{"id":15559,"date":"2012-10-14T17:58:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/kings-to-meet-cheetahs-in-promotion-relegation-matches\/"},"modified":"2012-10-14T17:58:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:58:26","slug":"kings-to-meet-cheetahs-in-promotion-relegation-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kings-to-meet-cheetahs-in-promotion-relegation-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings to Meet Cheetahs in Promotion Relegation matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Eastern Province Kings are the 2012 Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a nailbiting 26-25 victory over the Ford Pumas in the final played in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Pumas\u2019 season is now over, but for the Kings their most important matches are still to come, in the form of a home-and-away promotion-relegation clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, who finished last on the Premier Division table. The first of these two matches will be played in Bloemfontein on Friday 19 October and the second in Port Elizabeth a week later.<\/p>\n

The Kings\u2019 participation in the promotion-relegation series was already assured before the final, after Alan Solomons\u2019 men had topped the First Division log at the conclusion of the round-robin matches.<\/p>\n

The rteturn of Springbok players to the Blue Bulls and Western Province ensured both teams of victory and Western Province\u2019s 36-15 defeat of the Cheetahs was the final nail in the coffin to see the Free State team end bottom of the log 2 points behind the Griquas.<\/p>\n

Predicting a winner in this two game tussle between the Kings and Free State is an interesting exercise, but, one would say that the odds are pretty well stacked against the Kings who have completed a bruising final and have to travel to Bloemfontein first and play against their rivals, who are back to full strength, twice in 7 days.<\/p>\n

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See what others are saying about the upcoming Kings Cheetahs promotion relegation games:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cheetahs will play a promotion\/Relegation match against EP Kings<\/a> for Currie Cup- shouldn\u2019t THEY be booted from Super15? #NoSense<\/a><\/span>
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Cheetahs to play promotion relegation match what a joke. Just make CC 8 teams and put the Pumas an Kings in next year. #everybodyhappy<\/a><\/span>
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This will be a crime \u201c@BrendenNel<\/a>: That bonus point try means the Cheetahs face the Kings in the promotion-relegation game\u2026\u201d<\/span>
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Looking forward to the promotion relegation game between the Cheetahs and Kings<\/span>
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Woke up this morning hoping that it was just a nightmare that my beloved Cheetahs are required to play Promotion\/Relegation vs EP Kings<\/a> #fml<\/a><\/span>
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EP Kings vs Cheetahs in the Promotionrelegation play off, but the Lions got the boot from Super Rugby? Very Confusing SARU.<\/span>
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And the cheetahs play the kings in promo\/relegation match! Should also be good viewing!<\/span>
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\u201c@NazirKhan07_<\/a>: nd Kings v Cheetahs 4 promotion\/relegation\u201dOh offcourse,that\u2019s gonna be interesting too!<\/span>
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