{"id":21673,"date":"2013-08-04T00:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T22:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/southern-kings-beat-lions-but-crash-out-of-super-rugby\/"},"modified":"2013-08-04T00:46:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T22:46:43","slug":"southern-kings-beat-lions-but-crash-out-of-super-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/southern-kings-beat-lions-but-crash-out-of-super-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Kings beat Lions but crash out of Super Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:SouthernKingsLogo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[12214]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Southern Kings\" alt=\"Southern Kings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f2b35_SouthernKingsLogo.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern Kings (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Kings crashed out of Super Rugby at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday evening despite beating the Lions 23-18 in the second promotion-relegation playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions took a seven-point lead into the final playoff game <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/lions-maul-southern-kings-in-pe-playoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">after beating the Southern Kings 26-19 <\/a>at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth last weekend and the Kings came desperately close to wiping out the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Kings led 9-8 at the break, but fell behind shortly after the resumption of play \u2013 only to stage a match-winning fightback in the final 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>But it was too little too late as the Lions fought their way back into Super Rugby for the 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/super-rugby-status-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f2b35_190558202_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/super-rugby-status-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby status on the line<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/lions-make-changes-ahead-of-game\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f2b35_190298445_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/lions-make-changes-ahead-of-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lions make changes ahead of game<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/lions-maul-southern-kings-in-pe-playoff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f2b35_188888383_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/lions-maul-southern-kings-in-pe-playoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lions maul Southern Kings in PE playoff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/14f99_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Kings (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Southern Kings crashed out of Super Rugby at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday evening despite beating the Lions 23-18 in the second promotion-relegation playoff game. 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