2014 Eastern Province Kings season explained

2014 Eastern Province Kings season
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Header1:	Team Information
Label2:	Stadium
Label3:	President
Data3:	Cheeky Watson
Label4:	Director of Rugby
Header5:	Currie Cup
Label6:	Coach
Data6:	Carlos Spencer
Label7:	Captain
Data7:	Luke Watson / Steven Sykes / Darron Nell / Ronnie Cooke
Label8:	Rank
Data8:	8th
Label9:	Record
Data9:	Won 1, Lost 9
Label10:	Top points scorer
Data10:	Scott van Breda (44)
Label11:	Top try scorers
Data11:	Shane Gates (5)
Header12:	Vodacom Cup (South)
Label20:	Coach
Data20:	Mzwandile Stick
Label21:	Captain
Data21:	Paul Schoeman / Stephan Zaayman / Albé de Swardt
Label22:	Rank
Data22:	5th
Label23:	Record
Data23:	Won 3, Lost 4
Label24:	Top points scorer
Data24:	Ntabeni Dukisa (50)
Label25:	Top try scorers
Data25:	Masixole Banda / Eben Barnard / Selvyn Davids / Ntabeni Dukisa / Ivan-John du Preez / Brian Skosana (2)
Header26:	Other seasons
Label27:	Previous season
Data27:	← 2013
Label28:	Next season
Data28:	2015 →

In 2014, the will participate in the Currie Cup and the Vodacom Cup competitions. The team will also play in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship and the team in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship. As part of the Southern Kings franchise, a number of players also participated in friendlies for this franchise.

