the . He firmly established himself as their first-choice loosehead prop, starting in the Kings' first 15 matches in the competition. He scored his first ever Super Rugby try in Round Eight of the competition in a match that saw the Kings pick up their first points away from home in the competition in a 28–28 draw against eventual Australian Conference winners the in Canberra. Ferreira also tasted victory in their matches against the a week later and against the in their first ever bonus point victory, but it was not enough to prevent the new franchise from finishing bottom of the South African Conference, and in the process qualifying to a relegation play-off series against the . He started their 19–26 defeat in the first leg and – despite scoring a try 12 minutes from the end of their second leg match which helped them to a 23–18 victory – could not prevent the Lions win the series by an aggregate score of 44–42, which resulted in the Kings losing their Super Rugby status for 2013. Toulouse Ferreira joined the exodus of players that left the Kings after they lost their Super Rugby relegation play-off series, moving to France to join Top 14 side . He initially signed for the side as a medical joker following an injury to Vasil Kakovin, but was later rewarded with a three-year contract. Ferreira appeared his first Top 14 match for Toulouse on 8 September 2013, starting in a 0–25 defeat to in Round 5 of the competition. He appeared in 21 of Toulouse's remaining 22 matches in the round-robin stage of the competition, starting 11 of those matches. He helped Toulouse to finish in fourth spot on the log to secure a berth in the quarter finals, but didn't feature in their 16–21 defeat to in their quarter final match. He also featured for Toulouse during the 2013–14 Heineken Cup; he played in all Toulouse's matches in the pool stage of the competition, helping them finish top of Pool 3 with five wins in their six matches, and came on as a replacement in the quarter final, where they lost 23–47 to Irish side Munster. During the off-season, Ferreira returned to South Africa as a member of a World XV that played against South Africa in a one-off match during the 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals. He appeared as a second-half replacement