De Wee says victory is in sight for PE franchise

AFIRST Pro14 win is around the corner for the Southern Kings, but they must make a step up if they want to beat defending champions Scarlets in their next home game, lock Bobby de Wee said.

De Wee, one of the new signings in the squad, wants his team to snap an eight-match losing streak which has left the Kings rooted to the bottom of Conference B.

The towering former Lions lock said the Kings’ fighting display against Ulster, when they were eventually pipped 43-36 in Kwazakhele’s Wolfson Stadium, had boosted team morale.

“It is all about making the step up. Come the day, cometh the man. You must make that step up and obviously analyse the opposition in the week ahead. That also plays a role,” said De Wee.

“We played Scarlets in our first game of the season in Wales. We fared well until in the last 20 minutes when we faded. But we have been working very hard on our conditioning. I think we can pull it through this time.

“I think small moments in the game cost us against Ulster. The team took a lot of lessons from that game. In the past we could not score a lot of tries, now we know we are a team that is able to score tries.

“Now we must just finish out the game. That first victory is in sight. I can feel it,” said De Wee.

The Kings scored five tries against Ulster, with Berton Klaasen (two),