Chronological list of events

• 5 November 2013: The squad for the 2014 season is revealed. New recruits include Jaco Grobler and BG Uys from the and Simon Kerrod from the .^[1]
• 11 November 2013: Rynier Bernardo and Shane Gates join the wider training group prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.^[2]
• 11 November 2013: The Kings announce that eighteen players from clubs from the Eastern Province union will be included in the EP Kings wider training squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup. The players selected are: Raymond Darries (Progress), Monray Evans (Grahamstown Brumbies), Giovano Fourie (Despatch), Tildon Goliath (Hankey Villagers), Tashriq Hearn (SAPS), Ben Jacobs (Progress), Kalvano King (Trying Stars), Ben Kleynhans (SAPS), Lance Louw (Rosebuds), Ronwich Lovemore (Gardens), Vincent Mains (Grahamstown Brumbies), Athenhosi Manentsa (African Bombers), Lumko Mbane (African Bombers), Luvuyo Mhlobiso (Spring Rose), Kevin Plaatjies (SAPS), Curtis Sias (Progress), Wade Stuurman (Kruisfontein) and Ignick Windvogel (Hankey Villagers).^[3]
• 17 November 2013: Lizo Gqoboka and George Whitehead join the wider training group prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.^[4]
• 19 November 2013: Giovano Fourie declines an invitation to join the wider training squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup due to work commitments in Rustenburg.^[5]
• 10 December 2013: Carlos Spencer joins the Kings as kicking and specialist skills coach on a five-year contract.^[6]
• 14 December 2013: Head coach Matt Sexton quits the Kings to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.^[7]
• 17 December 2013: Although initially signing for Toulouse as a medical joker, prop Schalk Ferreira signs a new three-year deal with the side, ruling out a return to the Kings.^[8]
• 3 January 2014: The Kings announce that head coach and and defensive coach Michael Horak will join them as a defensive coach following the completion of Shimlas' 2014 Varsity Cup campaign.^[9]
• 5 January 2014: Centre and vice-captain Andries Strauss joins Scottish side Edinburgh until 2016.^[10]
• 7 January 2014: Tiger Mangweni retires as a player and is appointed as the defensive coach for the EP Kings' Vodacom Cup side.^[11]
• 18 January 2014: Rynier Bernardo and Shane Gates, who were part of the wider training group, are not named in their final training group.^[12]
• 20 January 2014: Centre Dwayne Jenner joins the Kings from the, lock Stephan Greeff joins on a loan deal from the and hookers JC Oberholzer (from the) and Tabbie du Plessis (the younger brother of Springboks Bismarck and Jannie) join the Kings on trial.^[13]
• 25 January 2014: The – made up entirely of Eastern Province Kings players – lose 21–36 to the in a warm-up match prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.^[14]
• 28 January 2014: It is confirmed that Academy coach Mzwandile Stick would be the coach of the Eastern Province Kings during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition.^[15]
• 1 February 2014: The lose 19–12 to the in a Super Rugby warm-up match,^[16] while the Vodacom Cup side draw 22–22 against 2013 SARU Community Cup champions GAP Despatch.^[17]
• 7 February 2014: The lose their final warm-up match 7–40 to the .^[18]
• 13 February 2014: The are promoted to the Premier Division of the Currie Cup competition after it was announced that the competition will be expanded from six to eight teams.^[19]
• 17 February 2014: Kings CEO Charl Crous confirms that full-back Siviwe Soyizwapi joined Scott van Breda in signing for the on a loan deal, following injuries to Cheslin Kolbe and Jaco Taute.^[20]
• 20 February 2014: Kicking and specialist skills coach Carlos Spencer is also appointed as the head coach of the EP Kings for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season.^[21]
• 26 February 2014: The Eastern Province Vodacom Cup side lost 46–8 to in a pre-season trial match.^[22]
• 4 March 2014: Siviwe Soyizwapi and Scott van Breda return from their loan spell at the to be named in the side for their opening match of the 2014 Vodacom Cup season, against Kenyan side in Cape Town.^[23]
• 5 March 2014: The squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup is published.
• 8 March 2014: The EP Kings lose 17–10 to Kenyan side in the opening match of the 2014 Vodacom Cup. The Kings try scorers were Claude Tshidibi and Pieter Stemmet.^[24]
• 10 March 2014: Edinburgh Rugby announce that lock Izak van der Westhuizen will join the prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season.^[25]
• 15 March 2014: The EP Kings thrash Eastern Cape neighbours the 60–6 in a match played in Grahamstown. Masixole Banda and Brian Skosana both scored two tries, with Eben Barnard, Dwayne Kelly, Ivan-John du Preez, Selvyn Davids and Sonwabo Majola getting one each. Ntabeni Dukisa scored five conversions and a penalty while Dwayne Kelly also slotted a conversion.^[26] This result sees the Kings move up to fourth in the log.
• 22 March 2014: The EP Kings suffer a heavy defeat to to drop down to fifth position in the league. Tries from Michael Killian, Selvyn Davids and Kuhle Sonkosi, as well as seven points from the boot of Ntabeni Dukisa weren't enough as Western Province ran out 56–22 winners at the same venue of their Round One loss to – .^[27]
• 26 March 2014: The Kings confirm three new signings for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. Hooker Michael van Vuuren will join them from French Top 14 side Stade Français, along with two players from the – centre Tim Whitehead and utility back Hansie Graaff.^[28]
• 28 March 2014: The Welsh Rugby Union confirm that will play a match against the Eastern Province Kings as preparation for their 2014 test series against . The match will take place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on 10 June 2014.^[29]
• 29 March 2014: The EP Kings suffer their third defeat of the 2014 Vodacom Cup season by losing 31–3 to the in a match played in Cradock as part of the town's 200-year anniversary. George Whitehead scored the Kings' only points of the match when he opened the scoring with a fifth-minute penalty.
• 4 April 2014: A late drop goal from fly-half Karlo Aspeling condemn the EP Kings to their third consecutive defeat and effectively out of contention for a quarter final spot. The won 23–21 in George, leaving the Kings nine points off a top four spot with just two matches left to play. Ivan-John du Preez and Ntabeni Dukisa scored second-half tries for the Kings, with full-back Masixole Banda adding eleven points with the boot – one conversion and three penalties.
• 7 April 2014: The Kings confirm the signing of scrum-half Kevin Luiters on a three-and-a-half-year deal.^[30]
• 8 April 2014: Former Kings winger Paul Perez arrives in Port Elizabeth ahead of joining the Kings for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, pending a full recovery from a knee injury.^[31]
• 11 April 2014: The Eastern Province Kings record their first win in four matches, beating the 28–21 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The Kings were awarded a penalty try late in the first half, with Cameron Lindsay and Siphesihle Punguzwa adding two more in the second half. Ntabeni Dukisa converted two tries and scored three penalties to complete the scoring.
• 22 April 2014: Aidon Davis and Sergeal Petersen are included in the Baby Boks squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.^[32] However, results elsewhere confirmed that the Kings would not qualify for the Quarter Finals.
• 25 April 2014: The Kings end their 2014 Vodacom Cup campaign by winning 27–11 against the previously-undefeated in Durban. They scored three tries through Sergeal Petersen, Ntabeni Dukisa and Brian Skosana. Dukisa added another seven points by converting two tries and kicking a penalty and Kayle van Zyl converted the third try and also kicked a penalty to weigh in with five points. The result meant that the Kings consolidated fifth position in the Southern Section. Ntabeni Dukisa finished as top scorer for the competition with 50 points, while six players are tied in the top try-scoring charts with two tries apiece.
• 28 April 2014: Lock Rynier Bernardo joins Welsh Pro12 side Ospreys on a three-year deal.^[33] Another departure is winger Michael Killian, who announced his retirement from professional rugby.^[34]
• 13 May 2014: Fly-half Ntabeni Dukisa is another departure, joining the, initially on a loan deal for the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament only.
• 14 May 2014: Two front-rowers join the Kings, with experienced Springbok prop CJ van der Linde undergoing test to prove his fitness prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season and hooker Martin Ferreira also at training, despite previous expectations that he would join the .^[35]
• 20 May 2014: hooker Edgar Marutlulle, who played four matches for the during the 2013 Super Rugby season, also join in training sessions with the Eastern Province Kings.^[36] Meanwhile, scrum-half Dwayne Kelly join franchise partners on a deal for the remainder of 2014.
• 21 May 2014: The Eastern Province Rugby Union officially announces the signings of CJ van der Linde until the end of 2014 and Edgar Marutlulle until the end of 2015.^[37]
• 26 May 2014: Winger/centre Brian Skosana leaves the to join neighbours until the end of 2015.^[38]
• 29 May 2014: Ntabeni Dukisa's very short loan spell at ends as he returns to the Eastern Cape to be closer to his sick mother.^[39] Fullback Masixole Banda is named in the squad for the 2014 Currie Cup qualification competition.
• 3 June 2014: Another trio of new players are announced for the EP Kings – South African-born Italian international scrum-half Tobie Botes from Treviso, prop Tom Botha from French side Montpellier and Australian lock Steve Cummins from Shute Shield side Eastwood.^[40] All three players join the Kings for the duration of the Currie Cup competition only. The winger Cheslyn Roberts also joined the Kings on a ten-day trial basis, while prop Pieter Stemmet joined the on loan.^[41]
• 10 June 2014: The EP Kings lose 12–34 to in a tour match during their 2014 tour of South Africa.
• 13 June 2014: The side boost their lock options by re-signing David Bulbring from the . Bulbring previously played first class rugby in Port Elizabeth in 2012 and 2013.^[42]
• 17 June 2014: The previously-announced transfer of lock Izak van der Westhuizen is cancelled after he failed a medical. Van der Westhuizen suffered three concussions since the start of 2014 and a specialist advised that he should not play rugby for six months to a year.^[43] and fly-half Gary van Aswegen also joins the Kings for a one-month trial period.^[44]
• 20 June 2014: The Southern Kings ran in ten tries as they beat a weakened side 66–28 in a friendly match in Port Elizabeth.^[45]
• 25 June 2014: Another new recruit for the Kings is lock/flanker Shaun McDonald, who joins the side on a deal for the duration of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.^[46]
• 3 July 2014: The agent of lock Tazz Fuzani confirm that he would leave Cape Town at the end of the 2014 season and join the Kings on a two-year contract.^[47]
• 4 July 2014: The Southern Kings get yet another convincing victory as they scored seven tries in a 50–24 victory over the in another friendly match.^[48]
• 19 July 2014: The Eastern Province U18 side end the Craven Week as the top team by winning the unofficial final match, beating SWD U18 to win the tournament for the first time in 37 years.^[49]
• 21 July 2014: Henning van der Merwe is appointed as the new kicking coach for the Kings until 2017. He previously worked with the and .^[50]
• 31 July 2014: The South African Schools side for 2014 is released. Four Eastern Province players that played at the Craven Week tournament are named in the squad – prop Lupumlo Mguca, loose-forward Junior Pokomela, fly-half Curwin Bosch and fullback Keanu Vers.^[51]
• 19 August 2014: Centre Heino Bezuidenhout is also called up to the South African Schools team as a replacement for Morné Joubert.^[52]

