Kings team to face Leinster Rugby

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   Ulrich Beyers will earn his first starting berth for the Isuzu Southern Kings when the side takes on Guinness PRO14 defending champions, Leinster Rugby, in a Round 16 clash at the RDS Arena in Dublin on Friday night.

The 28-year-old fullback, who has come off the bench four times for the Port Elizabeth side, will earn his first start as he replaces Masixole Banda in a rotational change to the Isuzu Southern Kings line-up.

Banda, who has started in all 15 Isuzu Southern Kings games played so far this season, will be on the bench.
Veteran scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius will also be getting his first Isuzu Southern Kings start in the No9 jersey as he rotates with Stefan Ungerer, who will provide cover from the bench this week.

“From a player-management perspective, we are rotating Masixole Banda and Ulrich Beyers. Banda has started all the matches so far, and now we are excited to see Ulrich in action and how his experience and height can be used as a factor in our back three,” Isuzu Southern Kings Head Coach, Deon Davids, explained the changes.

“Sarel Pretorius has been good from the bench and patiently waited for his opportunity. We have decided to reward him this week, with Stefan Ungerer going to the bench.”

The Isuzu Southern Kings will this week start without captain, JC Astle, who will also be on the bench.

His spot in the second row will be taken by Stephan Greeff while hooker, Michael Willemse, will assume the captaincy role for the Leinster clash.

Another change in the forwards clash will see flanker Henry “Bakkies” Brown returning to the starting XV, exchanging spots with Stephan de Wit, who falls out of the match-23 squad.

Former Junior Springbok prop Alulutho Tshakweni will get another spot in the starting XV as he rotates with veteran Schalk Ferreira, who will provide cover from the bench.

“Our captain, JC Astle, and centre, Tertius Kruger both struggled with a bout of flu this week and missed out on a few training sessions as a result. On medical advice, they were not considered in the starting line-up for this week,” explained Davids.

“We are fortunate to have Michael Willemse taking over the captaincy role – something that is not strange or new to him. He is part of a good leadership group within the team.

“It was always our plan to rotate Stephan de Wit and Brandon Brown on this tour. Stephan was solid in his performance last week, while Bakkies was very good before his injury. We are fortunate to have both of them as replacements for the suspended CJ Velleman.”

The Isuzu Southern Kings are expecting a hard match against the defending Guinness PRO14 and European champions this week.

Davids has taken stock of his side’s shortcomings from last weekend’s defeat to Munster and indicated that his charges are aware of what is expected from them.

“We are far from being happy with the amount of penalties and cards we conceded, and we kept that in mind with our discussion around the match-23 for this week,” said the head coach.

“The players know clearly where they stand and in what areas of their game we seek improvements.

“It was encouraging to see a good start against Munster – we were quite physical and created a lot of momentum, however we were also our own enemy by giving the momentum away at crucial times.”

The match will kick off at 21h55.

Isuzu Southern Kings

15 Ulrich Beyers
14 Yaw Penxe
13 Meli Rokoua
12 Berton Klaasen
11 Bjorn Basson
10 Bader Pretorius
9 Sarel Pretorius

1 Alulutho Tshakweni 
2 Michael Willemse (C)
3 De-Jay Terblanche
4 Stephan Greeff 
5 Andries Van Schalkwyk
6 Henry Brown
7 Martinus Burger
8 Ruaan Lerm

Substitutes

16 Alandre Van Rooyen
17 Schalk Ferreira
18 Pieter Scholtz
19 John-Charles Astle 
20 Andisa Ntsila
21 Stefan Ungerer
22 Tertius Kruger
23 Masixole Banda

