Cape Town - The Bulls have confirmed that star flyhalf Handré Pollard has made a successful return to training and is on track to be "fit and ready" by January 2017.

Pollard missed the entire 2016 season due to knee and shoulder injuries, but is in line to return for the Bulls' first Super Rugby warm-up match against a South African Super Rugby opponent in Zimbabwe on Saturday, January 28.

The Bulls will kick off their 2017 Super Rugby campaign against the Stormers on Saturday, February 25 at Newlands in Cape Town.