THE Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) has retained their coach Johan Ackermann while the bulk of their senior squad will also stay on for 2017 and beyond.
The GLRU has negotiated long-term contract extensions with most of their senior players to compliment the contract extensions of their senior coaching staff. The process of extending more players is currently underway.
“The GLRU also has a strong contingent of young players in their player pool. We are very excited about the University of Johannesburg who will host the Varsity Cup semi-final, the UJ Young Guns who qualified for the final and Wits who has been promoted to the Varsity Cup for 2017,” said Rudolf Straeuli, CEO of the GLRU.
The following players have put pen to paper:
Warren Whiteley, Jaco Kriel, Julian Redelinghuys, Malcolm Marx, Robbie Coetzee, Jacques van Rooyen, Dylan Smith, Ruan Dreyer, Robert Kruger, Ruan Ackermann, Fabian Booysen, Jano Venter, Dillon Smit, Elton Jantjies, Harold Vorster, Lionel Mapoe, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Andries Coetzee, Courtnall Skosan.
In the meantime the GLRU and LeadSA have joined forces in the fight against racism.
The GLRU has a no-tolerance attitude toward all aspects of hatred of which racism is one of the biggest. This is the reason why they have decided to get on board with LeadSA in fighting racism during the 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby.