Players

Player movements

In
Date	Player Name	From	Reference
align=center	PR	Simon Kerrod	/
align=center	PR	Vukile Sofisa
align=center	PR	BG Uys		align=center	^[53]
align=center	HK	Tabbie du Plessis		align=center
align=center	HK	Lumko Mbane	African Bombers
align=center	HK	Michael van Vuuren	Stade Français	align=center
align=center	LK	Louis Fourie
align=center	LK	Brendan Hector
align=center	LK	Ben Jacobs
align=center	LK	Kevin Kaba
align=center	LK	Cameron Lindsay
align=center	LK	Izak van der Westhuizen	Edinburgh	align=center
align=center	FL	Ivan-John du Preez	Stellenbosch Rugby Academy
align=center	FL	Tyler Paul
align=center	FL	Siphesihle Punguzwa
align=center	FL	Claude Tshidibi
align=center	FL	CJ Velleman
align=center	SH	Jaco Grobler		align=center	^[54]
align=center	SH	Kalvano King	Trying Stars
align=center	SH	Kevin Luiters		align=center
align=center	SH	Sonwabo Majola
align=center	SH	Kevin Plaatjies	SAPS
align=center	FH	Morné Hugo
align=center	FH	MC Venter
align=center	CE	Michael Bernardt	/
align=center	CE	Selvyn Davids
align=center	CE	Dwayne Jenner		align=center
align=center	CE	Luan Nieuwoudt
align=center	CE	Tim Whitehead		align=center
align=center	WG	Aya Dlepu	/
align=center	WG	Lance Louw	Rosebuds	align=center
align=center	WG	Sphu Msutwana
align=center	FB	Masixole Banda	African Bombers
align=center	FB	Hansie Graaff		align=center
align=center	FB	Malcolm Jaer	Eastern Province Craven Week squad
Out
Position	Player Name	To	Reference
align=center	PR	Kevin Buys	CA Brive	align=center	^[55]
align=center	PR	Jaco Engels	Wanderers	align=center	^[56]
align=center	PR	Zolani Faku		align=center
align=center	PR	Schalk Ferreira	Toulouse	align=center	^[57]
align=center	PR	Ross Geldenhuys	Waitohi	align=center	^[58]
align=center	PR	Marzuq Maarman		align=center
align=center	PR	Sphephelo Mayaba	Released
align=center	PR	Thabiso Mngomezulu	Released
align=center	PR	Enoch Mnyaka		align=center
align=center	HK	Boetie Britz	Released
align=center	HK	Bobby Dyer	Returned to Despatch
align=center	HK	Hannes Franklin
align=center	HK	Virgile Lacombe	Racing Métro	align=center	^[59]
align=center	HK	Bandise Maku		align=center	^[60]
align=center	HK	Madoda Yako	Spring Rose
align=center	LK	Daniel Adongo	Indianapolis Colts	align=center	^[61]
align=center	LK	David Bulbring		align=center
align=center	LK	Armand du Preez	Not named in squad
align=center	LK	Samora Fihlani	Not named in squad
align=center	LK	Thabo Mamojele		align=center	^[62]
align=center	LK	Schalk Oelofse		align=center	^[63]
align=center	LK	Wayne van Heerden	Retired	align=center	^[64]
align=center	LK	Mzwanele Zito		align=center
align=center	FL	Dalton Davis		align=center	^[65]
align=center	FL	Cornell du Preez	Edinburgh	align=center	^[66]
align=center	FL	Jacques Engelbrecht		align=center
align=center	FL	Renier Erasmus	Despatch
align=center	FL	Heinrich Leonard	Not named in squad
align=center	FL	Tomás Leonardi	S.I.C.	align=center	^[67]
align=center	FL	Siya Mangaliso	Not named in squad
align=center	FL	Mpho Mbiyozo	Released
align=center	FL	Kuselo Moyake	Baie Mare	align=center	^[68]
align=center	FL	Wimpie van der Walt	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	align=center	^[69]
align=center	SH	Boela Abrahams
align=center	SH	Scott Mathie	Retired
align=center	SH	Nicolás Vergallo	Lyon	align=center	^[70]
align=center	FH	Demetri Catrakilis		align=center	^[71]
align=center	FH	Wesley Dunlop	US Montauban	align=center	^[72]
align=center	CE	Waylon Murray		align=center
align=center	CE	Hadleigh Parkes	Auckland	align=center	^[73]
align=center	CE	Wayne Stevens		align=center	^[74]
align=center	CE	Andries Strauss	Edinburgh	align=center
align=center	WG	Norman Nelson
align=center	WG	Yamkela Ngam		align=center
align=center	WG	Marcello Sampson		align=center
align=center	WG	Andile Witbooi	Released
align=center	FB	SP Marais		align=center	^[75]

• players Johan Herbst, Grant Kemp and Elric van Vuuren, player Edgar Marutlulle and player Shaun Venter were part of the Super Rugby squad, but not contracted to the . They returned to their provinces after the 2013 Super Rugby season.

