Edinburgh recruit another Cheetah

Edinburgh recruit another Cheetah

22 May 2012

Izak van der Westhuizen has signed with Edinburgh and will join Cheetahs team-mate WP Nel there at the end of the season.

The 26-year-old Cheetahs lock has signed a two-year deal with the Scottish club and will move north once his commitments in South Africa conclude at the end of October.

‘I want to test myself against the top players in Europe so when I found out Edinburgh were looking for a player with my skill-set, I was desperate to sign,’ he said.

‘I’m really looking forward to joining the club. They’ve some real talent joining the squad and some quality Scottish players re-signed too so I think it’s the ideal time to be part of a really exciting squad.’

The Cheetahs are set to lose a number of forwards at the end of the current season. Apart from Van der Westhuizen and Nel, loose forward Ashley Johnson has signed with Wasps and lock George Earle will be linking up with Welsh club Scarlets.


10 Comments

  • 1.Sasuke: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 14:16 pm

    Tough break Dragons.

    Cheetahs are losing a lot of Key forwards. I hope they have decent replacements. I dont want to see them getting relegated next season….

  • 2.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 14:16 pm

    Iza who? :???:

    next thing this dude will be playing for Scotland

  • 3.roobarb2: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 14:20 pm

    they will have their pick of Lions players in a few months.

    “end of season sale”

  • 4.groen: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 15:37 pm

    Josh Strauss for Johnson

    Hatting for one of the Locks

    Wp nel ?

  • 5.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 17:19 pm

    Never knew WP Nel is leaving , Dam. We already short on tightheads.

  • 6.kwas: Reply to this comment
    22 May 2012, 22:03 pm

    With Cheetahs and Lions merging for next year these player moves to the UK will have little impact on the combined franchise.

  • 7.Cheetahs27: Reply to this comment
    23 May 2012, 07:53 am

    We used to leaving players. Izak is 26 and has not made any great strides. He is average at best. Cheetahs will replace him with a youngster as we always do. Don’t try fool us though… Izak is leaving because they will offer him more money. He is just not good enough for us to consider offering a new contract with a big pay rise.

  • 8.Cheetahs27: Reply to this comment
    23 May 2012, 07:55 am

    Reckon Cheetahs should loan players that they reckon are good enough and then they can return to Lions for CC. Just don’t merge…

  • 9.ali: Reply to this comment
    23 May 2012, 10:57 am

    So I guess the Toyota deal hasn’t succeeded in retaining the Cheetahs squad then.

    Cheetahs have a lock crisis brewing.

  • 10.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    23 May 2012, 11:12 am

    @sparticus(sparticus)-5:

    You have Nyakane who is going to be very special, a future Bok

    Plus you have vd Merwe who played CC last yr-he can play both sides.

    WP Nel been a great servant,has to look after his interests now.

    Cheetahs are covered at prop

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