Morne van den Berg

Born 24 October 1997

175cm

75kg

Johannesburg

The most accomplished player in the squad. Van den Berg has five Springbok caps, five Test tries and twenty points, debuting in 2024 — a striking scoring return for a nine. Performance data ranks him fifteenth of 460 halfbacks globally, inside the top three per cent, across eighty-four matches. His control of territory in the opening quarter of the Round 12 win over the Stormers was the single most influential individual performance of the Lions' season, and it delivered the Shield.