Vodacom Cup

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2014 Vodacom Cup Southern Section
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
align=left	Opposition	style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"
align=left	Cumulative Points	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	11	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	15
align=left	Southern Section Position	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	4th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5th
Key:	win	draw	loss

Player statistics

The following table shows players statistics for the 2014 Vodacom Cup season:

Player Statistics – 2014 Vodacom Cup
Player	Starts	Used Sub	Unused Sub	Points	Tries	Cons	Pens	DGs	YC	RC<	--Player Name	Sta	Sub	Unu	Pts	Try	Con	Pen	DGs	YCs	RCs-->
align=left	Lizo Gqoboka	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Simon Kerrod	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Brenden Olivier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Vukile Sofisa	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
align=left	Pieter Stemmet	3	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	BG Uys	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Albé de Swardt	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tabbie du Plessis	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Dane van der Westhuyzen	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Rynier Bernardo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Aidon Davis	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Brendan Hector	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left		3	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tyler Paul	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Kuhle Sonkosi	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Thembelani Bholi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Ivan-John du Preez	3	2	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Siphesihle Punguzwa	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Paul Schoeman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Claude Tshidibi	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	CJ Velleman	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Stefan Willemse	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Stephan Zaayman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jaco Grobler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Dwayne Kelly	5	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0
align=left	Kayle van Zyl	0	3	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
align=left	Kalvano King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sonwabo Majola	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Ntabeni Dukisa	6	1	0	50	2	11	6	0	0	0
align=left	Morné Hugo	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left		1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
align=left	Michael Bernardt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Selvyn Davids	1	3	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Andile Jho	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tiger Mangweni	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Luan Nieuwoudt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Scott van Breda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Eben Barnard	5	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Ofentse Boloko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Michael Killian	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Lance Louw	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sphu Msutwana	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sergeal Petersen	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Brian Skosana	4	3	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Masixole Banda	5	0	0	21	2	1	3	0	0	0
align=left	Malcolm Jaer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Siviwe Soyizwapi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	penalty try	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0

• Tim Agaba, Ronnie Cooke, Aya Dlepu, Charl du Plessis, Shane Gates, Siyanda Grey, Ben Jacobs, Dwayne Jenner, Kevin Kaba, Lumko Mbane, Darron Nell, Foxy Ntleki, Devin Oosthuizen, Kevin Plaatjies, Steven Sykes, Marlou van Niekerk, MC Venter and Luke Watson were named in the 2014 Vodacom Cup squad, but never included in a matchday 22.

Player appearances

The following players appeared for the Eastern Province Kings during the 2014 Vodacom Cup:

Player Appearances – 2014 Vodacom Cup
Player
align=left	Brenden Olivier	1	1	1
align=left		2	2	2	2	2	2	2
align=left	Vukile Sofisa	3	3	3	3	17
align=left	Kuhle Sonkosi	4		4
align=left	Brendan Hector	5		5
align=left		6	6	6	6	6	6	6
align=left	Claude Tshidibi	7
align=left	Stephan Zaayman	8	5		4
align=left	Kalvano King	9
align=left		10	10	10	22	10	10	10
align=left	Lance Louw	11	11	11
align=left		12	12	12		20
align=left		13
align=left	Eben Barnard	14	14			14	14	14
align=left		15
align=left		16	16	16
align=left	Pieter Stemmet	17	17			3	3	3
align=left	Ivan-John du Preez	18	8	8		8		19
align=left		19	19		19	19	19	7
align=left	Dwayne Kelly	20	9	9		9	9	9
align=left	Brian Skosana	21	13	13	13	13	22	22
align=left	Selvyn Davids	22	22	22	11
align=left			4		5
align=left	CJ Velleman		7	19		7
align=left	Masixole Banda		15	15	15	15	15
align=left	Aidon Davis		18	18	8		8	8
align=left	Sonwabo Majola		20	20	20
align=left	Sphu Msutwana		21	21	21	21
align=left	Paul Schoeman			7	7
align=left				14
align=left	Lizo Gqoboka			17	1	1	1	1
align=left	Jaco Grobler				9
align=left	George Whitehead				10
align=left	Luan Nieuwoudt				12
align=left					14			11
align=left	Dane van der Westhuyzen				16	16	16	16
align=left	BG Uys				17
align=left	Tyler Paul				18	18	18	18
align=left	Louis Fourie					4	4
align=left	Cameron Lindsay					5	5	5
align=left						11	11
align=left	Andile Jho					12	12	12
align=left	Kayle van Zyl					22	20	20
align=left							7	4
align=left	Michael Bernardt						13	13
align=left	Simon Kerrod						17	17
align=left	Morné Hugo						21	21
align=left	Malcolm Jaer							15

• Tim Agaba, Ronnie Cooke, Aya Dlepu, Charl du Plessis, Shane Gates, Siyanda Grey, Ben Jacobs, Dwayne Jenner, Kevin Kaba, Lumko Mbane, Darron Nell, Foxy Ntleki, Devin Oosthuizen, Kevin Plaatjies, Steven Sykes, Marlou van Niekerk, MC Venter and Luke Watson were named in the 2014 Vodacom Cup squad, but never included in a matchday 22.

International match

The Eastern Province Kings also hosted in a warm-up match during their 2014 test series against .^[29]

Currie Cup

See main article: 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
align=left	Opposition	style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"
align=left	Cumulative Points	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6
align=left	Position	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	8th
Key:	win	draw	loss

Player statistics

The following table shows players statistics for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season:

Player Statistics – 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
Player	Starts	Used Sub	Unused Sub	Points	Tries	Cons	Pens	DGs	YC	RC<	--Player Name	Sta	Sub	Unu	Pts	Try	Con	Pen	DGs	YCs	RCs-->
align=left	Tom Botha	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Charl du Plessis	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Lizo Gqoboka	6	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Simon Kerrod	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Charles Marais	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	BG Uys	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	CJ van der Linde	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Albé de Swardt	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Martin Ferreira	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
align=left	Edgar Marutlulle	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Michael van Vuuren	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	David Bulbring	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
align=left	Steve Cummins	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Cameron Lindsay	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Darron Nell	3	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Steven Sykes	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Thembelani Bholi	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Shaun McDonald	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Devin Oosthuizen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Paul Schoeman	8	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Stefan Willemse	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tim Agaba	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Aidon Davis	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Luke Watson	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tobie Botes	5	3	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jaco Grobler	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Kevin Luiters	5	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Ntabeni Dukisa	3	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Gary van Aswegen	8	0	0	30	0	9	4	0	0	0
align=left	George Whitehead	2	2	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
align=left	Ronnie Cooke	10	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Shane Gates	9	1	0	25	5	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Dwayne Jenner	1	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tim Whitehead	8	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Siyanda Grey	2	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Siviwe Soyizwapi	10	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Scott van Breda	7	1	2	44	2	8	6	0	0	0

• Enrico Acker, Eben Barnard, Hansie Graaff, Brenden Olivier, Paul Perez, Sergeal Petersen, Dane van der Westhuyzen and Marlou van Niekerk were named in the 2014 Currie Cup squad, but never included in a matchday 22.

