Preview this weekend's Guinness PRO14 game verses Southern Kings...
What: Guinness PRO14 Round 3
When: Sunday 16th September, kick off 2.15pm (SA time)
Where: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Watch: Live on Premier Sports 1 & eir sport 2 (1.15pm local time)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 2nd competition game)
Round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 continued the trend of games going down to the wire with two matches decided with last-gasp penalties, while just four teams are still unbeaten even at this early stage. For the first time in their history, Benetton Rugby have won their opening two games of the campaign, while Ospreys, Ulster and Glasgow Warriors are the other teams who have gone two from two.
This weekend will provide more mouth-watering fixtures in the Guinness PRO14 including Glasgow Warriors travelling to the Toyota Cheetahs, Scarlets entertaining Benetton and Munster playing host to high-flying Ospreys. It may only be Round 3, but all sides will have their sights set on reaching the Guinness PRO14 Final on May 25th which will take place at Celtic Park in Glasgow. bitly.com/Glasgow2019.
On Sunday, Isuzu Southern Kings play host to Ulster in Port Elizabeth. Ulster won a 79-point thriller the first time these two met in South Africa, at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium last November. Ulster has picked up two late wins to start this campaign and face a Kings side who will take some confidence from their two bonus points in defeat to Dragons last weekend.
Follow officialulsterrugby on Instagram for all the latest tour news from South Africa!
HEAD TO HEAD
Played 2, Ulster won 2.
DID YOU KNOW?
What: Guinness PRO14 Round 3
When: Sunday 16th September, kick off 2.15pm (SA time)
Where: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Watch: Live on Premier Sports 1 & eir sport 2 (1.15pm local time)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 2nd competition game)
Round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 continued the trend of games going down to the wire with two matches decided with last-gasp penalties, while just four teams are still unbeaten even at this early stage. For the first time in their history, Benetton Rugby have won their opening two games of the campaign, while Ospreys, Ulster and Glasgow Warriors are the other teams who have gone two from two.
This weekend will provide more mouth-watering fixtures in the Guinness PRO14 including Glasgow Warriors travelling to the Toyota Cheetahs, Scarlets entertaining Benetton and Munster playing host to high-flying Ospreys. It may only be Round 3, but all sides will have their sights set on reaching the Guinness PRO14 Final on May 25th which will take place at Celtic Park in Glasgow. bitly.com/Glasgow2019.
On Sunday, Isuzu Southern Kings play host to Ulster in Port Elizabeth. Ulster won a 79-point thriller the first time these two met in South Africa, at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium last November. Ulster has picked up two late wins to start this campaign and face a Kings side who will take some confidence from their two bonus points in defeat to Dragons last weekend.
Follow officialulsterrugby on Instagram for all the latest tour news from South Africa!
HEAD TO HEAD
Played 2, Ulster won 2.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Isuzu Southern Kings have lost their last six Guinness PRO14 matches since beating Dragons in Port Elizabeth in March, they did however tally two league points in their defeat at Dragons last weekend.
- Ulster are unbeaten in their last seven Guinness PRO14 encounters and are bidding to win their opening three matches for a third successive season.
- The Ulstermen have won just once on the road in any tournament since last December: 32-20 in Edinburgh in April.
- Ulster won all three games they played against South African opponents last season, two against Kings, a 43-36 victory at Isaac Wolfson Stadium and in the return leg in Belfast 59-10.