G2 sign Skewmond to new LEC deal until end of 2028

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 05/02/2026

G2 Esports have signed jungler Rudy ‘SkewMond’ Semaan to an extended contract that will keep him with the LEC team until 2029.

After making the LoL Worlds Quarter-finals last year, G2 kept the same LEC roster for the 2026 season.

And now the organisation has shown a lot of faith in Skewmond to extend his contract for a third and fourth year.

Skewmond’s contract was set to expire in November this year, but has now been extended until November 20th, 2028.

His contract now extends past the rest of his teammates, even Rasmus ‘Caps’ Winther.

Mid lane superstar Caps has been with G2 since 2019 and recently re-signed to extend his stay for the 2027 season.

An intelligent player, Skewmond slowly settled in throughout the year and showed great form towards the end of last season.

He had large shoes to fill, replacing current Karmine Corp jungler Martin ‘Yike’ Sundelin.

Yet, Skewmond barely missed out on the LEC Rookie of the Year award after a solid debut season.

Voting took place during the regular season, while the Frenchman shone in the Playoffs that followed.

In fact, Skewmond was named MVP in all three Playoff series G2 played on their way to the LEC title.

He then played relatively well at Worlds and even helped redefine the meta by popularising Mundo jungle.

With Caps further into his career, G2 are perhaps placing a heavier focus on developing their own talent.

At the start of the year, G2 announced its new LoL academy team, G2 Nord, in partnership with former NLC org Nord Esports.

The team is set to compete in Germany and the surrounding countries’ Prime League with highly-rated North American, mid lane prospect Victor Alexander ‘Toasty’ Chea.

G2’s slow start to LEC Versus

Reigning LEC champions G2 may have kept the same roster, but the organisation has struggled in the early stages of 2026.

With just two games left of the LEC Versus regular season, G2 sit tied for fourth with three other teams due to their 5-4 record.

The best performing teams in the league, KCorp, Giantx, and Movistar KOI have all bested G2 so far.

And last week, they also surprisingly lost to Los Ratones in possibly the most-watched LEC best-of-one ever.

Even in G2’s last match against Team Vitality, they struggled to close out the game and nearly threw away a substantial gold lead.

It’s possible G2 are taking a relaxed approach to the start of the year but will have to perform much better than they have done to make a deep Playoffs run.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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