The Blue Bulls’ signing of talented Western Province duo JJ Engelbrecht and Johan Sadie this past week has led to some heated debate around the topic of ‘poaching’. While it is true that the Blue Bulls have in the past few years signed numerous Western Province youngsters, chief amongst these being Francois Hougaard and Stephan Dippenaar, they cannot be blamed for making signings to strengthen their squad. The question should not be why the Blue Bulls are signing W.P. youngsters, but rather why Western Province are allowing so many talented youngsters to leave the union.

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