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Bulls lose highly-rated South Africa U20 lock Van Heerden to Super Rugby rivals
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The Bulls are losing their South African Under 20 lock Ruben van Heerden to Super Rugby rivals the Sharks.
The announcement came shortly after the departure of head coach John Mitchell, who is taking over as defence coach with England. It capped a disappointing day for the Bulls, who have now lost one of their most promising prospects.
20-year-old Van Heerden has signed a three-year contract with the Sharks.
Last year was a breakthrough year for the 116kg lock, who not only represented the Under 20's, but he also made his Super Rugby debut.
Confirming his signing, Sharks Head Coach Robert du Preez said: “Ruben is a talented young lock and a great acquisition for the Cell C Sharks. He is a natural athlete and has all the attributes needed to be a great lock.
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Go to commentsJust like John Plumtree at the Sharks he has had a poor start to this season’s coaching gig, but now it looks like he is starting to pull them back also having won 1 game in the first Eleven games they played. It obviously helps that 11 of his fifteen are Springbok players. But now they are starting to improve. No ways they can make it to the playoffs this year but they probably used this season as a way to figure out their game plan. One query I have and I think quite a few people have is: Are they playing better simply because of their international players are back or is it the team strategy led by Rob Penney that is starting to tick? Well I guess we wait and see. Also if it doesn't work out this season, it might be that Rob Penney is using this season as a way to organize himself for next season. Getting all his combinations sorted, his team strategies sorted and figuring out who is best is which position. Now I don't follow Super Rugby any more having now a full focus in the URC but I was surprised about the current Crusaders stats.
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