Ivan van Rooyen

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.

Ivan van Rooyen
Date of birth7 May 1982
Place of birthSouth Africa
UniversityUniversity of Johannesburg
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head coach
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)

Contract Rumours

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

Head Coach
Managerial Statistics and Performance
Union Team Season League Wins Draws Losses Total Win %
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
Total 43 6 57 106 40.57

Honours

Lions

Currie Cup Premier Division Runner-Up 2019[15]

References
  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. "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. "2019 Currie Cup Premier Division", Wikipedia, 28 December 2022, retrieved 5 January 2023


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