68-686: The Golden Lions (currently known as the Fidelity ADT Golden Lions for sponsorship reasons) are a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg who compete in the annual Currie Cup . The team is governed by the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU), and was originally known as Transvaal (after Transvaal Province ), before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced
136-460: A benefit concert organised by Hilton Rosenthal. 22 artists played the benefit, which raised money for Operation Hunger, a South African non-profit organisation. Among the touring artists who have performed at the Stadium are: Whitney Houston 's concert was recorded and released as a home video titled: Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa ). A year later also Roxette 's concert during
204-428: A 6.6% equity stake. The partnership will leverage ADT's network of installers to sell and install Nest devices, and aim to integrate Google's AI and Nest smart home devices into ADT's services. In November 2021, ADT announced an agreement to acquire Sunpro Solar, a residential rooftop solar power contractor, for $ 160 million in cash plus approximately 77.8 million shares of ADT common stock, implying
272-679: A Lions tale – 120 years of the red and white, Versfeld died of a heart attack at Ellis Park in 1932 when he attended a match between Transvaal and the Free State. The union has undergone several name changes in recent years – first changing its name to the Lions in 1993, the Gauteng Lions in 1997, before finally changing to The Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) in 1998. The GLRU competes in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions under
340-411: A clause stipulating that the rugby union had first right of refusal should Volkskas decide to sell the stadium in the future. In 1987 the bank decided to sell the stadium to Johan Claassen (a former Springbok) for R26.5 million, but with the union having first right of refusal, Luyt started working along with First National Bank (FNB) to buy the stadium back for the union. At the time FNB wanted to rename
408-500: A few occasions, but always seemed to fail at the final hurdle losing the final in 1974, 1986, 1987, 1991 and 1992. Finally however, under the guidance of Kitch Christie as head coach and Francois Pienaar as captain, the side was able to win the Currie Cup in 1993 with a 21–15 victory over Natal in Durban. Memorably, Uli Schmidt (hooker) scored the winning try after chasing down a kick. The union repeated their success in 1994 by beating
476-557: A former provincial lock forward for the Orange Free State. Through the business acumen of Dr Luyt, the union was able to become financially stable once again. Dr Luyt saw an opportunity to use Ellis Park as a way for the union to cover its debt, and according to him, he used this asset as a means of renegotiating the unions’ debt with Volkskas Bank and the Johannesburg City Council. In order to refinance
544-722: A much bigger catchment area than it does currently. Unions that gained independence from Transvaal are Western Transvaal (currently the Leopards) in 1920, Northern Transvaal (currently the Blue Bulls) in 1938, and Eastern Transvaal (currently the Pumas) in 1948. Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, after which the stadium in Pretoria is named, was a lifetime member of the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. According to
612-528: A name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. The GLRU also operates the associated United Rugby Championship franchise Lions , which also draw players from Griquas . The Transvaal Rugby Football Union, with its headquarters in Johannesburg, was formed in 1889 after delegates from different clubs in the region decided to form a united rugby union to look after
680-714: A new style was implemented, and the Lions won their first Currie Cup title in 12 years. In December 2012 the Union appointed Manie Booysen as new CEO. He replaced Ruben Moggee, who had served as interim CEO for fourteen months. Before the 2013 Currie Cup the Lions lost a lot players due to the Lions franchise being relegated from the Super Rugby competition in 2013. The team had to rebuild again with new players, new head coach Johan Ackermann , new CEO Rudolf Straeuli and President Kevin De Klerk . With their new style of rugby that
748-483: A particular focus for their campaign. In November 2009 Dick Muir, former Sharks head coach and current Springboks backline coach, was appointed Director of Rugby – a task encompassing looking after the unions rugby structures as well as taking control of the Auto and General Super 14 Lions as head coach. Coetzee and former Springbok lock, Johan Ackerman were appointed as his assistants. In 2011 under new coach John Mitchell,
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#1732779787265816-463: A telegraph-based alert system. This system eventually connected 50 of his neighbors to a central station, where all the alert boxes were monitored. There were many small telegraph delivery companies in the United States in the 19th century. In 1874, 57 district telegraph delivery companies affiliated and became American District Telegraph ( ADT ). With the increase in telephone usage in
