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The Toyota Cheetahs has announced the fourth Varsity Cup star who will join them on short term agreements.
Their newest signing is Ikeys centre, Evardi Boshoff, who has signed a short-term contract with the Toyota Cheetahs. The star midfielder for the 2021 Varsity Cup runners-up, the University of Cape Town Ikeys, will be contracted at the Toyota Cheetahs until the end of September.
Boshoff is the latest of several Varsity Cup players to join the union following the recent signing of the Maties captain, David Brits, and the UWC scrumhalf, Branden de Kock together with Jasper Losper who signed an extension of his contract with the Cheetahs.
Shayne Bolton, the star centre of the Shimlas are set to sign with Connacht before the start of the 2021/22 Europe season. Bolton has Irish family roots and he has been part of the Cheetahs' recent training squad following a successful underage career, during which he played for the Blue Bulls Country Districts at the U-18 Academy Week and Free State in last year’s SA Rugby U-21 Championship, while he also impressed in this year's Varsity Cup.
Boshoff says that joining the Toyota Cheetahs is an opportunity for him to develop as a player.
“For me coming to the Cheetahs is a good opportunity to showcase my skills, improve and just become a better rugby player.
“They play a brand of rugby that will suit me and develop me further as a player.
“I look forward to getting experience by playing with guys like Clayton Blommetjies, Howard Mnisi and hopefully Frans Steyn when he comes back.”
The product of Hoërskool Lichtenburg missed out on playing in the Craven Week due to an injury in 2016. It was at the North-West University where he made his name as a player while playing for the Eagles (then Pukke) in the Varsity Cup.