| 2017 Eastern Province Kings season | |
| Headerstyle: | background:#ccf; |
| Labelstyle: | background:#ddf; |
| Header1: | Team Information |
| Label2: | Stadiums |
| Label3: | President |
| Data3: | André Rademan |
| Label4: | Director of Rugby |
| Header5: | Currie Cup First Division |
| Label6: | Coach |
| Data6: | Ryan Felix |
| Label7: | Captains |
| Data7: | Cody Basson, Andile Jho and Jarryd Sage |
| Label8: | Rank |
| Data8: | 8th |
| Label9: | Record |
| Data9: | Lost 7 |
| Data10: | Sphu Msutwana (25) |
| Label11: | Top try scorer |
| Data11: | Sphu Msutwana (5) |
| Header12: | Rugby Challenge |
| Label13: | Coach |
| Data13: | Robbi Kempson |
| Label14: | Captains |
| Data14: | Lusanda Badiyana, Giant Mtyanda, Stefan Ungerer and Mike Willemse |
| Label15: | Rank |
| Data15: | 2nd (Southern Section) Quarterfinalist |
| Label16: | Record |
| Data16: | Won 5, Lost 3 |
| Label17: | Top points scorer |
| Data17: | Pieter-Steyn de Wet (34) |
| Label18: | Top try scorer |
| Data18: | Keanu Vers (6) |
| Header19: | Other seasons |
| Label20: | Previous season |
| Data20: | ← 2016 |
| Label21: | Next season |
| Data21: | 2018 → |
In 2017, the participated in the Currie Cup First Division and the Rugby Challenge competitions. The team played in the Under-21 Provincial Championship and the team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship.
The Eastern Province Kings squad for the Currie Cup was:[1]
| 2017 Eastern Province Kings Currie Cup squad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position/s | Date of birth (age)< | -- Player | Position/s | Date of birth (age)Points--> |
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Number eight | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half / Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | N/A | ||||
| Scrum-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | N/A | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Centre / Fullback | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | N/A | ||||
| Scrum-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Number eight | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker / Lock | N/A | ||||
| Prop | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | August 26, 2017 | ||||
| Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 26 August 2017, the date of the opening round of the competition. |
| Team Progression – 2017 Currie Cup First Division | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | ||||||||
| align=left | Opposition | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | |||||||
| align=left | Cumulative Points | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 1 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 2 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 2 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 3 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 5 |
| align=left | Position | 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 |
| Key: | win | draw | loss |
The appearance record for players that represented the Eastern Province Kings in the 2017 Currie Cup First Division is as follows:
| 2017 Eastern Province Kings player statistics | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player name | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 7 | 28 | 34 | 174 | |||||||||
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.
The Eastern Province Kings squad for the Rugby Challenge was:[2]
| 2017 Eastern Province Kings Rugby Challenge squad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position/s | Date of birth (age)< | -- Player | Position/s | Date of birth (age)Points--> |
| Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Number eight | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half / Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Loose forward | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | N/A | ||||
| Lock / Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock / Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock / Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half / Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre / Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fly-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half / Wing | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Number eight | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Fullback | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Centre / Fullback | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Scrum-half | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Outside back | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Prop | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Hooker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock / Flanker | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Lock | April 23, 2017 | ||||
| Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 23 April 2017, the date of the opening round of the competition. |
The final log for the 2017 Rugby Challenge was:[3]
| 2017 Rugby Challenge Southern Section log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts< | --Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts--> |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 171 | +141 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 222 | +13 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 215 | 264 | −49 | 29 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 198 | −5 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 183 | 283 | −100 | 25 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Final standings. |
| Legend and competition rules | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legend: | ||||
| Qualify to the quarter-finals. | P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Log points | |||
| Competition rules: | ||||
| Qualification:The top four teams will qualify to the semi-finals. Points breakdown: | ||||
| Team Progression – 2017 Rugby Challenge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||
| align=left | Opposition | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | Bye | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | Bye | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | N/A | style="background:#ECECEC;" | N/A | |||||||||
| align=left | Cumulative Points | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 0 | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 5 | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 5 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 6 | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 11 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 11 | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 15 | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 15 | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 20 | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 25 | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | |||
| align=left | Position | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 5th | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 3rd | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 3rd | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4th | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 3rd | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | 4th | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 3rd | style="background:#ECECEC;" | 3rd | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 3rd | style="background:#E8FFD8;" | 2nd | style="background:#FFCCCC;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | style="background:#ECECEC;" | |||
| Key: | win | draw | loss |
The appearance record for players that represented the Eastern Province Kings in the 2017 Rugby Challenge is as follows:
| 2017 Eastern Province Kings Rugby Challenge player statistics | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player name | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| 10 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 24 | ||||||
| 22 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 30 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 20 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 34 | ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| – | 1 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 9 | 35 | 69 | 246 | |||||||||||
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.