884-581: A total enterprise value of approximately $ 825 million. The company was rebranded as "ADT Solar" and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of ADT. In January 24, 2024 ADT announced that due to financial difficulties they will be closing their solar division. In September 2022, State Farm announced that it would invest $ 1.2 billion in ADT in exchange for a 15% equity stake, and that it would commit up to $ 300 million to an "opportunity fund" to support ADT's marketing, technology, and innovation. At
952-543: A total of Can$ 555 million. In February 2016, Apollo Global Management acquired ADT for nearly $ 7 billion and merged it with another home security firm, Protection 1. The purchase price represented a premium of approximately 56 percent over ADT's closing share price on February 12, 2016, and when combined with Protection 1, represented an aggregate transaction value of approximately $ 15 billion. The company went public again in January 2018 and again on
1020-546: Is an American security company that provides residential and small business electronic security , fire protection , and other related alarm monitoring services throughout the United States. The corporate head office is located in Boca Raton , Florida . In February 2016, the company was acquired by Apollo Global Management for $ 6.9 billion in a leveraged buyout. In January 2018, the company went public on
1088-457: Is to date the biggest of its kind in South Africa. The inner city suburb of Doornfontein has experienced increasing crime, leading to a number of incidents affecting stadium goers, and impacting stadium attendances. As a result, there have been calls for South African rugby to move to another venue in Johannesburg. On 12 January 1985, Ellis Park Stadium was the venue for Concert in the Park ,
1156-480: The 1995 Rugby World Cup , which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks . The stadium was the country's most modern when it was upgraded in 1982 to accommodate almost 60,000 people. Today, the stadium hosts both football and rugby and is also used as a venue for other large events, such as open-air concerts. It has become synonymous with rugby as the only time when rugby was not played at Ellis Park
1224-569: The 2010 FIFA World Cup , for which its capacity was increased by 5,000 seats on the northern side only, to 62,000. Areas like the Presidential suite also received a facelift. There was also a hospitality room and new changing rooms. The total cost of renovations was R500 million and were completed in June 2008, two years before the World Cup . A total of 13 Test match centuries were scored on
1292-544: The Crash! Boom! Bang! World Tour was recorded and released on VHS home video. In 1995, South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup , and the final was held at Ellis Park on 24 June in front of 65,000 spectators. South Africa beat New Zealand 15–12 in extra time. Ellis Park was one of the host venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup . Ellis Park hosted five group games, one second-round game and one quarter-final of
1360-513: The Johannesburg City Council's, J.D. Ellis, (after whom Ellis Park was named) for the availability of these grounds and 13 acres (53,000 m ) was made available. On 10 October 1927 the final rental agreement was signed. A quote of £600 was accepted for the grass and with a loan from the city council to the amount of £5,000, the building of the new stadium could commence. The stadium was built in eight months and in June 1928
1428-546: The New York Stock Exchange . In 1863, Edward A. Calahan invented a stock ticker and formed the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company in 1867 to exploit the technology. Gold and Stock also developed a messenger system that sent instructions to and from the stock exchange floor. Three years later, the president of Gold and Stock Telegraph Company woke up to a burglar in his home, which inspired him to create
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#17327797872651496-688: The Orange Free State by 56–35 in Bloemfontein . This was however not the end of the union's success. They also managed to win the 1993 Super 10 with a 20–17 win over Auckland from New Zealand in Johannesburg – thus making the union the first South African team to win a trans-national title. In 1995 Transvaal reached the final of the Super 10 again but lost to the Australian Queensland . The union also managed to scalp
1564-411: The 1980s the union ran into serious financial trouble, mostly as a result of redeveloping Ellis Park . Transvaal supporters nearly did not have a union to support anymore as at one stage the most likely outcome was that the union would disband. In 1984 the union had R37 million of debts to repay, which forced Volkskas Bank to carry the union for a period. This debt mainly came from the union redeveloping
