28 Jun 2019

Lions retain Van Rooyen as Currie Cup coach

Johannesburg - The Golden Lions have retained Ivan van Rooyen as head coach for the upcoming Currie Cup competition.

Van Rooyen joined the Lions in 2009 after hanging up his boots as a player. After successfully working with the junior sides, Vodacom Cup, Super Rugby and Currie Cup teams as a sport scientist he became the Performance Excellence Manager at the Lions Rugby Company in 2018.

In 2018, Van Rooyen took the reins as head coach of the Currie Cup team, while he also stepped in as head coach during the Lions’ tour in this year’s Super Rugby competition when Swys de Bruin left due to a stress-related issue.

Consistency was the key in the LRC's appointment of the Coach of the @Xerox Golden Lions for the 2019 DirectAxis @TheCurrieCup season. Ivan van Rooyen will retain the role of head coach of the Lions after they just missed out on a spot in the final last year.#LionsPride pic.twitter.com/dbjwuhG3Z1
— Xerox Golden Lions (@LionsRugbyCo) June 28, 2019

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