Kings Snatch Late Win Over Edinburgh
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The Southern Kings scored two tries in two minutes to record just their third win the PRO14 since joining the competition.
The sensational come-from-behind win over Edinburgh is just their second win of the season.
The Kings were trailing Edinburgh 13-21 with 5 minutes left to play before Bader Pretorius opened his PRO14 account with a try from the bench before Yaw Penxe sealed the result for the home side after a sensational bit of work from Fijian Rokoua.
The Kings went from their own 22 to score the match winner in fantastic fashion.
๐ TRY @SouthernKingsSA!
The Kings score twice in a couple of moments to go back in the lead with 3 minutes to go๐ณ๐ณ
Who saw that coming?๐ฟ๐ฆ
KIN 25-21 EDI#guinnessPRO14 pic.twitter.com/1915Rhaxha
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@PremierSportsTV) January 26, 2019
There were some doubts over the legitimacy of the match-winning try but fortune favours the brave and the Kings were certainly brave to run it from their own 22 from the kickoff.
๐ฟ๐ฆ The try was given, but was it forward??? pic.twitter.com/GxYhgsUPty
— Premier Sports ๐บ (@PremierSportsTV) January 26, 2019
Recently the Kings became the first privately owned South African Franchise, could this be a change in fortunes for the side from the coast of South Africa?