1632-510: The 1993 and 1994 M-Net night series, a pre-season warm up competition. It was also during the 1993 season that the team managed to go on an unbeaten run of 19 games (18 wins, 1 draw). The Lions won the Currie Cup again in 1999 when they beat the Sharks 32–9 in Durban, and were on the losing side in the 2002 and 2007 finals. They ended their 12-year trophy drought in 2011, beating the Sharks 42–16 in
1700-787: The 2017 Currie Cup season Swyn De Bruin was appointed the New head coach Orange Free State have since been renamed to the Free State Cheetahs. Northern Transvaal was renamed to the Blue Bulls. The Falcons were originally known as Eastern Transvaal. Griqualand West was renamed to Griquas. The following players have been included so far in the Golden Lions squad for the 2023 Currie Cup Premier Division : Props Hookers Locks Loose forwards Scrum-halves Fly-halves Centres Wingers Fullbacks ADT Inc. ADT Inc. , formerly The ADT Corporation ,
1768-533: The Cats in 2006, but finally rebranded themselves as the Super 14 Lions in 2007. Midway through 2008, Prof. Jannie Fereirra was replaced by former Lions and Springbok lock Kevin de Klerk as president of the GLRU. Throughout the 2000s attendances at Ellis Park has been on the downslide, with the team's performances following a similar course. With the rise of the Sharks, Blue Bulls and to a lesser extent Western Province, and
1836-611: The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ADT. As of 2023, Apollo still retains a majority share in ADT. In April 2018, ADT acquired Aronson Security Group Inc. and Acme Security Systems as part of its commercial expansion plans. In October 2019, Telus Corporation purchased all of ADT's Canadian assets for $ 700 million. By September 2020, Telus had renamed ADT's Canadian operations to Telus SmartHome Security. In August 2020, Google announced that it would invest $ 450 million in ADT in exchange for
1904-437: The Sharks for the 2010 season, even though they were also under contract with the GLRU. In 2009 the GLRU invited former Springbok coach Jake White ’s company Winning Ways to conduct an audit of the Union's systems and structures, after which it was recommended that immediate changes needed to be made. After three seasons of underachievement with the Super Rugby franchise, Eugene Eloff was dismissed as coach, and Hans Coetzee
1972-678: The Super 12 was thus scrapped. The GLRU was combined with the Free State Cheetahs and Griquas to form the Cats Super 12 franchise. Although home games were mostly played at Ellis Park, some games were also played in Bloemfontein at the Free State Stadium (formerly Springbok Park). This caused the franchise considerable administrative problems in forming a united identity between the three provincial teams and their supporters. Players were also reportedly unhappy about
2040-409: The United States. On July 10, 2023, ADT disclosed that errors were identified in regards to their non-cash goodwill impairment losses associated with their Solar reporting unit and related tax impacts. These errors were identified during the third quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. As a result, the company announced that their financial results for the third and fourth quarter of 2022 and
2108-536: The United States. In some cities, such as New York City and Memphis, Tennessee , they were the sole provider. They were also found to have forced competitors out of business by lowering prices below cost. They would charge national accounts very low prices in cities with competitors and much higher prices where no competition was available. ADT was forced to adopt a national price list, which could not be varied, to help establish central station competitors in cities without competition and to pay fines and triple damages to
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2176-578: The Wanderers Club's stadium whose grounds were situated where Johannesburg Park Station is today. Rows between the different rugby clubs as well as the Wanderers Club's claim of the field for the use of cricket games, forced the Transvaal Rugby Football Union to look for an alternative. An area with a quarry and garbage dumps in Doornfontein was identified in, 1927 as the possible alternative. The Transvaal Rugby Football Union negotiated with
2244-599: The acquisition closed later that year, the Broadview name was discontinued, and Broadview's operations were integrated into ADT. In September 2011, Tyco announced that it would split into three companies, ADT being one of the three. On October 1, 2012, ADT debuted as an independent public company and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE : ADT ). In 2014, it acquired the Canadian company Reliance Protectron Security Services from Reliance Home Comfort for
2312-435: The control of American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). ADT began to expand into new areas, such as fire alarms and security alarms , between 1910 and 1930, but was kept separate from AT&T's Holmes alarm business. ADT became a publicly traded company in the 1960s. In 1964, ADT was found to be a monopoly in restraint of trade . It was shown to provide almost 80% of the central station alarm service in
