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Cardiff have signed a second scrum-half in the build up to the 2024-25 season, South African Johan Mulder.

Wales half-back Aled Davies has already joined from Saracens.

New Wales scrum-half Ellis Bevan will also have 24-year-old Mulder as competition as the new recruit arrives from Lions.

"We now have a really competitive group of scrum-halves, who will drive each other to greater heights while also offering us different playing styles," said Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt.

Mulder trained with Cardiff when they played in South Africa last season.

He said: "There is a lot of strong competition at scrum-half, which is great for everyone as it will push us all to improve."

Sherratt added: "He impressed us when he helped us out in Durban.

"From initially looking at his footage, I could see straight away that he was a Cardiff-type player.

"He has an attacking mind-set and is good in unstructured play, while he is similar to [Cardiff's South African fly-half] Tinus de Beer defensively."