Poor discipline once again proved costly for the battling Isuzu Southern Kings when they stumbled to an 18-18 draw against fellow strugglers the Dragons.After holding an 18-8 lead after 51 minutes, the Kings were hamstrung after Alulutho Tshakweni (58th minute) and Michael Makase (63rd minute) were shown yellow cards by Irish referee Frank Murphy.Right at the death, the Dragons earned a share of the spoils when their flyhalf, Josh Lewis, kicked a penalty to leave the scores level.In 19 games, the Kings have been on the receiving end of 25 yellow cards and three red, which has left them with a bad disciplinary record.“It was a bit of a disappointment, because I thought we could have pulled this one through,” Kings head coach Deon Davids said.“In the second half, we lost the territory game against the Dragons.“The yellow cards and the penalties we conceded put us in a difficult position.“When you concede penalties, you lose territory and you keep on defending.“Those were the two areas of the game that were a bit of a disappointment for me.“I thought we prepared well and we were energised for this one, but unfortunately it just did not show.”Davids said the slow pace of the game did not help his team.“The rucks were very slow and the Dragons competed tremendously for the ball.“We spoke about it at halftime. We wanted to clean up the rucks to ensure we get quick ball.“Unfortunately, if you have slow ball, you lose momentum and that was the trend of the game in the first half.“The match did not get going and there was not a nice flow to the game.”Davids said his team were expecting a tough match against the Ospreys on Friday at the Madibaz Stadium in Port Elizabeth.“We don’t have much time to put things right, so it will become a huge mental challenge.“We will ensure that we improve on the basics.“The Kings need to ensure they put in a good performance on Friday.”