"It is understood that at least 10 players have been told they are now surplus to requirements, and that of course is in addition to the experienced Sharks Boks such as the Du Plessis brothers, Bismarck and Jannie, and Willem Alberts, who have moved overseas. Pieter-Steph du Toit has moved to the Cape, but his loss has been offset by the arrival of Ruan Botha, himself a potential future Springbok, who has moved up from Western Province to fill the void at No 5.
Marco Wentzel, last year’s captain and regular No 5 lock once Du Toit was ruled out with injury, is understood to have been one of the players offloaded in last week’s mini-purge in Durban directed at addressing the non-performance of 2015. It must be remembered that Gold only arrived in Durban from Japan two weeks before the start of last year’s campaign and now is the first time he has had a proper opportunity to give full focus to recruitment."
Any idea who those ten players are?
I know Wentzel is one about whom Mozart will have a fit - at 36 years of age the guy is in the prime of his playing career.
As far as I could make out I think Fat Fransie (another fainting fit potential by Mozart) and SP Marais are two of the others. It also may include Botha and Stevens.
There biggest gain is getting rid of Alberts and i wonder what they paid Montpellier to take over Jannie?