2380-407: The cricket pitch was laid until 1956, Ellis Park was host to various cricket matches with the final games played in the 1953/54 series against New Zealand . Cricket then moved to its new venue where the current Wanderers still is today. On 28 April 1969 the Transvaal Rugby Football Union formed a stadium committee to investigate the possibilities of a new stadium since the one in use did not meet all
2448-536: The debt the union would relinquish control of Ellis Park , and control of the stadium would be taken by a new company called Ellis Park Stadium Incorporated (EPSI) on which Volkskas would have 6 board members, the City Council 3 members and the Louis Luyt group 3 members. Thus the rugby union had no representation on the board. The rugby union would however be contractually obliged to play all future matches at
2516-490: The federal government, customers, and local competitors. In early 1987, the firm Hawley Goodall , owned by Michael Ashcroft , bought the Indianapolis -based Crime Control Inc. , the fourth-largest company in the U.S. security market, for $ 50 million. Later in the year, it bought ADT and moved to Bermuda . This purchase transformed Hawley into the leading security services business in the United States and resulted in
2584-457: The final in Johannesburg. As a result of South African sides being uncompetitive in the expanded Super 12 competition, South African Rugby decided to manage their 14 provincial unions as franchises, combining the unions for the Super 12 competition, before splitting up again to compete as 14 separate sides in the Currie Cup . The old way of using the Currie Cup as a qualifying competition for
2652-408: The first quarter of 2023 would be restated. Consequently, investors were negatively impacted as ADT's stock price decreased during trading, the following day. Ellis Park Stadium Ellis Park Stadium (known as Emirates Airline Park for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union and association football stadium in Johannesburg , Gauteng Province , South Africa . It hosted the final of
2720-550: The first test was played against the All Blacks . Thus was born Ellis Park which became internationally renowned and synonymous with rugby . Crowds of between 38,000 and a record crowd of 95,000 against the British and Irish Lions (in 1955) attended the matches. Ellis Park played the host for cricket matches after an agreement was reached between Transvaal Rugby Football Union and The Transvaal Cricket Union . From 1947 when
2788-399: The late 19th century, ADT's messenger business slowly declined in popularity. ADT tried branching out and developing their signaling business while still maintaining their telegraph business as their primary income source. ADT incorporated into Western Union in 1901 and separated its messenger business from its main signaling business at that time. In 1909, Western Union and ADT came under
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2856-605: The majority of its revenues coming from the North American market. As a result of the acquisition, Hawley changed its name to ADT Limited and decided to refocus its business around security services. At the end of 1987, the company sold its North American-based facility services business to Denmark's ISS A/S . In 1997, ADT was purchased by Tyco International in a reverse takeover . In January 2010, Tyco acquired Broadview Security (formerly Brink's Home Security), then ADT's largest competitor, for $ 2 billion. When
2924-404: The management of Ellis Park. By August the union was told to repay debts of more than R40 million by 4 September. According to Louis Luyt in his autobiography, Walking Proud, the union was left with interest amounting to R20,000 per day. It was at this time that the then president Jannie le Roux was ousted by the clubs on 3 September 1984, and in his place came self-made millionaire Dr. Louis Luyt,
2992-478: The management of a trust. In 1987 after the Ellis Park Stadium was listed on the stock exchange and due to sound financial management by Luyt, Ellis Park could announce that the debt to the amount of R53 million was fully paid and a further 86 suites could be erected. In 2005 Ellis Park made history by becoming the first black-owned stadium in South Africa. The Golden Lions Rugby Football Union passed
3060-496: The management of the Ellis Park Precinct to a company with 51% black ownership. Orlando Pirates , Interza Lesego and Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd make up the new management of the Ellis Park Precinct. The stadium was witness to an incident during a Premier Soccer League football match between Orlando Pirates and Black Leopards on 17 January 2007, when high winds blew several sideline advertising boards onto
