	459	−120	39	59	0	4	20
8	Sunwolves	15	2	0	13	315	671	−356	41	96	1	3	12

Australian Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Brumbies 34 2 Western Force 26 3 Reds 21 4 Waratahs 19 5 Rebels 9 New Zealand Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Crusaders 63 2 Hurricanes 58 3 Chiefs 57 4 Highlanders 51 5 Blues 37 Africa 1 Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Stormers 43 2 Cheetahs 21 3 Bulls 20 4 Sunwolves 12 Africa 2 Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Lions 65 2 Sharks 42 3 Jaguares 33 4 Southern Kings 28

Overall Pos Team Pts 1 Lions 65 2 Crusaders 63 3 Stormers 43 4 Brumbies 34 5 Hurricanes 58 6 Chiefs 57 7 Highlanders 51 8 Sharks 42 9 Blues 37 10 Jaguares 33 11 Southern Kings 28 12 Western Force 26 13 Cheetahs 21 14 Reds 21 15 Bulls 20 16 Waratahs 19 17 Sunwolves 12 18 Rebels 9

Legend and Competition rules
Legend:
	Conference leaders, qualify to finals.		P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points
	Wildcard teams, qualify to finals.
	Dropped from Super Rugby for the 2018 season.
Competition rules:
Qualification: The top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. Points breakdown: * 4 points for a win * 2 points for a draw * 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less * 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows:[6] * Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top) * Log points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Overall try difference

Matches

	25 February 2017	Southern Kings	26–39	Jaguares	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:15	Try: Makazole Mapimpi  66' Luzuko Vulindlu  80' Con: Lionel Cronjé  66', 80' (2/2) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  4', 6', 8', 21' (4/4) Cards: Ross Geldenhuys 22' to 32'	Report[7] Scoreboard[8]	Try: Gonzalo Bertranou  15' Leonardo Senatore  53' Joaquín Tuculet  56' Con: Joaquín Díaz Bonilla  16' (1/1) Santiago González Iglesias  54', 58' (2/2) Pen: Joaquín Díaz Bonilla  2', 22', 32' (3/3) Santiago González Iglesias  40', 47', 50' (3/3) Cards: Felipe Ezcurra  73' Matías Moroni  79'	Attendance: 2,226[9] Referee: Jaco Peyper

	4 March 2017	Sunwolves	23–37	Southern Kings	National Stadium, Singapore
	18:55	Try: Timothy Lafaele  21' Kenki Fukuoka  78' Takaaki Nakazuru  80' Con: Hayden Cripps  22' (1/3) Pen: Hayden Cripps  56', 62' (2/4)	Report[10] Scoreboard[11]	Try: Rudi van Rooyen  14' Chris Cloete  33' Ruaan Lerm  65' Malcolm Jaer  77' Con: Lionel Cronjé  15', 34', 66', 78' (4/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  1', 54', 59' (3/3)	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	11 March 2017	Southern Kings	10–41	Stormers	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	15:05	Try: Makazole Mapimpi  55' Con: Lionel Cronjé  56' (1/1) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  4' (1/1)	Report[12] Scoreboard[13]	Try: Dillyn Leyds  15' Bjorn Basson  28' Rynhardt Elstadt  35' Robert du Preez  43' Justin Phillips  75' EW Viljoen  79' Con: Robert du Preez  31', 44' (2/4) Kurt Coleman  76', 80' (2/2) Pen: Robert du Preez  62' (1/1)	Attendance: 9,968[9] Referee: Shuhei Kubo

	18 March 2017	Sharks	19–17	Southern Kings	Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban
	19:30	Try: Lourens Adriaanse  26' Kobus van Wyk  65' Pen: Curwin Bosch  3', 43', 70' (3/3)	Report[14] Scoreboard[15]	Try: Ruaan Lerm  19' Makazole Mapimpi  31' Con: Lionel Cronjé  19', 32' (2/2) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  46' (1/3) Cards: Ross Geldenhuys 25' to 35' Chris Cloete 65' to 75'	Attendance: 19,263[9] Referee: Egon Seconds

