Ivan van Rooyen

South Africa professional rugby union football coach

Rugby player

Ivan van Rooyen

Date of birth| 7 May 1982

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Place of birth| South Africa
University| University of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Head coach

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Current team|  Lions
Coaching career
Years|  Team
2009–2018|  Golden Lions (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
2009–2018|  Lions (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
2018–|  Golden Lions
2018–|  Lions (Assistant coach)
2019-present|  Lions (Head Coach)

Ivan van Rooyen (born 1981/82) is a South African professional rugby union football coach. He was short-term head coach of the Lions team that played in the Super Rugby competition.[1] He is also the coach of the Golden Lions team that competes in the Currie Cup.[2][3] Later he was made permanent head coach of Lions, he remains head coach as of 2022. The Lions now compete in the United Rugby Championship.

## Contract Rumours

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Rumours circulated in February 2023 that van Rooyen's contract was up for renewal. Despite achieving a win rate of less than 40%, his contract was expected to be "more lucrative than John Dobson",[4] who won the United Rugby Championship in the 2021/22 season with the DHL Stormers.[5] In the same season the Emirates Lions failed to make the playoffs, finishing 12th out of the 16 team competition.[6]

## Career Statistics

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### Head Coach

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Managerial Statistics and Performance  Union  | Team  | Season  | League  | Wins  | Draws  | Losses  | Total  | Win %

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Lions Rugby Union | Golden Lions  | 2019[7] | Currie Cup | 5  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 62.50
Golden Lions  | 2020[8] | Currie Cup | 6  | 2  | 4  | 12  | 50.00
Emirates Lions  | 2020[9] | Super Rugby Unlocked | 2  | 0  | 4  | 6  | 33.33
Golden Lions  | 2021[10] | Currie Cup | 2  | 3  | 7  | 12  | 16.67
Emirates Lions  | 2021/22[11] | United Rugby Championship | 8  | 0  | 10  | 18  | 44.44
Golden Lions  | 2022[12] | Currie Cup | 2  | 0  | 10  | 12  | 16.67
Emirates Lions  | 2022/23[11] | United Rugby Championship | 9  | 0  | 9  | 18  | 50.00
Emirates Lions  | 2022/23[13] | EPCR Challenge Cup | 3  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 50.0
Fidelity ADT Lions  | 2023[14] | Currie Cup | 6  | 0  | 8  | 14  | 42.86
Emirates Lions  | 2023/24[15] | United Rugby Championship | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 0.00
Total | 43  | 6  | 57  | 106  | 39.45

## Honours

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### As a Head Coach

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#### Lions

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Currie Cup Premier Division Runner-Up 2019[16]

## References

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1. ^ "Late Lions shock as coach Swys de Bruin heads home". Sport24.co.za. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. ^ "From fitness guru to head coach: "Commander Cash" ready to roar". Heinz Schenk. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. ^ "Golden Lions confirm new Currie Cup coach". sports24.co.za. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
4. ^ on, Published (10 February 2023). "Cash to earn more than Dobbo?". SA Rugby magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. ^ "DHL Stormers crowned inaugural URC champions after edging Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town". www.unitedrugby.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. ^ "United Rugby Championship". www.unitedrugby.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
7. ^ "2019 Currie Cup Premier Division", Wikipedia, 28 December 2022, retrieved 5 January 2023
8. ^ "CARLING CURRIE CUP | SA Rugby". 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. ^ "2020 Super Rugby Unlocked". Super Rugby. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
10. ^ "CARLING CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION | SA Rugby". www.sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
11. ^ a b "Match Centre - United Rugby Championship". www.unitedrugby.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
12. ^ "CARLING CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION | SA Rugby". www.sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
13. ^ "Challenge Cup | Fixtures & Results". European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
14. ^ "Currie Cup Logs". SuperSport. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
15. ^ "Match Centre". www.unitedrugby.com. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
16. ^ "2019 Currie Cup Premier Division", Wikipedia, 28 December 2022, retrieved 5 January 2023

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Lions - current squad

Forwards|

* Willem Alberts
* PJ Botha
* Morné Brandon
* Jarod Cairns
* Ruan Delport
* Ruan Dreyer
* Renzo du Plessis
* Jacque-Louis du Toit
* Izan Esterhuizen
* Corné Fourie
* Travis Gordon
* Francke Horn
* Darrien Landsberg
* Morgan Naudé
* Reinhard Nothnagel
* Asenathi Ntlabakanye
* Etienne Oosthuizen
* Heiko Pohlmann
* JC Pretorius
* Raynard Roets
* Sibusiso Sangweni
* Ruben Schoeman
* Hanru Sirgel
* JP Smith
* Ruan Smith
* Ruhan Straeuli
* Emmanuel Tshituka
* Conraad van Vuuren
* Ruan Venter
* Jaco Visagie

Backs|

* Tyler Bocks
* Andries Coetzee
* Erich Cronjé
* Zander du Plessis
* Boldwin Hansen
* Jordan Hendrikse
* Quan Horn
* Rynhardt Jonker
* Richard Kriel
* Gianni Lombard
* Marius Louw
* Rabz Maxwane
* Johan Mulder
* Sanele Nohamba
* Stean Pienaar
* Mannie Rass
* Nico Steyn
* Morné van den Berg
* Edwill van der Merwe
* Henco van Wyk
* Kade Wolhuter

Coach|

* Ivan van Rooyen

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