{"id":204571,"date":"2025-10-16T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/204571\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:35:16","slug":"bath-confirm-springbok-thomas-du-toits-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/204571\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath confirm Springbok Thomas du Toit’s exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Africa<\/a> prop Thomas du Toit\u2019s end-of-season move to the Sharks<\/a> from Bath<\/a> has been confirmed by both clubs.<\/p>\n

RugbyPass<\/a> outlined the details of the tighthead prop\u2019s move last week, but Bath director of rugby Johann van Graan was reluctant to comment on the potential transfer.<\/p>\n

Both clubs have now confirmed his departure when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

The move will see the 30-year-old return to the club that he started his career at.<\/p>\n

Du Toit made his first appearance of the Gallagher PREM season in last week\u2019s 38-17 victory over Gloucester, coming on for the final half hour a week after starting for South Africa as they clinched the Rugby Championship<\/a> title against Argentina<\/a> at Twickenham\u2019s Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

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The 30-cap Springbok joined Bath in 2023 and swiftly established himself as one of the premier players in the league. He was pivotal in their treble-winning campaign last season, scoring a try in the Premiership final victory over Leicester<\/a> Tigers.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared on their website, Bath wrote: \u201cBath Rugby can confirm that Thomas du Toit<\/a> will be returning to South Africa at the end of this season to rejoin his former club, the Sharks, in Durban.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Springbok\u2019s contract with the Blue, Black and White expires next summer, with du Toit deciding to return to his homeland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe giant prop signed for Johann van Graan\u2019s side in 2023 and has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded players in the Gallagher PREM, playing a pivotal role in Bath\u2019s historic 2025\/26 treble-winning season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Du Toit has scored 21 tries in 52 appearances in blue, black and white, and will still play a major part in their season, which continues on Saturday with a trip to Welford Road to take on Leicester Tigers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa prop Thomas du Toit\u2019s end-of-season move to the Sharks from Bath has been confirmed by both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-204571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}