	25 March 2017	Southern Kings	19–42	Lions	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	15:05	Try: Andisa Ntsila  1' Yaw Penxe  17' Malcolm Jaer  42' Con: Lionel Cronjé  1', 43' (2/3)	Report[16] Scoreboard[17]	Try: Madosh Tambwe  2', 24' Malcolm Marx  10' Elton Jantjies  14' Jaco Kriel  33' Harold Vorster  75' Con: Elton Jantjies  3', 11', 14', 25', 34' (5/5) Andries Coetzee  76' (1/1)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	9 April 2017	Western Force	46–41	Southern Kings	nib Stadium, Perth
	14:05	Try: Jono Lance  9' Alex Newsome  39', 64' Dane Haylett-Petty  47' penalty try  71' Ben McCalman  74' Con: Jono Lance  10', 47' (2/3) Ian Prior  66', 75' (2/2) Pen: Jono Lance  7', 55' (1/1)	Report[18] Scoreboard[19]	Try: Justin Forwood  26' Yaw Penxe  40' Malcolm Jaer  42', 61', 63' Makazole Mapimpi  49' Con: Lionel Cronjé  28', 44', 62', 64' (4/6) Pen: Pieter-Steyn de Wet  77' (1/1)	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	15 April 2017	Reds	47–34	Southern Kings	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	15:05	Try: Eto Nabuli  5', 47' Karmichael Hunt  28', 53' George Smith  42' Izaia Perese  57', 60' Con: Quade Cooper  6', 28', 43', 54', 57', 61' (6/7) Cards: Duncan Paia'aua 37' to 47'	Report[20] Scoreboard[21]	Try: Chris Cloete  22' Louis Schreuder  50' Makazole Mapimpi  66', 74' Masixole Banda  72' Con: Lionel Cronjé  23', 52' (2/3) Pieter-Steyn de Wet  75' (1/2) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  38' (1/1) Cards: Wandile Mjekevu 68' to 78'	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	21 April 2017	Waratahs	24–26	Southern Kings	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
	19:45	Try: Taqele Naiyaravoro  12', 80' Rob Horne  23' Cameron Clark  33' Con: Bernard Foley  24', 80' (2/4) Cards: Ned Hanigan 32' to 42'	Report[22] Scoreboard[23]	Try: Justin Forwood  35' Masixole Banda  45' Mike Willemse  66' penalty try  76' Con: Lionel Cronjé  36', 67' (2/3) Cards: Chris Cloete 52' to 62'	Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

	29 April 2017	Southern Kings	44–3	Rebels	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:30	Try: Wandile Mjekevu  18' Martin Bezuidenhout  42' Tyler Paul  57' Pieter-Steyn de Wet  62' Makazole Mapimpi  69' Masixole Banda  79' Con: Lionel Cronjé  42' (1/2) Pieter-Steyn de Wet  63', 71', 80' (3/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  4', 34' (2/2)	Report[24] Scoreboard[25]	Pen: Reece Hodge  27' (1/1)	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	13 May 2017	Southern Kings	35–32	Sharks	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:15	Try: Alshaun Bock  4', 40' Lionel Cronjé  38' Pieter-Steyn de Wet  77' Con: Lionel Cronjé  38', 41', 79' (3/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  2', 62' (2/2) Drop: Lionel Cronjé  31' Cards: Ross Geldenhuys 53' to 63'	Report[26] Scoreboard[27]	Try: Dan du Preez  22' Lwazi Mvovo  58' Con: Patrick Lambie  24' (1/1) Garth April  59' (1/1) Pen: Patrick Lambie  12', 17' (2/2) Garth April  37', 54', 68', 74' (4/4) Cards: Rhyno Smith 38' to 48'	Referee: Federico Anselmi

	20 May 2017	Southern Kings	10–19	Brumbies	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:30	Try: penalty try  3' Pen: Lionel Cronjé  16' (1/1) Cards: Ross Geldenhuys 20' to 30'	Report[28] Scoreboard[29]	Try: Joshua Mann-Rea  21' Aidan Toua  63' Tom Banks  70' Con: Wharenui Hawera  64', 71' (2/3) Cards: Tom Banks 3' to 13'	Referee: Jaco Peyper

	28 May 2017	Lions	54–10	Southern Kings	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	14:30	Try: Andries Ferreira  10' Courtnall Skosan  18' Kwagga Smith  40', 54' Malcolm Marx  41' Jacques van Rooyen  49' Faf de Klerk  77' Andries Coetzee  80' Con: Elton Jantjies  19', 40', 42', 50', 55' (5/6) Andries Coetzee  78', 80' (2/2) Cards: Robbie Coetzee  30'	Report[30] Scoreboard[31]	Try: Luzuko Vulindlu  59' Con: Pieter-Steyn de Wet  60' (1/1) Pen: Pieter-Steyn de Wet  28' (1/1) Cards: Irné Herbst 8' to 18' Chris Cloete 30' to 40'	Referee: Jaco Peyper

	30 June 2017	Jaguares	30–31	Southern Kings	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
	20:05	Try: Juan Manuel Leguizamón  15' Emiliano Boffelli  30' Nicolás Sánchez  37' Joaquín Tuculet  41', 73' Con: Nicolás Sánchez  38' (1/4) Pen: Nicolás Sánchez  25' (1/2)	Report[32] Scoreboard[33]	Try: Luzuko Vulindlu  21' Makazole Mapimpi  27', 58' Wandile Mjekevu  70' Con: Lionel Cronjé  22', 28', 59', 71' (4/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  45' (1/2)	Referee: Jamie Nutbrown

