RICHARDS Bay open side flanker Devon Muller will be jetting off to Brazil on 13 August to attend the Brazil U20 rugby training camp ahead of the South American Cup tournament to be played in Uruguay in September.
The 19-year-old was invited to play in a tri-series against Argentina earlier in the season as trials, after Westville Boys High School first team coach Dean Carelse recommended Muller to Brazilian Rugby CEO Agustin Danza.
After the first game, the Brazilian Rugby Union offered the talented loose-forward a two-year contract with the Brazil U20 and the senior teams.
Muller will carry on studying teaching while persuing his rugby career in Brazil.
The Brazilian U20 side need to beat Chile in an upcoming tournament to qualify for the 2017 Junior World Cup.
Muller attended Arboretum Primary School before landing a five-year rugby bursary at Westville Boys High School.
While in Durban, he was selected for the KZN U16 Grant Komo Week side in 2013, missed out in 2014 owing to a knee injury and then made the KZN U18 Craven Week team last year.
After his performance at the Craven Week, he was offered contracts from the Sharks, Bulls, Leopards and Western Province rugby unions for 2016.
But owing to unforeseen family issues, he had to decline and head back home to work.
This season he played for the Richards Bay first team that won the Dewar Shield.
He played a major role in the side as a ball carrier and counter-attacker, which resulted in 15 tries in 14 games.
Muller played for Durban Collegians between 2011 and 2015 while completing his high school career.
He captained the Westville Boys High Sevens side and basketball teams and was vice captain of the first team in his matric year (2015).
He was also awarded the Sportsman of the Year award at his school,
He gyms twice a day, seven days a week to stay in top physical shape, and only follows a strict diet when in Brazil.
Muller aims to get scouted and signing with an AVIVA Premiership Club while playing in Brazil and hopes to make a career out of rugby.
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