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Connacht Sign Bath Loosehead Francois van Wyk for Next Season

Stuart Lancaster highlights the 34-year-old’s scrummaging power alongside top-flight experience.

Overview

  • Connacht confirmed the veteran prop will join from the start of next season.
  • Van Wyk has made over 100 English top-flight appearances across nine seasons with Bath, Leicester and Northampton.
  • He featured 28 times for Bath last season as the club won the Premiership title.
  • Head coach Stuart Lancaster described him as an excellent scrummager who brings physicality and northern-hemisphere experience.
  • Van Wyk said the move offers a new country and league, adding he believes he can make a positive impact in the west of Ireland.