Player appearances

Player Appearances – 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
Player
align=left	Lizo Gqoboka	1	1	1		1	1	1			18
align=left		2	2	2	2	2	2				16
align=left	Tom Botha	3	3	3	3	3		3
align=left	Steve Cummins	4	4	18				18	4	5	19
align=left		5	5	5	5	5	5
align=left		6	6	19	6	19			19	19	20
align=left		7	7	6	19	18	20	19	6
align=left	Luke Watson	8		8
align=left	Tobie Botes	9	9		20	20	21	20	9	9	9
align=left		10	10	10			10	10	10	10	10
align=left		11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	11
align=left	Shane Gates	12	12	12	12	21	12	12	12	12	12
align=left	Tim Whitehead	13	13	13		13	13		13	13	13
align=left	Ronnie Cooke	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	14
align=left		15	15	15	15	15	15	22	22	22	15
align=left		16	16					16	16	16
align=left		17	17			17	3	17	3	3
align=left	Darron Nell	18					19	5	5	18	4
align=left	Aidon Davis	19	8		8	8
align=left	Kevin Luiters	20		9	9	9	9	9	21	20
align=left	George Whitehead	21	21	21	10	10				21
align=left		22	22		22		22	11	11	11	22
align=left	Steven Sykes		18	4	4	4	4	4
align=left	Shaun McDonald		19		18	6	6	6
align=left	Jaco Grobler		20	20							21
align=left	Paul Schoeman			7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6
align=left				16	16	16	16
align=left				17	17				1	1
align=left	Siyanda Grey			22	14	22		14
align=left	BG Uys				1		18				3
align=left	Dwayne Jenner				21	12		21
align=left	Devin Oosthuizen						7	7	7	7	7
align=left	Simon Kerrod						17				1
align=left	Martin Ferreira							2	2	2	2
align=left									17	17	17
align=left	Cameron Lindsay								18	4	5
align=left	Tim Agaba								20	8	8

• Enrico Acker, Eben Barnard, Hansie Graaff, Brenden Olivier, Paul Perez, Sergeal Petersen, Dane van der Westhuyzen and Marlou van Niekerk were named in the 2014 Currie Cup squad, but never included in a matchday 22.

Southern Kings

Results

The Southern Kings lost their Super Rugby status at the end of the 2013 Super Rugby season, but lined up some friendly fixtures against other South African Super Rugby franchises prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season:^[76]

Under-21 Provincial Championship

See main article: 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship Group B
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Semi	Final	Promo
align=left	Opposition	style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"			style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"
align=left	Cumulative Points	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	24	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	29	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	34	style="background:#ECECEC;"	34	style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"
align=left	Position	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	1st	style="background:#ECECEC;"	1st	style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Players

The Eastern Province Kings Under-21 squad for the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship:

– 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship

Forwards

• Aidon Davis
• Ivan-John du Preez
• Francois Gerber
• Brendan Hector
• Kevin Kaba
• Enoch Mnyaka
• Matthew Moore
• Tyler Paul
• Siphesihle Punguzwa
• Tyrone Rankin
• Nic Roebeck
• John-Henry Schmitt
• Vukile Sofisa
• Claude Tshidibi
• Elandré van der Merwe
• CJ Velleman
• Warrick Venter
• Stephan Zaayman
• Did not play:
• Armand du Preez
• Jonathan Ford
• Zaine Marx
• Erwin Slabbert
• Arrie van der Berg

Backs

• Jaco Bernardo
• Selvyn Davids
• Aya Dlepu
• Riaan Esterhuizen
• Malcolm Jaer
• Sonwabo Majola
• Khaya Malotana
• Mario Mowers
• Sergeal Petersen
• Juan Smit
• Warren Swarts
• Franswa Ueckermann
• MC Venter
• Did not play:
• Jason Baggott
• Dillon Beckett
• Ntsikelelo Mlamleli
• Sinethemba Skelem
• Sherwin Slater

Coach

• Ryan Felix

Player statistics

The following table shows players statistics for the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship season:

Player Statistics – 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship
Player	Starts	Used Sub	Unused Sub	Points	Tries	Cons	Pens	DGs	YC	RC<	--Player Name	Sta	Sub	Unu	Pts	Try	Con	Pen	DGs	YCs	RCs-->
align=left	Enoch Mnyaka	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Matthew Moore	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Nic Roebeck	8	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Vukile Sofisa	8	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tyrone Rankin	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	John-Henry Schmitt	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Warrick Venter	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Brendan Hector	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Kevin Kaba	9	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tyler Paul	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Frans Gerber	2	5	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left		4	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Claude Tshidibi	3	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	CJ Velleman	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Elandré van der Merwe	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Stephan Zaayman	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Aidon Davis	3	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Ivan-John du Preez	9	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Erwin Slabbert	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Mario Mowers	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sonwabo Majola	2	3	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Franswa Ueckermann	7	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jason Baggott	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Malcolm Jaer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Warren Swarts	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	MC Venter	5	1	0	54	0	18	6	0	1	0
align=left	Jaco Bernardo	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Riaan Esterhuizen	8	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sphu Msutwana	9	0	0	25	5	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Juan Smit	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
align=left	Aya Dlepu	8	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Khaya Malotana	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left		7	0	0	35	7	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sinethemba Skelem	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Selvyn Davids	9	0	0	104	10	15	8	0	0	0

