The 2024–25 season is the Lions' fourth season in the United Rugby Championship, their 29th season of professional rugby and their 135th season of representative rugby since the foundation of their provincial union, the Transvaal Rugby Union. Along with competing in the URC and its South African Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2024-25 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Senior squad
The Lions squad for the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship is.
Lions United Rugby Championship squadProps Morgan Naudé Asenathi Ntlabakanye Heiko Pohlmann Juan Schoeman JP Smith Conraad van Vuuren
Hookers PJ Botha Morné Brandon Jacque-Louis du Toit Franco Marais Jaco Visagie
Locks Ruan Delport Darrien Landsberg Etienne Oosthuizen Reinhard Nothnagel Siba Qoma Raynard Roets Ruben Schoeman Ruan VenterLoose forwards Jarod Cairns Renzo du Plessis Izan Esterhuizen Francke Horn JC Pretorius WJ Steenkamp Ruhan Straeuli
Scrum-halves Johan Mulder Sanele Nohamba Nico Steyn Morné van den Berg
Fly-halves Gianni Lombard Kade WolhuterCentres Erich Cronjé Zander du Plessis Rynhardt Jonker Marius Louw (c) Mannie Rass Henco van Wyk
Wingers Boldwin Hansen Richard Kriel Rabz Maxwane Edwill van der Merwe
Fullbacks Quan Horn Tapiwa Mafura (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, ST denotes a short-term signing.
Results
United Rugby Championship
Main URC standings
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18 Lions have been eliminated from the Championship.
URC South African Shield
European Challenge Cup
Pool table
Pool matches
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Knockout rounds
Round of 16 Lions finished fourth in their group, and were awarded the fourteenth seeding for the knockout rounds. In the Round of 16 they were drawn away to Edinburgh. The Lions had resoundingly beaten the Scottish team at home earlier in the United Rugby Championship. In the tie, Edinburgh returned the favour, eliminating the Lions from the competition.
Home attendance As of 14 February 2025 Domestic LeagueEuropean Champions CupTotalLeagueFixturesTotal AttendanceAverage AttendanceHighestLowestLeagueFixturesTotal AttendanceAverage AttendanceHighestLowestTotal AttendanceAverage Attendance2024–25 United Rugby Championship960,2886,69919,9812,1942024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup24,6042,3022,5622,04264,8925,899
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