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In 2013, the Southern Kings participated in the 2013 Super Rugby season and the Eastern Province Kings in the Currie Cup and the Vodacom Cup. ==Chronological list of events== *3 January 2013: After failing to pass a fitness test following a shoulder injury, Burton Francis was released by the Kings' wider training squad and returned to . *7 January 2013: The Southern Kings wider training squad is cut to a core training squad of 40 players, with 13 players moving to the Vodacom Cup squad instead. *14 January 2013: Boetie Britz is recalled to the Southern Kings training squad following a knee injury to Hannes Franklin. *22 January 2013: The Kings beat Varsity Cup side 28–12 in a warm-up game. *26 January 2013: The Eastern Province Kings Vodacom Cup side beat national club champions College Rovers 19–14 in a warm-up game. *1 February 2013: The Kings beat a Franchise XV – effectively the – 29–13 in a warm-up game, while the Vodacom Cup side beat club side Despatch 21–5. *6 February 2013: The kit for the Super Rugby season is officially launched. *9 February 2013: The Kings lose 31–41 to the in a 2013 Lions Challenge Series match. *12 February 2013: The Southern Kings core training squad is further reduced to 35 players, with seven players – Boetie Britz, Wesley Dunlop, Ross Geldenhuys, Lizo Gqoboka, Scott Mathie, Shakes Soyizwapi and Wayne Stevens – moving to the Vodacom Cup squad instead, while prop Grant Kemp is a new inclusion in the squad. *26 February 2013: Former S.A. Under-20 head coach Eric Sauls is appointed by the Eastern Province Rugby Union as the Manager of Coaching Development. *21 March 2013: Despite being initially named in the Southern Kings squad to tour Australasia for games against , , and , Virgile Lacombe and Tomás Leonardi are recalled after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the . *31 March 2013: Hadleigh Parkes suffered a broken arm in the match against the and Shakes Soyizwapi is called into the touring squad as his replacement. *4 April 2013: Vodacom Cup and Under–21 full-back Kieran Goss signs for English Championship side Cornish Pirates. *9 May 2013: Vodacom Cup players Schalk Oelofse and Mzwanele Zito, along with former Vodacom Cup player Justin van Staden all join the prior to their 2013 Currie Cup First Division campaign. *7 June 2013: Two Kings players join French teams for the 2013–14 season; prop Kevin Buys joins Top 14 side CA Brive and fly-half Wesley Dunlop joins Fédérale 1 side US Montauban. *2 July 2013: Kings players Virgile Lacombe and Tomás Leonardi both leave the club after the contracts expire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Eastern Province Kings and Southern Kings season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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