Kolisi, Burger headline pre-season transfer activity

SARugbymag.co.za looks at recent transfer activities among the five franchises during the buildup to the Rainbow Cup.

BULLS

IN:

Madosh Tambwe (Sharks)
Zak Burger (Griquas)
James Verity-Amm (Griquas)
Jacques du Plessis (Montpellier)
Mheli ‘Giraffe’ Dlamini (Crusaders Rugby Club)

OUT:
Ivan van Zyl (Saracens)
Marco van Staden (Leicester Tigers)

ALSO READ: ‘You don’t say no to Saracens’

SHARKS

IN:

Siya Kolisi (Stormers)

Reniel Hugo (Cheetahs)

Le Roux Roets (Pumas)

WATCH: Why the Sharks wanted Kolisi

OUT:

Madosh Tambwe (Bulls)

Evan Roos (Stormers)

Lwazi Mvovo (retired)

JP Pietsersen (retired)

ALSO READ: Kolisi welcomes exciting new chapter

LIONS

IN:

Fred Zeilinga (trial*, Canon Eagles)

OUT:

Marvin Orie (Stormers)

Andries Coetzee (Benetton Treviso)

 

STORMERS

IN:

Marvin Orie (Lions)
Evan Roos (Sharks)

OUT:

Siya Kolisi (Sharks)
Jaco Coetzee (Bath)

ALSO READ: What Coetzee’s England move means for Stormers

Cheetahs

IN:

Jacques Potgieter (free agent)

Brandon Thomson (Glasgow Warriors)

Rynier Bernardo (free agent)

Alulutho Tshakweni (Southern Kings)

Jean Droste (Kubota Spears)

Schalk Ferreira (Southern Kings)

Out:

Reniel Hugo (Sharks)

Ruben de Haas (Saracens)

Rhyno Smith (Benetton Treviso, on contract expiry)

Carl Wegner (Benetton Treviso, on contract expiry)

Photo: Steve Haag Sports

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