Player appearances

Player Appearances – 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship
Player
align=left	Vukile Sofisa	1	3	3	1	3	3	17	3	3	3
align=left	John-Henry Schmitt	2	2	2	2	19	2	16	2	2
align=left	Nic Roebeck	3	1	1	17	1	1	1	1	1	1
align=left	Kevin Kaba	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
align=left	Brendan Hector	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		18	18
align=left		6	6	6	6
align=left	Stephan Zaayman	7		7		18	7	7	5	5	5
align=left	Ivan-John du Preez	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8
align=left	Franswa Ueckermann	9	9	9	9		9		9	9	9
align=left	MC Venter	10	10	10	10	10		22
align=left	Aya Dlepu	11	11	11	11		11	11	11	11	11
align=left	Riaan Esterhuizen	12	12	12	12	13	12		12	12	12
align=left	Sphu Msutwana	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13
align=left		14	14	14	14		14		14	14	14
align=left	Selvyn Davids	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
align=left	Tyrone Rankin	16	16	16	16	2			16		16
align=left	Matthew Moore	17	17			17	17	3	17	17	17
align=left	Claude Tshidibi	18	7	18	7	7	19	19
align=left	Frans Gerber	19	19	19	19	6	6		19	19	19
align=left	Mario Mowers	20	20			20		20
align=left	Warren Swarts	21	21	21	21		10	10		21	21
align=left	Khaya Malotana	22	22			14		14
align=left	Enoch Mnyaka		18	17	3
align=left	Sonwabo Majola			20	20	9	20	9	20	20
align=left	Jaco Bernardo			22	22	12	22	12	22	22	22
align=left	Elandré van der Merwe				18
align=left	Warrick Venter					16	16	2		16	2
align=left	Juan Smit					21	21
align=left	Sinethemba Skelem					22		21
align=left	Erwin Slabbert						18	18
align=left	Aidon Davis							8	7	7	8
align=left	CJ Velleman								6	6	6
align=left	Malcolm Jaer								10	10	10
align=left	Tyler Paul								18
align=left	Jason Baggott								21		20
align=left	Wynand Grassmann										7

Under-19 Provincial Championship

See main article: 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship.

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
Opposition	style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"			style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#E8FFD8;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"		style="background:#FFCCCC;"			style="background:#FFCCCC;"
Cumulative Points	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	0	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14	style="background:#ECECEC;"	14	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	14	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	20	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	21	style="background:#ECECEC;"	21	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	21
Log Position	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	7th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	4th	style="background:#ECECEC;"	5th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5th	style="background:#ECECEC;"	6th	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6th
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Players

The Eastern Province Kings Under-19 squad for the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship:

– 2014 Under-19 Provincial ChampionshipForwards

• Ronnie Beyl
• Dyllon Domoney
• Wynand Grassmann
• Matthew Howes
• Gerrit Huisamen
• Mathew Jackson
• JP Jamieson
• Arno Lotter
• Sintu Manjezi
• David Murray
• Qhama Mvimbi
• Mihlali Nchukana
• Tyler Paul
• Jayson Reinecke
• Elandré van der Merwe
• CJ Velleman
• Chris Whitting
• Thembelihle Yase
• Did not play:
• Justin Hollis

Backs

• Julio Abels
• Jason Baggott
• Luca Dalla-Vecchia
• Kewan Gibb
• James Hall
• Cameron Hertz
• Malcolm Jaer
• Martin Keller
• Garrick Mattheus
• Athi Mayinje
• Thabani Mgugudo
• Vinciënt Moss
• Luan Nieuwoudt
• Yamkela Nyalambisa
• Dylan Pietersen
• Dominik Uytenbogaardt
• Jason Vers
• Jeremy Ward
• Lindelwe Zungu
• Did not play:
• Luciano Daniels
• Luzuko Mase
• Dylan Vermaak

Coach

• Mzwandile Stick

Player statistics

The following table shows players statistics for the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship season:

Player Statistics – 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship
Player	Starts	Used Sub	Unused Sub	Points	Tries	Cons	Pens	DGs	YC	RC<	--Player Name	Sta	Sub	Unu	Pts	Try	Con	Pen	DGs	YCs	RCs-->
align=left	Ronnie Beyl	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Matthew Howes	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Mathew Jackson	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	David Murray	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
align=left	Chris Whitting	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Thembelihle Yase	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Dyllon Domoney	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	JP Jamieson	8	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Arno Lotter	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jason Reynecke	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Wynand Grassmann	11	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Gerrit Huisamen	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Sintu Manjezi	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Tyler Paul	11	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	2	0
align=left	CJ Velleman	11	0	0	30	6	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Qhama Mvimbi	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Mihlali Nchukana	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Elandré van der Merwe	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jason Baggott	11	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
align=left	Luciano Daniels	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Kewan Gibb	4	4	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
align=left	Julio Abels	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	James Hall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jason Vers	2	2	2	14	0	1	4	0	0	0
align=left	Vinciënt Moss	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Luan Nieuwoudt	9	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Dylan Pietersen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Dominik Uytenbogaardt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Jeremy Ward	5	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	1	0
align=left	Luca Dalla-Vecchia	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Martin Keller	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Thabani Mgugudo	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Yamkela Nyalambisa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Athi Mayinje	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Lindelwe Zungu	11	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Cameron Hertz	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Malcolm Jaer	11	0	0	94	6	11	14	0	0	0
align=left	Luzuko Mase	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=left	Garrick Mattheus	3	1	0	7	0	2	1	0	0	0

