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In 2016, the will participate in the Currie Cup competition. The team will play in the Under-21 Provincial Championship and the team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship. In addition, the affiliated Super Rugby franchise, the Southern Kings, will participate in the Super Rugby competition between February and July. ==Chronological list of events== * : The Eastern Province Rugby Union announced the departure of several players; Enrico Acker, Karlo Aspeling, Eben Barnard, Albé de Swardt, Samora Fihlani, Andile Jho, Paul Schoeman, Kuhle Sonkosi, Claude Tshidibi and George Whitehead all left after their contracts expired, Jaco Grobler and Jan Uys were both given an early release of their contracts and Marlou van Niekerk joined the on loan. * : Following the failure of the EPRU to meet a deadline to pay their players' salaries, South African Rugby Players Association spokesperson Nyaniso Sam confirmed that all contracted players could sign contracts with other teams. Centre Tim Whitehead announced that he would be one of the players to leave the Kings. * : Two more players left the EP Kings, with Lizo Gqoboka joining the and Tim Agaba also announcing his intention to leave. * : A fourth Kings player announced his departure, with winger Luther Obi joining the . * : The EP Rugby Union confirmed that Obi and fellow winger Sylvian Mahuza both stated their intention to leave, but also confirmed that Louis Fouché, Carel Greeff, James Hilterbrand, SP Marais, Caylib Oosthuizen, Mark Richards, JC Roos, Jurgen Visser and Stefan Watermeyer have joined the squad and started pre-season training. * : The South African Rugby Union announced that they would take control of the Southern Kings Super Rugby franchise following the ongoing cashflow problems. * : Loose-forward Tim Agaba – who previously stated his intention to leave – and outside back Shakes Soyizwapi are both contracted by the South African Rugby Union for the South African Sevens team on two-year contracts. * : Head coach Brent Janse van Rensburg resigned from his position, with the confirming ongoing talks with Janse van Rensburg about joining their coaching staff. 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「2016 Eastern Province Kings season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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