Vodacom Bulls lock Juandrè Kruger did not extend his contract with the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd beyond the the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby season and will leave the Vodacom Bulls to join up with French club Racing Metro 92.
Official Blue Bulls Media Release
Kruger made his debut for the Springboks this year and played in eight tests following an impressive Super Rugby debut for the Vodacom Bulls.
His contract with the BBC runs out in June 2013 and although the Vodacom Bulls could secure his services till the end of the competition, the 27 year old opted for the move to Paris after that.
Vodacom Bulls Head Coach Frans Ludeke said they understand the reasons why Kruger decided to leave.
“It is always good to know and to hear that your players are wanted all over the world, but unfortunately it is not always possible to hold on to them once those offers start coming in,” Ludeke said.
“With the exchange rate as it is at the moment, it is very difficult to remain on level terms with those clubs when it comes to contract talks. We were very keen to extend his contract, but financially it was just not possible. We are very happy for Juandrè, as it is a great offer he received, but that left us in an unfortunate position that we could not match it.”
Ludeke has no problem with Kruger’s continued commitment to the Vodacom Bulls in 2013.
“Not at all. Juandrè is a real pro and I know we can still expect a 110% effort from him. We sat down as a group recently to discuss our goals and objectives for 2013 and I am very confident that we will get an exceptional contribution from Juandrè right till the last game of our season.”
December 18th, 2012 at 16:47 SAST
Pity, but at least he’s still available for Super Rugby!
December 18th, 2012 at 16:49 SAST
This Article is the 6 000 th PUBLISHED Article here on Rugby-Talk, quite an achievement!
Whoop, whoop!
December 18th, 2012 at 20:39 SAST
2 @ grootblousmile:
Pity though this milestone one is not with very good news for us Bulls fans but hopefully at least we can get a really good Super 15 out of him before he goes 
Hello GBS CONGRATULATIONS, yeah I thought that this was the 6000th article from what you said on one of them yesterday.
December 18th, 2012 at 20:45 SAST
Hey GBS you’ve succeeded in confusing me am sure when I looked on the site about half an hour or so ago there were different articles on here that now don’t appear to be showing, was about injured Lee Byrne, and the other that didn’t get chance to read I think was about an Aussie player who got hurt at a festival or something like that, surely I couldn’t have dreamt all that up
December 18th, 2012 at 20:48 SAST
4 @ Bullscot:
It’s there, just lower down, I’ve added another 7 Articles since the 6 000 th Article, just slotted them in lower by tinkering with the Publishing times…. hehehe
December 19th, 2012 at 05:19 SAST
When will he be called a “huursoldaat”?
December 19th, 2012 at 05:58 SAST
Sharks supporters calling for Bresseler tobe a Bok in 5, 4, 3, 2,
December 19th, 2012 at 07:46 SAST
@ Loosehead:
Kak man, you read to much in what Broke back supporters are saying on Voldy
December 19th, 2012 at 15:08 SAST
8 @ Sharks_forever: Kak? Me?
I haven’t been on Keo’s site since RT opened. 
December 19th, 2012 at 21:10 SAST
5 @ grootblousmile:
Ja you bugger I went and saw them lower down after you said you shuffled them, know it had been a long day but didn’t think I could be that deurmekitaar