Player appearances

Player Appearances – 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship
Player
align=left	Thembelihle Yase	1	18	18	3	3	18	1	18	18	18	18	16
align=left	JP Jamieson	2	2	2		16	2	2	2	16	2	2	2
align=left	Chris Whitting	3	3					17	17	17	17	17	17
align=left	Wynand Grassmann	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
align=left	Sintu Manjezi	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
align=left	CJ Velleman	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
align=left	Tyler Paul	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	7	7
align=left	Mihlali Nchukana	8	8		22	23	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
align=left	Jason Baggott	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9
align=left	Jason Vers	10	10	21	23	21	21
align=left	Lindelwe Zungu	11	11	11	15	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
align=left	Luan Nieuwoudt	12	12	12			13	12	12	12	12	12	12
align=left	Dominik Uytenbogaardt	13	13
align=left	Thabani Mgugudo	14	23	22	13
align=left	Malcolm Jaer	15	15	15	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
align=left	Arno Lotter	16	16	16	16						16
align=left	Ronnie Beyl	17	17	3	18	18	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
align=left	David Murray	18	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
align=left	Gerrit Huisamen	19	19	19	4	4	4	4	19	19	19	4	18
align=left	Qhama Mvimbi	20	20		20	20
align=left	Kewan Gibb	21	22	9		22	9	9	21	21	9		21
align=left	Luzuko Mase	22
align=left	Julio Abels	23	14	23	11	11	23
align=left	Elandré van der Merwe		21	8	19	19	19	19	4	7	7	19	4
align=left	Dylan Peterson			13
align=left	Yamkela Nyalambisa			14
align=left	Mathew Jackson			17	17	17	17
align=left	Jayson Reinecke			20	2	2							6
align=left	Vinciënt Moss				12	12	12	22	22	22	22	22	22
align=left	Martin Keller				14	14	14	14			21		23
align=left	Luciano Daniels				21
align=left	Cameron Hertz					15	22
align=left	Dyllon Domoney						16	16	16	2		16
align=left	Jeremy Ward							13	13	13	13	13	13
align=left	Matthew Howes							18
align=left	Garrick Mattheus							21	10	10		10	10
align=left	Athi Mayinje							23	23	23	23	23	14
align=left	Luca Dalla-Vecchia								14	14	14	14
align=left	James Hall											21
align=left	Justin Hollis												19

Youth weeks

The Eastern Province Rugby Union announced their squads for the 2014 Under-18 Craven Week, the 2014 Under-18 Academy Week and the 2014 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments on 21 May 2014:^[77]

Under-18 Craven Week

The 2014 Under-18 Craven Week competition was held between 14 and 19 July 2014 in Middelburg. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18. Eastern Province U18 became unofficial champions for the first time in 37 years as they won all three their matches and beat the SWD U18 team in the final match of the tournament.^[49]

Eastern Province U18 – Craven Week

Forwards		Wihan Coetzer Erich de Jager Stefan Janse van Vuuren Lupumlo Mguca Morney Moos SF Nieuwoudt Junior Pokomela Kaden Prince Robin Stevens Johann van Niekerk Alandré van Rooyen Roché van Zyl
Backs		Nathan Augustus Heino Bezuidenhout Curwin Bosch Darren Lottering Athi Mayinje Rouche Nel Lunathi Nxele Tiaan Stander Keanu Vers Jeremy Ward
Coach		Louis Gerber

Eastern Province Country Districts U18 – Craven Week

Forwards		JP Barkhuizen Ryan Calitz Phillip Crouse Erwin Ittershagen-Strauss Arno le Roux Chuma Mboxwana NJ Oosthuizen Evert Potgieter Ethan September MC van Damme Luigy van Jaarsveld Hannes Viljoen Xandré Vos
Backs		Ansah Ansah Davron Cameron Bradley Christian Cameron Hertz Fabio Mapaling Joshua Shelly Josiah Twum-Boafo Craig Williams Tiaan van Solms
Coach		Alan Miles

Under-18 Academy Week

The 2014 Under-18 Academy Week competition was held between 7 and 10 July 2014 in Worcester. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18.

Eastern Province U18 – Academy Week

Forwards		Michael de Marco Kamva Dilima Duan du Plessis Luthando Fini André Lategan Siwe Masoziwe Xolisa Matshoba Mihlali Mosi Dean van der Westhuizen
Backs		Duwayne Baartman Mohammed Connely Luciano Grootboom Yomalela Keswa Denver Kleu Tiaan Lourens Malan Marais Garrick Mattheus Nkosi Ntebe
Reserves		Darren Domingo Matthew Howes Pierre Janeke Joshua Mudrovcic
Coach		Jaco Jansen van Rensburg

Eastern Province Country Districts U18 – Academy Week

Forwards		Alan Cumming Jan Antonie de Beer Rayno Kruger Dirk Johannes Louw Zenande Mpalisa Tshepiso Lifa Thabaneng Johan Andreas van Niekerk Sinekhaya Bulelani Gladman Vulindlu
Backs		Gevanhier Mitchum Blom Glen Flitoor Jaden Lourens Warwick Meaker Sinethemba Anothando Mkaza Athenkosi Nkothani Siya Siaw
Reserves		Brendan Engelbrecht Martin Gordon Ferreira Francois du Plessis Jordaan Christiaan Philippus Nel Francois Roodt Khazimla Tiya Alkeanan Kurt van Ster
Coach		Niel Schroeder

Under-16 Grant Khomo Week

The 2014 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition was held between 7 and 10 July 2014 in Pretoria.

Eastern Province U16 – Grant Khomo Week

Forwards		William Duckit Tertius Groenewald Pieter Gunter Shane Kluyts Ollie Losaba Thembinkosi Mangwana Ewan Pieters Connor Thalrose
Backs		Ethan Jantjies Dobela Lubabalo Sibabalwe Mzanywa Sihle Njezula Malan Olivier Henco Pieterse Lance Smith
Reserves		Herman Geissler Athenkosi Halom Vaughen Isaacs Bendré Jonck Ruben le Roux Sazi Sandi Rikus van As
Coach		Derik Olivier

Under-13 Craven Week

The 2014 Under-13 Craven Week competition was held between 30 June and 4 July 2014 in Durban.

