The Blue Bulls have further bolstered their ranks with the signing of Kings loose forward Jacques “Vleis” Engelbrecht who joins them on a three-year deal.
The hard-working Engelbrecht impressed for the Kings in their debut Super Rugby season this year, and he joins teammate Waylon Murray in heading to Loftus Versveld following the Eastern Cape side’s relegation from Super Rugby.
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At least four Kings were rumoured to be in negotiations with the Bulls last week, with Engelbrecht and Murray the only two to confirm their moves via social media thus far.
This follows an exodus from Pretoria, with eight Springbok players leaving the Bulls at the end of their Super Rugby campaign.
Engelbrecht confirmed the news via Twitter on Tuesday.
“Proud to announce my 3 year signing with the Blue Bulls! What an absolute honour! #alltheglorytoGod,” he tweeted.
The signing of the physical forward will go some way to filling the gap left by Jacques and Dewald Potgieter who have both left the Bulls to play in Japan.
This guy will be areal asset, good buy
What I like about Vleis Engelbrecht is the fact that here is a Number 8 / Blindsider with real mongrel but yet with finesse, putting in the hard yards, not shirking from tackling and with great hands… who still manages to keep dicipline very well.
I think he will be a real asset to the Blue Bulls and the Bulls and would not be surprised to see him in the Green and Gold in 2014.
Awesome player, looking forward to the season now, now only for Bullring to sign.
3 @ MacroBull:
What can Bulbring bring, to the Bull Ring… hehehe
I recall you rating Engelbrecht during the Super 15, when will he and the other signings joins us – in time for the Currie Cup like Waylon Murray or after?
5 @ Bullscot:
Looks like Vleis Engelbrecht is waiting to be released from the Kings… then he’ll join up.
He hasn’t even played a game for the Bulls, and here he is being lined up as a Bok. Oh wait, I just remember who the Bok coach is.
Good player, should relegate Spies to the bench.
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