The Lions is a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. They competed in the Super Rugby competition until 2020, and have competed in the United Rugby Championship since 2021. They are the successor of the teams known as Transvaal (1996), Gauteng Lions (1997) and the Cats (1998–2006).
The Golden Lions is a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg who compete in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge.
Marnitz Louis Boshoff is a South African rugby union player who usually plays as a fly-half or fullback. He plays for the Bulls in Super Rugby, the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and the Blue Bulls XV in the Rugby Challenge, having previously played for South African provincial sides Griquas, the Blue Bulls and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and for Super Rugby side the Lions. He also had a short stint with Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14.
Rudy Paige is a South African rugby union player for Clermont in the French Top 14. His usual position is scrum-half.
Harold William Vorster is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular position is centre or fly-half.
Jacques van Rooyen is a South African rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. His regular position is prop.
Adriaan Ruhan Nel is a South African rugby union player for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is full-back, winger and centre.
Malcolm Justin Marx is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national rugby team and Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One. His regular position is hooker, but he did play as a flanker at youth level for the Golden Lions.
Albertus Stephanus Smith, known professionally as Kwagga Smith, is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Shizuoka Blue Revs in Japan Rugby League One and South Africa national rugby team. His regular position is flanker.
The 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 77th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 7 August to 24 October 2015. The tournament was the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.
Dylan Thomas Smith in Durban, is a South African professional rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup His regular position is loosehead prop.
The 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was the top tier of the second stage of the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of this annual South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union. It was played between 5 August and 22 October 2016 and featured nine teams that qualified through the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition.
Lourens Jacobus Erasmus is a South African professional rugby union player for theLions in Super Rugby and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is lock.
Ashlon Davids is a South African professional rugby union player for the Pumas in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is fly-half or fullback.
Arthur Bobby de Wee is a South African rugby union player for the Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship.
Ruan Ackermann is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing in the English Premiership with Gloucester. His regular position is flanker.
Victor Kutlwano Sekekete is a South African professional rugby union player for Griquas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is flanker, but he also played as a lock earlier in his career.
Stedman-Ghee Rivett Gans is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team and a rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. He usually plays as a centre or a winger.
The 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 81st edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. DirectAxis Financial Services was the tournament sponsor. It was organised by the South African Rugby Union and ran from 12 July to 7 September 2019.
Ewan Coetzee is a South African rugby union player for the Griquas in the Currie Cup. His regular position is lock or flanker.
