{"id":22760,"date":"2013-09-21T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/kings-sneak-in-against-the-valke\/"},"modified":"2013-09-21T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T13:00:24","slug":"kings-sneak-in-against-the-valke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kings-sneak-in-against-the-valke\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings sneak in against the Valke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scott van Breda. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n

The EP Kings were made to sweat as they edged to a 30-23 (half-time 17-20) victory over the Valke in an Absa Currie Cup First Division rugby match at NMB stadium in Port Elizabeth on Friday.<\/p>\n

The result was in the balance for the final 10 minutes and the game could have gone either way with the Valke producing a fighting performance which actually saw the bottom-of-the-log team leading at the break.<\/p>\n

The Kings will be relieved to have edged closer to securing a home semifinal berth but it was hardly a convincing performance from a team placed second on the standings.<\/p>\n

There were lost lineouts, handling errors and some poor judgment calls but in the end they got the four log points.<\/p>\n

The Valke deserve credit for the way they spoiled to great effect in the first half and they were also solid on defence after conceding two early tries.<\/p>\n

The Kings applied some serious pressure in the final 10 minutes and although they struggled to break the Valke defence they did go further ahead to secure the win through a Scott van Breda penalty<\/a>. \u2013 MWP<\/a><\/p>\n

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