Lions in SA
Southern Kings select Catt
2009-06-04 15:12
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Port Elizabeth - Former England star Mike Catt will put his retirement plans on hold to help injury-hit London Irish next season - and he is also on the provisional list to play for the Southern Kings against the touring British and Irish Lions in Port Elizabeth on June 16.
Catt, who is nearly 38 and a former Lion, has been included in a provisional Southern Kings XV consisting mainly of former players from the Eastern Cape to face the Lions.
The team will be captained by former Springbok flank Solly Tyibilika and includes a numbers of former Springboks and other former Eastern Cape players now plying their trade overseas. Members of the victorious Springboks Seven players have also been included.
The team selected is not final, reports the Port Elizabeth newspaper the Daily Dispatch. It has to be signed off by Southern Kings chief selector and president of the Boland Rugby Union, Francois Davids, and it is uncertain whether all the players are available.
The Dispatch reports that in e-mail correspondence between Southern Kings coach Alan Solomons to Davids, Solomons forwarded the names of players he wants to field which included former and current Border Bulldogs players in scrumhalf Josh Fowles, fullback Tiger Mangweni and lock Lungile Payi.
Apparently not available are Gcobani Bobo (WP), Skipper Badenhorst (Sharks), Fabian Juries (Cheetahs), Hilton Lobberts (WP), Albert van den Berg (Sharks) and Luke Watson (WP).
The launch of the Eastern Cape franchise coincides with the match against the touring Lions.
The Southern Kings team list as forwarded by Solomons is as follows:
Tiger Mangweni, Vuyo Zangqa, Rudi Coetzee, De Wet Barry, Wylie Human, Mike Catt, Neil de Kock, Darren Nel, Solly Tyibilika (captain), Trevor Hall, Ross Skeate, Mpho Mbiyozo, BJ Botha, Hanyani Shimange, Daan Human.
Replacements: Gary Botha, Faan Rautenbach, Lungile Payi, Robbie Diack, Josh Fowles, Mzwandile Stick, Brent Russell.
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