Coach Swys de Bruin has named a 40-man Lions squad for this year’s Super Rugby season.

Team captain Warren Whiteley is one of 12 Springboks in the squad. The others are fullback Andries Coetzee, wings Ruan Combrinck and Courtnall Skosan, scrumhalf Ross Cronjé, prop Ruan Dreyer, centres Rohan Janse van Rensburg and Lionel Mapoe, flyhalf Elton Jantjies, flank Jaco Kriel, hooker Malcolm Marx and lock Franco Mostert.

Kwagga Smith, who is currently playing for the Blitzboks, has also been included.

New additions to the Lions’ ranks for this competition are Jacobie Adriaanse, Ashlon Davids, Aphiwe Dyanti, Willie Engelbrecht, Marco Jansen van Vuren, Len Massyn, Christiaan Meyer and Marnus Schoeman.

Lions squad – Jacobie Adriaanse, Cyle Brink, Robbie Coetzee, Andries Coetzee, Ruan Combrinck, Ross Cronjé, Ashlon Davids, Hacjivah Dayimani, Ruan Dreyer, Aphiwe Dyanti, Willie Engelbrecht, Lourens Erasmus, Andries Ferreira, Corne Fourie, Rhyno Herbst, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Marco Jansen van Vuren, Elton Jantjies, Johannes Jonker, Jaco Kriel, Robert Kruger, Sylvian Mahuza, Lionel Mapoe, Malcolm Marx, Len Massyn, Christiaan Meyer, Howard Mnisi, Franco Mostert, Marvin Orie, Shaun Reynolds, Marnus Schoeman, Sti Sithole, Courtnall Skosan, Dillon Smith, Kwagga Smith, Dylan Smith, Madosh Tambwe, Jacques van Rooyen, Harold Vorster, Warren Whiteley (c).

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