\n<\/p>\n
South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard will leave Leicester Tigers at the end of the season to rejoin Bulls in his home country.<\/b><\/p>\n
The two-time World Cup winner signed for the Premiership club before the 2022-23 season and has made 45 appearances, scoring 395 points.<\/p>\n
But the versatile back said family reasons and the lure of a club where he started his career in 2014 was too difficult to resist.<\/p>\n
“It was a hard decision to make, to leave Leicester Tigers, because I love this club and being a part of this group,” the 30-year-old told the club website., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “After a lot of thought, the opportunity to go home to South Africa after six years in Europe and to be able to return to the club where I began my career was one I felt was right for me and my family to take.<\/p>\n “That’s really all there is to say for now because I don’t really want to start talking like this is already over. There is a lot of rugby to be played and a lot of time left for me at Leicester Tigers, which I am focused on finishing successfully.”<\/p>\n Pollard made his breakthrough with Bulls in 2014 before a stint at Japanese club NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in 2015 and a spell with French side Montpellier in 2019.<\/p>\n Pollard’s World Cup wins came in 2019, when South Africa beat England in the final, and in 2023, when he scored all of the points in a 12-11 win over New Zealand.<\/p>\n Pollard will continue to play for Leicester, who are fourth in the Premiership, until the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n