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Transvaal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 30-Mar-2016 Status: Offline Points: 39072	Post Options Post Reply Quote Transvaal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Kings team to face Leinster Rugby Posted: 21-Feb-2019 at 2:05pm
	Ulrich Beyers will earn his first starting berth for the Isuzu Southern Kings when the side takes on Guinness PRO14 defending champions, Leinster Rugby, in a Round 16 clash at the RDS Arena in Dublin on Friday night. The 28-year-old fullback, who has come off the bench four times for the Port Elizabeth side, will earn his first start as he replaces Masixole Banda in a rotational change to the Isuzu Southern Kings line-up. Banda, who has started in all 15 Isuzu Southern Kings games played so far this season, will be on the bench. Veteran scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius will also be getting his first Isuzu Southern Kings start in the No9 jersey as he rotates with Stefan Ungerer, who will provide cover from the bench this week. “From a player-management perspective, we are rotating Masixole Banda and Ulrich Beyers. Banda has started all the matches so far, and now we are excited to see Ulrich in action and how his experience and height can be used as a factor in our back three,” Isuzu Southern Kings Head Coach, Deon Davids, explained the changes. “Sarel Pretorius has been good from the bench and patiently waited for his opportunity. We have decided to reward him this week, with Stefan Ungerer going to the bench.” The Isuzu Southern Kings will this week start without captain, JC Astle, who will also be on the bench. His spot in the second row will be taken by Stephan Greeff while hooker, Michael Willemse, will assume the captaincy role for the Leinster clash. Another change in the forwards clash will see flanker Henry “Bakkies” Brown returning to the starting XV, exchanging spots with Stephan de Wit, who falls out of the match-23 squad. Former Junior Springbok prop Alulutho Tshakweni will get another spot in the starting XV as he rotates with veteran Schalk Ferreira, who will provide cover from the bench. “Our captain, JC Astle, and centre, Tertius Kruger both struggled with a bout of flu this week and missed out on a few training sessions as a result. On medical advice, they were not considered in the starting line-up for this week,” explained Davids. “We are fortunate to have Michael Willemse taking over the captaincy role – something that is not strange or new to him. He is part of a good leadership group within the team. “It was always our plan to rotate Stephan de Wit and Brandon Brown on this tour. Stephan was solid in his performance last week, while Bakkies was very good before his injury. We are fortunate to have both of them as replacements for the suspended CJ Velleman.” The Isuzu Southern Kings are expecting a hard match against the defending Guinness PRO14 and European champions this week. Davids has taken stock of his side’s shortcomings from last weekend’s defeat to Munster and indicated that his charges are aware of what is expected from them. “We are far from being happy with the amount of penalties and cards we conceded, and we kept that in mind with our discussion around the match-23 for this week,” said the head coach. “The players know clearly where they stand and in what areas of their game we seek improvements. “It was encouraging to see a good start against Munster – we were quite physical and created a lot of momentum, however we were also our own enemy by giving the momentum away at crucial times.” The match will kick off at 21h55. Isuzu Southern Kings 15 Ulrich Beyers 14 Yaw Penxe 13 Meli Rokoua 12 Berton Klaasen 11 Bjorn Basson 10 Bader Pretorius 9 Sarel Pretorius 1 Alulutho Tshakweni 2 Michael Willemse (C) 3 De-Jay Terblanche 4 Stephan Greeff 5 Andries Van Schalkwyk 6 Henry Brown 7 Martinus Burger 8 Ruaan Lerm Substitutes 16 Alandre Van Rooyen 17 Schalk Ferreira 18 Pieter Scholtz 19 John-Charles Astle 20 Andisa Ntsila 21 Stefan Ungerer 22 Tertius Kruger 23 Masixole Banda

Transvaal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 30-Mar-2016 Status: Offline Points: 39072	Post Options Post Reply Quote Transvaal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21-Feb-2019 at 2:19pm
	Ronan Kelleher to make Leinster Rugby debut The Leinster Rugby team to take on the Isuzu Southern Kings in the Guinness PRO14 tomorrow evening at the RDS Arena has been named by Head Coach Leo Cullen (Kick Off: 7.55pm – live on eir Sport). Rónan Kelleher will become the 54th Leinster player to pull on a senior jersey this season when he makes his debut at hooker. The Lansdowne player only turned 21 last month and is in his second year in the Leinster Academy. He is also the younger brother of Connacht back Cian Kelleher. Beside Kelleher in the front row will be Ed Byrne and Andrew Porter. Ross Molony captains the side from the second row where he will be partnered by Clontarf’s Mick Kearney. There are no changes in the back row from last weekend’s bonus point win away to Zebre with Josh Murphy, Max Deegan and Caelan Doris named once again. Barry Daly moves from the left wing to full back this week with Fergus McFadden making a welcome return from a hamstring injury on the right wing. McFadden hasn’t played since the Munster match in October last year. James Lowe also comes into the side in the number 11 jersey. In the centre Noel Reid comes in to start at inside centre with Conor O’Brien moving out one slot to number 13. Finally in the half backs, Hugh O’Sullivan starts at scrumhalf with Ross Byrne at ten. On the bench, Jack Dunne who made his Leinster debut last weekend is in line to play his first ever game at the RDS should he be introduced. Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets): 15. Barry Daly (31) 14. Fergus McFadden (173) 13. Conor O’Brien (13) 12. Noel Reid (115) 11. James Lowe (24) 10. Ross Byrne (63) 9. Hugh O’Sullivan (9) 1. Ed Byrne (36) 2. Rónan Kelleher (0) 3. Andrew Porter (46) 4. Ross Molony (79) CAPTAIN 5. Mick Kearney (46) 6. Josh Murphy (16) 7. Max Deegan (36) 8. Caelan Doris (10) 16. James Tracy (85) 17. Peter Dooley (57) 18. Michael Bent (117) 19. Jack Dunne (1) 20. Scott Fardy (36) 21. Paddy Patterson (1) 22. Jimmy O’Brien (4) 23. Rory O’Loughlin (56) Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 4th competition game)