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The Southern Kings<\/a> have announced their Super Rugby Squad to take on The Sharks at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday, 9th of March 2013.<\/p>\n The team will run onto the field under the leadership of Darron Nell, after Director of Rugby Alan Solomons announced that last Skipper Luke Watson had been named on the bench following the blow he took to his throat during the game against the Western Force.<\/p>\n \u201cLuke is still battling with inflammation in the throat and there are still a few concerns around his fitness levels for Saturday\u2019s game, and as a precaution we decided to keep him out of the starting line-up to ensure that we don\u2019t disrupt the training ahead of Saturday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe felt from a playing perspective it was best to have the starting fifteen settled early on in the week, and we\u2019ve done that. The consequence of that is that Darron comes up in place of David Bulbring, and takes up the leadership of the side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Solomons said Watson would be seeing a specialist later in the week, and if there were still concerns there were alternatives that could be considered. Strauss said the team would be bringing the same level of intensity against The Sharks, if not bringing a more intense game than what was played against the Western Force; \u201cAs a team we have set ourselves goals, and winning one game doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019ve really achieved anything yet\u2026 There is a big onus on us to improve on that and if we want to win more games in this competition then we are going to have to improve on that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no better way than to take on a side with fifteen Springboks and showing the world once again that we can play this game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nAndries Strauss, who celebrates his 29th birthday today, holds onto his Vice Captaincy, while Schalk Ferreira, who was battling a bit with a slight rib injury last week, has been named in the starting line-up.<\/p>\n