Big King returns home to coach in PE
NEWS: The Southern Kings took a giant leap closer to finalising their coaching set-up for the 2019-20 Pro14 season.
Former South African Sevens and Southern Kings assistant Vuyo Zangqa has returned to Port Elizabeth.
The Kings confirmed that Zangqa has been appointed as an assistant coach of the franchise for the 2019-20 Pro14 season.
Zangqa’s return comes at a time when the search for a head coach is at a premium.
The Kings Board issued a statement this week to pour cold water on the “largely inaccurate” speculations in the media regarding the ongoing process of appointing a new coach for the franchise.
“While the job advertisement for the vacant position called for a candidate with a World Rugby Level Three qualification, as per minimum requirement for all elite coaches, and experience at the highest level, it was discovered that only one of the candidates that were interviewed had the required qualifications,” the Kings statement said.
“Notwithstanding the above, following the completion of the process of interviews, the interviewing panel ranked the candidates in terms of their technical capacity for the job.”
Chairman of the Kings board Loyiso Dotwana will present the panel’s recommendations at the next Board meeting, before a final decision is made.
Zangqa, who was an assistant at the Southern Kings in 2017, has coached in Germany for the last two years.
He represented the BlitzBoks in 21 tournaments on the Sevens circuit between 2007 and 2009.
A car accident in 2009 brought an unfortunate end to his playing career, but Zangqa made a successful transition into coaching – assisting Paul Treu with the BlitzBoks, before also working with Treu at the Kenyan Sevens team.
Iโm coming home, coming home, tell the world that Iโm coming home… ๐บ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐#Thiza #tyini
โ Vuyo Zangqa (@vuyozangqa) July 29, 2019
๐ด WELCOME BACK โซ
We are pleased to welcome back our homegrown coach, Vuyo Zangqa, who re-joins the ISUZU Southern Kings as Assistant Coach.
“Coach Vic” received a warm welcome from Team Manager, Zingi Hela, today after a two-year stint in Germany.
Welcome back, Coach Vic! pic.twitter.com/K7SZRfI8oFโ Isuzu Southern Kings (@SouthernKingsSA) July 31, 2019
The Man is back!!! @vuyozangqa
โ 1+1=5 (@paultreu) July 31, 2019
BREAKING | #TheLelos to play against @SouthernKingsSA at Meskhi on August 27 ๐ฅ
๐ฌ๐ชGeorgia v Southern Kings๐ฟ๐ฆ | 27/08, KO 19:15, Meskhi
๐ฌ๐ชGeorgia v @Scotlandteam๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ| 31/08 KO 20:00, Dinamo ArenaADVERTISEMENTTickets available here ๐ https://t.co/hKwHX2UhfR pic.twitter.com/Iy5tnhUKKq
โ Georgian Rugby Union (@GeorgianRugby) July 31, 2019
