2017 Southern Kings season

In 2017, the Southern Kings participate in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their third appearance in the competition after also playing in 2013 and 2016. They are included in the Africa 2 Conference of the competition, along with Jaguares, Lions and Sharks.

The Kings coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season are:

The following players were named in the Kings squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

The current standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season are:

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The top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team.

Points breakdown:
* 4 points for a win
* 2 points for a draw
* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
* 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match

Classification:
Teams standings are calculated as follows:
* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)
* Log points
* Number of games won
* Overall points difference
* Number of tries scored
* Overall try difference

The fixtures for the 2017 Super Rugby competition were released on 20 September 2016. The following matches will be played during the regular season:

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