List of Lions (United Rugby Championship) players


This is a list of rugby union footballers who have played for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Pro14 and United Rugby Championship competitions, and the EPCR Challenge Cup. The list includes any player that has played in a regular season match, semi-final or final for the Lions, ordered by debut date and name. The Lions competed in Super Rugby in 1996 as Transvaal, in 1997 as the Gauteng Lions, as the Cats between 1999 and 2006 and as the Lions between 2007 and 2012 and from 2014 to 2020, competed in the Pro14 Rainbow Cup in 2021, the United Rugby Championship from 2021 and in the EPCR Challenge Cup since 2022.

Super Rugby players (2014–2020)

Other Super Rugby players

The following players have represented the Lions in Super Rugby prior to 2014, however due to lack of archived evidence no confirmed number of appearances and points can be confirmed for these players. Due to the lack of archived evidence, this list is incomplete. Players listed in italics only represented the Lions in the 2013 promotion/relegation play-off, which were only recorded as appearances by the South [African Rugby Union|SARU].

European Rugby Champions Cup/Challenge Cup players