	8 July 2017	Bulls	30–31	Southern Kings	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	17:15	Try: Jason Jenkins  40' Duncan Matthews  42' Jaco Visagie  76' Con: Tian Schoeman  40', 44', 77' (3/3) Pen: Tian Schoeman  5', 58', 65' (3/3) Cards: Jason Jenkins 21' to 31'	Report[34] Scoreboard[35]	Try: Makazole Mapimpi  10' Lionel Cronjé  24' Malcolm Jaer  33' Con: Lionel Cronjé  11', 25' (2/3) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  2', 72', 80' (3/3) Drop: Lionel Cronjé  66' Cards: Wandile Mjekevu 27' to 37' Giant Mtyanda 64' to 74'	Referee: Federico Anselmi

	14 July 2017	Southern Kings	20–21	Cheetahs	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Makazole Mapimpi  19' Wandile Mjekevu  34' Giant Mtyanda  43' Con: Lionel Cronjé  20' (1/3) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  62' (1/1)	Report[36] Scoreboard[37]	Try: Clinton Swart  67' Raymond Rhule  69' Con: Niel Marais  70' (1/2) Pen: Fred Zeilinga  5', 51' (2/2) Niel Marais  74' (1/1)	Referee: Shuhei Kubo

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Kings in 2017 is as follows:

2017 Kings player statistics
Player name	JAG	SUN	STO	SHA	LIO	FOR	RED	WAR	REB	SHA	BRU	LIO	JAG	BUL	CHE		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Schalk Ferreira	1	1	1	1									17	17	17		7	0	0	0
Mike Willemse	2	2	2	2	16	2	2	2	16				2	2	2		12	1	0	5
Ross Geldenhuys	3	3	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		13	0	0	0
Irné Herbst	4		5	4	4	4	19	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			13	0	0	0
Mzwanele Zito	5	5				19	4	19	19		19			19	19		8	0	0	0
Andisa Ntsila	6	6	20	7	7	7	20	8	8	8	8		8	8	8		14	1	0	5
Stefan Willemse	7	7		20	20				20	20	6	7					8	0	0	0
Ruaan Lerm	8	8	8	8	8	8	8										7	2	0	10
Louis Schreuder	9	9		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9		14	1	0	5
Lionel Cronjé	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10		10	10	10		14	2	126	136
Malcolm Jaer	11	11	11		15	15						15	15	15	15		9	6	0	30
Waylon Murray	12	12	13	12	12										23		6	0	0	0
Berton Klaasen	13	13	23	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13		15	0	0	0
Makazole Mapimpi	14	14	14	14		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11		14	11	0	55
Chrysander Botha	15										15						2	0	0	0
Martin Bezuidenhout	16					16	16	20	2	2	2	2	16	16	16		11	1	0	5
Schalk van der Merwe	17	17	17	17	1	1	17	17	17	1	1	1					12	0	0	0
Chris Heiberg	18		18		17	17	1			17	17						7	0	0	0
Tyler Paul	19	4	4	19	19	20	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7		15	1	0	5
Chris Cloete	20	20	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	6		14	2	0	10
Rudi van Rooyen	21	21													21		3	1	0	5
Masixole Banda	22	15	15	15			15	15	15	15			21	21	22		11	3	0	15
Luzuko Vulindlu	23	22	12		23	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		14	3	0	15
Kurt Haupt		16	16	16	2			16		16	16	16					8	0	0	0
Justin Forwood		18		18	18	3	3	1	1								7	2	0	10
Thembelani Bholi		19	7								20	20	20	20	20		7	0	0	0
Pieter-Steyn de Wet		23	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	10					10	2	16	26
Ricky Schroeder			9			21											2	0	0	0
Wilhelm van der Sluys			19	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5		5		11	0	0	0
Johan Steyn			21	21	21		21	21	21	21	21						8	0	0	0
Alshaun Bock				11	11					14	14	14					5	2	0	10
Johann Tromp				23													1	0	0	0
Yaw Penxe					14	14	14						23	23			5	2	0	10
Dayan van der Westhuizen						18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18		10	0	0	0
Wandile Mjekevu						22	22	14	14				14	14	14		7	3	0	15
Stokkies Hanekom								22	23	23	23	22					5	0	0	0
Giant Mtyanda										19	5	19	19	5	4		6	1	0	5
Mzamo Majola												17	1	1	1		4	0	0	0
Stefan Ungerer												21	22	22			3	0	0	0
Ntabeni Dukisa												23					1	0	0	0
Tango Balekile																	0	0	0	0
Christiaan de Bruin																	0	0	0	0
Siyanda Grey																	0	0	0	0
Cameron Lindsay																	0	0	0	0
Sintu Manjezi																	0	0	0	0
Neil Maritz																	0	0	0	0
Garrick Mattheus																	0	0	0	0
Wandile Putuma																	0	0	0	0
CJ Velleman																	0	0	0	0
penalty try																	–	2	–	14
Total																	15	49	142	391

• Tango Balekile, Christiaan de Bruin, Siyanda Grey, Cameron Lindsay, Sintu Manjezi, Neil Maritz, Garrick Mattheus, Wandile Putuma and CJ Velleman were included in the 2017 squad, but were never included in a matchday squad.

See also

• Southern Kings
• 2017 Super Rugby season

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