3128-526: The modern requirements. Fifteen years later, after the game between Transvaal and the World Team on 31 March 1979, the old Ellis Park was demolished. Games were played at the Wanderers while the stadium was being rebuilt. A new Transvaal Rugby Football Union management was elected in 1984 with Louis Luyt as chairman and Joe Poolman as his deputy. The decision was taken to place Ellis Park Stadium under
3196-413: The old Ellis Park into a modern 80,000- seat stadium in 1980. The union started out with R1 million of its own money, and intended to raise another R12 million through the sales of suites and life memberships. However, due to the underperforming team, the union had a hard time to sell these ideas to businessmen and the intended revenue to fund the stadium never materialized. In March 1984 Volkskas took over
3264-499: The pitch, striking a linesman and three players. Play resumed 7 minutes later, but the match was ultimately abandoned 6 minutes before full-time due to sudden torrential rains and lightning. The game's kickoff previously had been delayed 15 minutes by a power failure. In 2001 a crowd crush occurred during a soccer game between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs . With 43 people killed, the Ellis Park Stadium disaster
3332-487: The same time, Google separately announced it would commit a further $ 150 million into a "success fund" for ADT. ADT completed divesting its commercial security, fire and life safety business unit to private equity firm GTCR for $ 1.6 billion in October 2023. As of March 2019, ADT had nine monitoring centers and a network of more than 17,000 professionals, serving 6 million customers in over 200 locations throughout
3400-700: The sponsorship name of Xerox Golden Lions. The GLRU served as the main feeder union for the Lions , in Super Rugby , and since 2021 in the United Rugby Championship, which also encompass the Pumas and the Leopards , although very few of their players have been historically selected. The Golden Lions and Lions share the same home stadium, Ellis Park , located in the suburb of Doornfontein . In
3468-456: The stadium First National Stadium, although the City Council was against this as they wanted the stadium to retain the name of their former city councilman who provided the area for the stadium. This is in stark contrast when the stadium name was sold to Coca-Cola in 2008. Eventually FNB provided the union with the finance needed to take control of the stadium. Luyt reduced the capacity of the stadium from 80 000 to 60 000 by adding 88 suites behind
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#17327797872653536-497: The stadium in the past. Ellis Park hosted six Test matches between 1948 and 1954, but it has not been used for first-class cricket since New Wanderers Stadium opened in 1956 and is now only used for rugby and football . In 1889 when after a long and hard-fought battle the Transvaal Rugby Football Union (now the Golden Lions Rugby Union ) was formed and established a domain. The first games were played at
3604-412: The stadium, and it has seen such teams as Brazil , Manchester United and Arsenal play. Ellis Park Stadium is the centrepiece of a sporting sector in the south-east of Johannesburg, where it neighbours Johannesburg Stadium ( athletics ), Standard Bank Arena , Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, and an Olympic -class swimming pool. Ellis Park is home to the following teams: Cricket matches were held at
3672-402: The suites were R4 million, and the revenue of selling these were R25 million. Even though seating was reduced the union was able to show a constant revenue stream because of the suites. Eventually Luyt listed the stadium on the stock exchange, although this venture was unsuccessful. In spite of the unsuccessful stock exchange listing the union was able to repay all of its debt by 1993. Ellis Park
3740-583: The tendency of South Africans to play in Europe, the GLRU had difficulty in keeping their star players contracted. Some of the players who left the GLRU during the 2000s were: Andre Vos, Rassie Erasmus, Joe Gillingham, Andre Pretorius, Willie Wepener, Ethienne Reyneke, Thinus Delport, Schalk Brits, Wikus van Heerden, Gcobani Bobo, Conrad Jantjies, Gerhard Mostert, Anton van Zyl, Jaco Pretorius, Gerhard Vosloo, Joe van Niekerk, Wayne Julies, Ernst Joubert, Ricky Januarie , with players such as Rory Kockot being lost through
3808-482: The travel arrangements with the members of the Cheetahs and Griquas often being away from their families for extended periods of time. As the Cats the franchise never really achieved the great heights it was expected to, considering that two of South Africa's biggest teams were part of the franchise. The Cats did however have a good spell in 2000 and 2001 when under the guidance of former New Zealand coach Laurie Mains
3876-453: The two goal posts. His rationale for this was that the general public preferred to sit on the sides of the field, thus these seats were deemed economically unviable. However, companies were satisfied to have any suite in the stadium. Thus even when losing 20 000 seats, the union was able to generate a bigger income from this "dead space" of the stadium. Even before construction on the suites started, they were fully subscribed. The cost of building
