Southern Kings Super Rugby Match Schedule

Southern Kings

Local rugby lovers are in for a feast of rugby in 2013.

The Southern Kings franchise are scheduled to play 16 matches in the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament which runs from 15 February 2012 until the Vodacom Super Rugby Final on 3 August 2012.

Of those 16 matches the Southern Kings will play 8 matches in Port Elizabeth’s Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium plus one more at a local venue still to be confirmed. The first three matches against Force, Sharks and Chiefs will be home games. The enormity of the task ahead of Southern Kings players and administrators has become readily apparent now that pen has been put to paper with the release of the match schedule.

The Southern Kings have been granted one year in Super Rugby in order to show their ability and the dice appear to be stacked against them but locals are hoping that the Eastern Cape ‘frontier spirit’ will pull them through.

The Southern Kings 2013 Super Rugby Match Schedule:

1. Saturday 23 February – Kings v Force, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:10 Local Time
2. Saturday 9 March – Kings v Sharks, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:10 Local Time
3. Friday 15 March – Kings v Chiefs, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:10 Local Time
4. Saturday 23 March – Crusaders v Kings, AMI Stadium, Addington Christchurch @ 19:35 Local Time
5. Saturday 30 March – Hurricanes v Kings, Venue TBC @ 16:25 Local Time
6. Friday 5 April – Brumbies v Kings, Canberra Stadium, Canberra @ 19:40 Local Time
7. Saturday 13 April – Rebels v Kings, AAMI Park, Melbourne @ 19:40 Local Time
8. Saturday 20 April – Kings v Bulls, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:10 Local Time
9. Saturday 27 April – Cheetahs v Kings, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein @ 19:10 Local Time
10. Saturday 4 May – Kings v Waratahs, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:05 Local Time
11. Saturday 11 May – Kings v Highlanders, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 19:05 Local Time
12. Saturday 25 May – Kings v Cheetahs, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 15:00 Local Time
13. Saturday 1 June – Stormers v Kings, DHL Newlands Stadium, Cape Town @ 17:05 Local Time
14. Saturday 29 June – Bulls v Kings, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria @ 17:05 Local Time
15. Saturday 6 July – Kings v Stormers, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth @ 17:05 Local Time
16. Saturday 13 July – Sharks v Kings, Mr Price Kings Park, Durban @ 17:05 Local Time

Related: The 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby draw. | Southern Kings First Match in Super Rugby.