Lions (Super Rugby)

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Lions
Full name Lions
Founded 1996
Stadion Ellis Park Stadium
Places 59,600
Trainer Swys de Bruin
Homepage www.lionsrugby.co.za
league Great rugby
2019 9th place
home
Away

The Lions (dt. The lions ; formerly called the Golden Cats and Cats ) are a rugby union team from the South African city ​​of Johannesburg . She plays in the international Super 14 league. The home games are played in the Ellis Park Stadium . The team operated under the name Cats until the 2007 season.

history

When the Super 12 tournament began in 1996, the top four South African teams from the Currie Cup qualified for the first edition. The Golden Lions were among them. In the first season they reached 10th place. In 1997, the team qualified for the second season under the name Gauteng Lions. In the end, two points were missing from a place in the semi-finals.

In 1998 the South African Association took over the franchise system and designated four teams for the Super 12. Among them were the Cats, as the Lions were still called at that time. In the first two seasons under the new name, they failed to qualify for the round of the last four. In 2000, however, the Cats made it to the semifinals, failed there because of the Brumbies . In the next season they reached the semifinals again, this time they were subject to the Sharks .

In the next seasons, the Cats stayed twice in penultimate and last rank. In 2006 the association introduced the new name "Lions" for the team from Johannesburg. Due to the continued lack of success, the Lions were replaced by the Southern Kings in the 2013 season . At the end of the season, the Lions won the relegation games against the Kings and were able to qualify for Super Rugby again.

In the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons, the Lions made it to the finals, where they lost to the Hurricanes (2016) and twice to the Crusaders .

player

Current squad

The roster for the 2019 season:

pier

hooker

Second row striker

 

Third row striker

Scrum half

Interconnects

 

Inner three quarters

Outer three-quarters

Keepers

Well-known former players

Placements

Super 12

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Bonus
points
Table
points
space Playoffs
1996 11 3 0 8th 228: 299 −71 4th 16 10.
1997 11 5 1 5 302: 346 −44 6th 28 5.
1998 11 2 0 9 266: 346 −80 7th 15th 12.
1999 11 4th 0 6th 312: 341 −29 6th 22nd 11.
2000 11 7th 0 4th 320: 334 −14 4th 32 4th Semi-final loss to the Blues
2001 11 7th 0 4th 285: 244 +41 6th 34 3. Semi-final loss to the Blues
2002 11 1 0 10 228: 407 −179 2 6th 11.
2003 11 2 0 9 259: 398 −139 5 13 12.
2004 11 1 0 10 294: 459 −165 7th 11 12.
2005 11 1 1 9 226: 326 −100 7th 13 11.

Super 14

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Bonus
points
Table
points
space Playoffs
2006 13 2 1 10 220: 405 −185 5 15th 13.
2007 13 5 0 8th 175: 284 −109 2 22nd 12.
2008 13 2 1 10 206: 367 −161 2 12 14th
2009 13 4th 0 9 294: 419 −125 8th 24 12.
2010 13 0 0 13 270: 585 −315 5 5 14th

Great rugby

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Bonus
points
Table
points
space Playoffs
2011 16 3 1 12 351: 477 −126 7th 29 14th
2012 16 3 0 13 317: 460 −143 5 25th 15th
2013 by Southern Kings replaced
2014 16 7th 0 9 367: 413 −46 3 31 12.
2015 16 9 1 6th 342: 364 −22 4th 42 8th.
2016 15th 11 0 4th 535: 349 +186 8th 52 2. Final loss to the Hurricanes
2017 15th 14th 0 1 590: 268 +322 9 65 1. Final loss to the Crusaders
2018 16 9 0 7th 519: 435 +84 10 46 2. Final loss to the Crusaders
2019 16 8th 0 8th 401: 478 −77 3 35 9.

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