Eastern Province U13 – Craven Week

Forwards		Litha Adam Yolisa Dladla Terence Goliath Jared Landman Tiaan Moore Zukisa Sali Dominic Shone Miguel Zenha
Backs		Enrico Bantom Ayabulela Bulembo Matthew Easton Cameron le Vack Arno Marx Michael Paddock Lithe-Tha Pule
Replacements		Ruan du Toit Neil Francis Siyamthanda Hallom Aqhamile Limba Aviwe Makoki Tlhalefo Moleko Octavian Muller

See also

• Eastern Province Elephants
• Southern Kings
• 2014 Vodacom Cup
• 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
• 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship
• 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship

Notes and References

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3. Web site: EPRU club players called up to pre-season training for Vodacom Cup . Eastern Province Rugby . 11 November 2013 . 19 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111140737/http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/epru-club-players-called-up-to-pre-season-training-for-vodacom-cup . 11 November 2013 .
4. Web site: Two more EP Kings players called up for pre season Super Rugby training . Eastern Province Rugby . 17 November 2013 . 19 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215142731/http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/two-more-ep-kings-players-called-up-for-pre-season-super-rugby-training . 15 December 2013 . dead .
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33. Web site: Ospreys swoop for Rynier Bernardo from Southern Kings . SkySports . 28 April 2014 . 28 April 2014.
34. Web site: Michael Killian retires from professional rugby . Eastern Province Rugby . 28 April 2014 . 28 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045802/http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/michael-killian-retires-from-professional-rugby . 29 April 2014 .
35. Web site: Ervare CJ kan OP-Kings se skrum anker . Volksblad . 13 May 2014 . 14 May 2014 . Afrikaans . 14 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514123056/http://www.volksblad.com/sport/2014-05-13-ervare-cj-kan-op-kings-se-skrum-anker . dead .
36. Web site: Luiperd word dalk 'n King . Die Burger . 20 May 2014 . 20 May 2014 . Afrikaans.
37. CJ and Edgar join the Kings' ranks . Eastern Province Rugby . 21 May 2014 . 21 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521185231/http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/cj-and-edgar-join-the-kings-ranks . 21 May 2014 .
38. Web site: Skosana sit nou met huis in Baai, maar kontrak in George . Die Burger . 26 May 2014 . 27 May 2014 . Afrikaans.
39. Web site: Dukisa kortstondig by Boland . Die Burger . 29 May 2014 . 30 May 2014 . Afrikaans . 31 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531104933/http://www.dieburger.com/sport/2014-05-29-dukisa-kortstondig-by-boland . dead .
40. Web site: Three new signings for Kings . Sport24 . 3 June 2014 . 3 June 2014.
41. Web site: Kings 'Italiaanse' skrumskakel ryker . Die Burger . 3 June 2014 . 3 June 2014 . Afrikaans . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205837/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2014/06/03/OS/16/mgkings-SK-278_31_0_187087584.html . 2014-06-06 . dead .
42. Web site: OP bekommerd oor oud-Cheetah . Beeld . 13 June 2014 . 13 June 2014 . 14 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140614080638/http://www.beeld.com/sport/2014-06-13-op-bekommerd-oor-oud-cheetah . dead .
43. Web site: Kings cast big Izak aside . Rugby365 . 17 June 2014 . 17 June 2014 . 19 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619011047/http://www.rugby365.com/article/60652-kings-cast-big-izak-aside . dead .
44. Web site: WP flyhalf on trial at Kings . Sport24 . 17 June 2014 . 17 June 2014.
45. Web site: Kings KO Bulls in PE . Sport24 . 20 June 2014 . 21 June 2014.
46. Web site: Kings lok Ikey-slot . Die Son . 25 June 2014 . 10 July 2014 . Afrikaans . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130321/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2014/06/25/24/spt-whatever_30_0_203433913.html . 2014-07-14 . dead .
47. Web site: Control Alt Delete gaan by Kings kook . Die Burger . 4 July 2014 . 3 July 2014 . Afrikaans . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175914/http://www.dieburger.com/sport/2014-07-04-control-alt-delete-gaan-by-kings-kook . dead .
48. Web site: Impressive Kings sink Sharks . Sport24 . 5 July 2014 . 6 July 2014.
49. Web site: EP crowned top team at Coca-Cola Craven Week . South African Rugby Union . 19 July 2014 . 20 July 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924200736/http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/21000?view=news&leagueId=2094 . dead .
50. Web site: New kicking coach for Kings . Sport24 . 21 July 2014 . 22 July 2014.
51. Web site: Nine Bulls in SA Schools team . Rugby365 . 31 July 2014 . 31 July 2014 . 8 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050142/http://www.rugby365.com/article/61309 . dead .
52. Web site: Uitenhage centre called up for SA Schools . Herald Live . 19 August 2014 . 20 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821075141/http://www.heraldlive.co.za/uitenhage-centre-called-sa-schools/ . 21 August 2014 . dead .
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54. Web site: Snyman bly Luiperd-kaptein . SupaRugby . 1 October 2013 . 1 October 2013 . Afrikaans.
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56. Web site: Kudus skop seisoen af teen Wanderers . Namib Times . 7 March 2014 . 26 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204052/http://www.namibtimes.net/forum/topics/kudus-skop-seisoen-af-teen-wanderers . 27 March 2014 .
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58. Web site: Marlborough clubs have added depth . Tasman Rugby . 18 March 2014 . 26 March 2014.
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63. Web site: 4 van NMMU nou Arende . Die Son . 9 May 2013 . 15 May 2013 . Gerber, Jeremy . Afrikaans . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140113155401/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2013/05/09/KS/28/spt-swdArende-223.html . 13 January 2014 .
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71. Web site: Catrakilis commits to WP Rugby . WP Rugby . 27 August 2013 . 27 August 2013.
72. Web site: Mass Kings exodus begins . Sport24 . 5 August 2013 . 9 October 2013.
73. Web site: Parkes leads strong Auckland . Planet Rugby . 6 August 2013 . 9 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140635/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0%2C25883%2C3551_8856624%2C00.html . 13 April 2014 .
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75. Web site: Sharks snap up Kings' Marais . https://archive.today/20130809123520/http://www.planet-rugby.co.za/story/0,25883,3551_8858207,00.html . dead . 9 August 2013 . Planet Rugby . 6 August 2013 . 9 August 2013 .
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