Audric "JACKZ" Jug will be briefly replacing Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen on the Team Vitality line-up for ESL Pro League Season 17.
Team Vitality registered JACKZ on their roster for the upcoming event in Malta while dupreeh is rumored to have taken a short parental leave in anticipation of becoming a father. According to HLTV.org, dupreeh went on a break right after IEM Katowice 2023, but he will be returning to the team in time for the BLAST.tv Paris Major Regional Major Ranking event which will take in the first part of April.
Team Vitality roster for ESL Pro League S17
Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
Lotan “Spinx” Giladi
Emil “Magisk” Reif
Audric “JaCkz” Jug
coach: Danny “zonic” Sørensen
ESL Pro League S17 will mark Audric "JACKZ" Jug’s first official appearance after he’s been benched in HEET. With Vitality, he will begin the EPL journey seeded in group C alongside the likes of NiP, OG, FaZe and paiN.
The EPL action will unfold February 22 - March 26 with 32 team seeded in 4 triple-elimination format groups. Group A matches will kick off the event on the 22nd of February, but Vitality and JACKZ will have to wait two more weeks, until March 8 when their first match is scheduled against Grayhound Gaming.
Only the winner of each group will secure a spot straight into the semifinals of the playoffs, each group’s runner-up team will advance to the Round of 12 as the High Seeds while the 3rd and 4th placed teams from each group will advance to the Round of 16 as the High and Low Seeds respectively.
headline image credits: ESL Gaming
