Bath have signed scrum-half Bernard van der Linde for the start of next season on a deal until the summer of 2027.
The 24-year-old will join from South African side Bulls where he has been part of the club set up for the past six years.
He featured for the United Rugby Championship side – who are third in the league so far this season – in the Champions Cup last month.
Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan said Van der Linde had “huge potential”.
“I saw him play as a junior and he impressed me then, both on and off the field,” he said.
“On the field he is a running nine and loves the physical part of the game. Off the field he is diligent and loves the game of rugby.”
The scrum-half is the second signing for Bath in two days after hooker Dan Frost was confirmed to move to the club this summer from Exeter Chiefs.
