PORT ELIZABETH - SOUTHERN KINGS SQUAD NAMED FOR NEW ZEALAND TOUR

The Southern Kings have selected a strong team for their two week tour to New Zealand.

Head coach Deon Davids said while it was going to be tough going up against two of the strongest teams in the competition - the Crusaders and the Hurricanes - he was looking forward to the tour.

"It's going to be a challenging tour but it is also a great opportunity to grow as a team both on and off the field," he said. "We can use this opportunity to grow together as a team and to focus on some of the areas that still need work," he said.

Davids said this included working on player's concentration for the full 80 minutes of a game and minimising errors, especially in the 10 minutes leading up to half time and 10 minutes after half time.

"We will also need to work on our kicking, and to be more clinical and patient when we have the ball," he said.

The tour group is:

Players

Schalk Ferreira

Jacobie Adriaanse

Sithembiso (Sti) Sithole

Tom Botha

Justin Ackerman

Edgar Marutlule

Martin Bezuidenhout

Martin Ferreira

Steven Sykes

John – Charles Astle

Schalk Oelofse

Chris Cloete

Cyril-John Velleman

Thembelani Bholi

Stephan Willemse

Jacques Engelbrecht

Ntando Kebe

Kevin Luiters

Leighton Eksteen

Elgar Watts

Louis Fouche

Shane Gates

Stefan Watermeyer

Malcolm Jaer

Luzuko Vulindlu

Jurgen Visser

JP Du Plessis

Management

Deon Davids (Head Coach)

Barend Pieterse (Forwards Coach)

Mzwandile Stick (Backline Coach)

Zingi Hela (Team Manager)

Konrad von Hagen (Team Doctor)

Kim Naidoo (Team Physio)

Nadus Nieuwoudt(Biokineticist)

Sydney Goba (Logistics Manager)

Lindsay Weyer (Performance)

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