The Kings showed their dominance early on and with the first try resulting in a push over by Devin Oosthuizen with only 5 minutes on the clock, try converted by Scott van Breda. It took the Kings only 3 minutes to get their second try through no8 Tim Agaba, van Breda was once again spot on with the conversion taking the score to 14 - 0. Vice captain Hannes Franklin scored his try in the 17th minute and after another successful kick by van Breda the Kings had a comfortable 21 - 0 lead.
Things were not looking good for the Griffons and you couldn't blame anyone for thinking they may remain scoreless after 80 minutes. Shortly after Franklin scored his try the Griffons got some good attacking ball, the ball was distributed down the line and the Kings could just watch as Griffons centre Japie Nel sliced through the Kings back line to score the first and only try for his team. Nel's try was converted by Innes Kritzinger. The Griffons was again on attack and deep in the Kings half, but a pass intended to go wide was snatched by Kings flyer Michael Killian and with a 70 meter sprint to an open try line no one was going to catch him. The try was converted by van Breda and with still 10 minutes remaining before the half time hooter, the game was pretty much wrapped up and the bonus point in the bag. With five minutes to half time and deep in Griffons territory, George Whitehead gave a perfectly positioned cross kick that ended in a Wayne Stevens try in his 50th appearance in a Kings jersey. The try was converted by van Breda and the Kings went into the halftime break leading 35 - 7.
The Kings continued where the first half ended, and two minutes into the half replacement Thabo Mamojele powered his way over the line. Van Breda had no intention of missing on the night and continued with his 100% kicking record, taking the score to 42 - 7. Stevens scored his second try in the 55th minute with van Breda adding another 2 points. Kings lock Samora Fihlani had the final say when he added his name to the scorers, crossing the line in the 70th and 75th minute. Both tries were converted by van Breda. When Marius Jonker blew the final whistle the Kings managed to put 63 points on the board with only one try from the Griffons. Van Breda was extremely impressive with the boot adding 18 of his teams 63 points.
The Kings will however have to wait for the remaining matches later this afternoon, for the final log standings, as the Leopards travel to Kempton Park to face the Valke and Boland playing at home against SWD.
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