Blue Bulls snare young WP stars

Published: Friday, 8. July, 2011 in category Southern Hemisphere

The Blue Bulls have bolstered their backline resources by signing exciting outside backs Johann Sadie and JJ Engelbrecht from Western Province.

Ian Schwartz, the high performance manager at the Blue Bulls confirmed on Friday that the pair have signed two-year contracts that will be effective from November 1 and will run until the end of 2013.

Both of the players formed part of the Stormers squad that finished second on the Super Rugby standings this year and will be seen as significant losses for the Cape franchise.

Sadie in particular caught the eye in this year's Super Rugby competition in the limited opportunities that he got, but he was third in the outside centre pecking order behind Jaque Fourie and Juan de Jongh so he will be looking forward to the opportunity of starting regularly for the Pretoria-based team.