Lood de Jager to join Bulls

The Bulls have today confirmed that Lood de Jager has agreed terms with them and will join the side on November 1st, 2016 on a 12-month contract.

The 23-year old has 20 test matches for the Springboks to his credit.

"This is great news for us, not only because Lood is one of the best locks in the world, but also the fact that he sees the Bulls as a team that will enhance his career and ambitions," said BBC High Performance Manager.

"This is a compliment to what we are trying to achieve and a massive boost to our vision to build something special again in Pretoria," Janse van Rensburg concluded.

The SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2015 is currently playing his trade in Bloemfontein, where he has played in 40 matches for the Cheetahs in the Super Rugby tournament thus far.