3944-467: The union decided to switch over to a white jersey with a red hoop with black shorts and socks. There is also a school of thought that the union adopted the famous Kilmarnock strip of white top with red hoop as a Kilmarnock member, Alex Frew , captained them when they beat The British Isles touring team in 1903. These colours are still in use today. It is also from these colours that the teams’ nickname, "Rooibontes" came from. The original union encompassed
4012-455: The union managed to recruit several young stars like Joe Gillingham , Cobus Gomes , Rory Kockot and reach the semi-finals of the Super 12, where they lost to the Brumbies and the Sharks respectively. Incidentally, as core of the franchise, the Lions won the 1999 Currie Cup, also under the guidance of Mains. After the Super 12 was expanded in 2006 to become the Super 14, South African Rugby
4080-512: The union was for a long time regarded as the perennial underachievers. After winning the Currie Cup in 1972 for the sixth time, supporters had to wait a further 21 years for the trophy to return to Johannesburg. Even though the pain of not securing the Currie Cup was somewhat soothed by winning the Lion Cup (a now extinct knock out competition) in 1986, 1987 and 1992, it was Currie Cup glory supporters were really craving. The team did come close on
4148-442: The unions youth system. The union also lost the services of long serving Springbok Jaque Fourie in 2009 even though the player was still under contract. Fourie came through the Lions youth system, representing the union at school, u/19 and u/21 level. Fourie took his contract to arbitration after which was found that his contract was not legally binding on a technical point. This opened the door for Willem Alberts and Louis Ludik to join
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#17327797872654216-442: The venue, and would have first right over the use of Ellis Park. However, 20% of all gate receipts generated would be paid over to EPSI. However, Volkskas was not fond of this idea, and eventually took complete control over the stadium as a new company called Ellis Park Stadium Pty Ltd. According to Luyt the union would now be allowed to keep 25% of its gate revenue plus R100 000 of the advertising revenue. Luyt also managed to negotiate
4284-456: The well-being of the clubs. Prominent clubs involved in the process were Pirates, Wanderers, Pretoria, Potchefstroom and Kaffrarians. The first elected president was Bill Taylor (born 1858). Transvaal's first match was against Griquas in Kimberley on 31 August 1889. The original colours used by Transvaal were dark blue and white jerseys, blue shorts and blue-and-white socks. It is unsure when
4352-440: Was appointed as interim coach. The players threatened to strike in response, and lost their next match to the touring British and Irish Lions , who ran in ten tries to win 74–10. White's audit was particularly severe on the physical conditioning of the players and the poor defence displayed by the union. The Lions finished sixth on the 2009 Currie Cup, losing 6 games by less than 7 points with physical conditioning and defence being
4420-670: Was awarded an additional franchise. Even though there was pressure from government to award the franchise to the Eastern Cape-based Southern Spears (now the Southern Kings), the franchise was awarded to the Free State Cheetahs and Griquas thus ending their involvement with the Cats. The Cats were now made up of the Lions, the Leopards and the Pumas. The Johannesburg Super 14 franchise was still known as
4488-466: Was during 1980 and 1981, when the stadium was under construction during the upgrade. The stadium was originally named after J.D. Ellis, who made the area for the stadium available. A five-year ZAR 450 million (US$ 58 million/ £ 30 million) naming rights deal was signed in 2008 with The Coca-Cola Company, resulting in the stadium being named Coca-Cola Park between 2008 and 2012. League, provincial, and international football games have all been played at
4556-546: Was known as Coca-Cola Park between 2008 and 2012, although as one of the FIFA World Cup 2010 venues, for the period of the world cup, it was known as Ellis Park again. The stadium, and surrounding swimming arena and indoor sports arena, is run by Ellis Park World of Sport Pty Ltd, in which the GLRU has a stake. Even though the Lions are regarded as one of the most successful teams in South African rugby history,
4624-528: Was mostly used by New Zealand teams being implemented by Johan Ackermann, they reached the Currie Cup final twice in a row, losing to Western Province in 2014 at Newlands and winning in 2015 against Western Province at Ellis Park after going undefeated the season. After being promoted back to Super Rugby in 2014, the Lions reached 3 consecutive finals in 2016, 2017 and 2018. They also produced a number of new Springboks including captain Warren Whiteley. In
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