In 2018, the participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the , , and .

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Lions coaching and management staff for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:

2018 Lions coaches and management Name Title Swys de Bruin Head coach Philip Lemmer Assistant coach (forwards) Joey Mongalo Assistant coach (breakdown and backline) Ivan van Rooyen Head of Strength & Conditioning Mustapha Boomgaard Manager Johane Singwane Assistant manager Dr Rob Collins Head physician Preven Appalsamy Physiotherapist Ram Mpila Massage therapist Neil de Bruin Kicking & skills coach Wynand Ellis Video analyst

Squad

The following players were named in the Lions squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:

2018 Lions squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Lions Apps Pts Apps Pts Prop 33 0 0 0 Loose forward 22 5 22 5 Fullback 61 47 60 47 Hooker 35 10 35 10 Wing 52 123 52 123 Scrum-half 63 30 63 30 Fly-half 1 0 1 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Prop 60 10 60 10 Wing 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Lock 26 10 26 10 Lock 39 10 39 10 Prop 55 20 55 20 Scrum-half 57 25 0 0 Lock 0 0 0 0 Centre 27 75 27 75 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Fly-half 100 806 87 795 Prop 16 0 16 0 Loose forward 69 105 69 105 Lock 30 0 30 0 Fullback 20 30 20 30 Centre 94 135 77 120 Hooker 38 75 38 75 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Centre 36 10 33 10 Lock 64 15 64 15 Lock 11 0 1 0 Fly-half 1 2 1 2 Loose forward 1 0 0 0 Prop 11 0 1 0 Wing 54 125 54 125 Scrum-half 12 0 12 0 Prop 18 0 18 0 Loose forward 21 40 21 40 Wing 5 10 5 10 Prop 49 20 49 20 Centre 34 40 34 40 Loose forward 79 65 79 65 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 17 February 2018, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

Round-by-round

The table below shows the Lions' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Bye Lost Cumulative Points 4 9 14 15 19 19 20 25 25 30 31 31 31 36 40 40 41 41 46 Won Won Lost Position (overall) 4th 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd Position (SA Conf.) 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Lions played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Lions in 2018 is as follows:

2018 Lions player statistics Player name App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 1 1 1 1 17 17 1 1 16 17 1 17 1 1 1 1 17 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 2 2 16 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 12 0 0 0 60 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 17 17 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 2 0 0 0 10 4 5 5 5 4 20 4 5 5 19 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 18 3 0 0 0 15 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 19 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 20 6 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 18 6 0 0 0 30 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 20 7 6 7 7 7 7 14 2 0 0 0 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 1 0 0 0 5 9 9 9 9 9 21 21 9 21 9 9 9 12 1 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 19 1 66 11 1 173 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 11 11 22 11 11 22 15 7 0 0 0 35 12 12 22 22 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 17 3 0 0 0 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 16 3 0 0 0 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 23 23 23 23 14 11 5 0 0 0 25 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 19 3 1 0 0 17 16 16 16 16 16 2 16 16 16 2 2 2 9 3 0 0 0 15 17 17 17 17 1 17 1 1 17 17 1 1 1 17 1 17 17 17 18 1 0 0 0 5 18 18 18 18 3 18 18 3 18 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 19 19 4 19 19 19 19 19 4 19 4 4 19 19 19 7 19 19 2 0 0 0 10 20 20 20 21 20 20 21 6 20 20 6 21 20 20 20 20 16 6 0 0 0 30 21 20 23 8 8 8 8 20 8 20 20 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 12 12 14 12 22 12 22 22 12 13 12 4 0 0 0 20 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 9 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 11 11 11 11 11 22 7 7 0 0 0 35 21 23 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 18 3 18 18 18 18 18 18 12 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 23 22 23 5 1 0 0 0 5 21 9 9 9 9 21 21 21 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 9 2 0 0 0 10 14 14 14 14 14 23 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 5 0 0 0 25 21 22 9 9 9 9 22 9 8 2 0 0 0 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 11 22 22 11 5 2 0 0 0 10 penalty try – 3 – – – 21 Total 19 89 67 11 1 621

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Willie Engelbrecht, Jaco Kriel and Christiaan Meyer did not make any appearances.

See also

Lions 2018 Super Rugby season

References