The Kings picked up their first victory of the Super Rugby season as they saw off a spirited Sunwolves side, winning 33-28 on Saturday2 April 2016.
Victory takes the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium outfit off the bottom of the overall standings and just three points behind the Jaguares while the Sunwolves replace them as the basement franchise.
MyPE Report:
The Southern Kings are now second last out of the eight teams in the South African Group on the Vodacom Super Rugby log with 4 points, the Sunwolves trail on 3 points and the Jaguares and Toyota Cheetahs are both on 7 points.
SANZAAR Report:
Scorers:
- Southern Kings (23) 33 – Tries: Steven Sykes, Malcolm Jaer, Shane Gates, Elgar Watts. Conversions: Fouche (2). Penalties: Fouche (2).
- Sunwolves (20) 28 – Tries: Shota Horie, Timothy Bond, Tusi Pisi, Akihito Yamada. Conversion: Pisi. Penalties: Pisi (2).
Southern Kings Malcolm Jaer opens his book
Run of Play:
| 0 | First Half Start | Riaan Viljoen | Sunwolves |
| 3 | Try | Steven Sykes | Southern Kings |
| 4 | Conversion | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 8 | Penalty | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 10 | Penalty | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 17 | Try | Malcolm Jaer | Southern Kings |
| 18 | Missed Conversion | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 23 | Try | Shota Horie | Sunwolves |
| 24 | Conversion | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 25 | Try | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 26 | Missed Conversion | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 30 | Penalty | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 33 | Try | Shane Gates | Southern Kings |
| 34 | Missed Conversion | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 39 | Try | Tim Bond | Sunwolves |
| 40 | Missed Conversion | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 40 | First Half End | ||
| 40 | Second Half Start | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 41 | Substitution (Tactical) | Shinya Makabe for Hitoshi Ono | Sunwolves |
| 41 | Substitution (Tactical) | Tom Botha for Jacobie Adriaanse | Southern Kings |
| 41 | Substitution (Tactical) | Jaco van Tonder for Shane Gates | Southern Kings |
| 53 | Substitution (Tactical) | Schalk Ferreira for Sithembiso Sithole | Southern Kings |
| 53 | Substitution (Tactical) | Chris Cloete for Aidon Davis | Southern Kings |
| 53 | Substitution (Tactical) | Schalk Oelofse for John-Charles Astle | Southern Kings |
| 53 | Substitution (Tactical) | Kevin Luiters for Ntando Kebe | Southern Kings |
| 55 | Penalty | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 55 | Substitution (Tactical) | Takuma Asahara for Shinnosuke Kakinaga | Sunwolves |
| 55 | Substitution (Tactical) | Tomàs Leonardi for Andrew Durutalo | Sunwolves |
| 60 | Penalty | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 67 | Substitution (Tactical) | Yuki Yatomi for Kaito Shigeno | Sunwolves |
| 70 | Substitution (Injury) | Martin Ferreira for Edgar Marutlulle | Southern Kings |
| 74 | Substitution (Tactical) | Elgar Watts for Siyanda Grey | Southern Kings |
| 75 | Substitution (Tactical) | Yoshia Hosoda for Tim Bond | Sunwolves |
| 79 | Try | Elgar Watts | Southern Kings |
| 79 | Conversion | Louis Fouche | Southern Kings |
| 80 | Try | Akihito Yamada | Sunwolves |
| 80 | Missed Conversion | Tusi Pisi | Sunwolves |
| 82 | Full Time |
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