1
Saints land Sharks scrum-half Reinach, Wasps land Fiji centre
By Peter Thompson
Cobus Reinach will leave Super Rugby side Sharks to join Northampton Saints ahead of the 2017-18 season.
The 27-year-old scrum-half, who has 10 South Africa caps to his name, has spent his entire career with Sharks but has opted for a new challenge in the Premiership.
Reinach last played for the Springboks in 2015 and is hoping to force his way back into the reckoning after making a decision on his future.
"I'm delighted and excited to be joining Northampton." the number nine told Saints' official website. "It is a club with a long tradition and strong values and I'm really looking forward to playing at Franklin's Gardens and being in their environment.
"Saints have some outstanding players in their squad and I knew after speaking with the coaches that it was a club that I wanted to play for.
"I want to thank everyone at the Sharks for all they've done for me in my career, and I'm 100 percent committed to them until the end of the season.
"I'm looking forward to the Super Rugby campaign and hopefully finishing on a high note with the Sharks and regaining my place in the Springboks' squad."
New boy @c_reinach has played in England before - and he scored at Twickenham for @Springboks in 2014! pic.twitter.com/CPgabKfSnp
— Northampton Saints (@SaintsRugby) February 27, 2017
Premiership leaders Wasps also announced a new signing on Monday in the form of Fiji centre Gabiriele Lovobalavu, who will leave Top 14 side Bayonne to move to the Coventry-based club at the end of the season.
Trending on RugbyPass
2
All Blacks XV player ratings vs Munster
3
Suaalii strikes awe as Wallabies lose midfielder
4
Scott Robertson responds about handling errors
5
Latest Comments
I think we need to get innovative with the new laws.
Now red cards are only 20 minutes, Razor should send Finau on a head hunting mission to hospitalise their 10 with a shoulder to the chops.
Give the conspiracy theorists a win.
Go to commentsEngland played well enough to win but couldnt score when they needed to and couldnt defend a couple of X-Factor moments from Telea which was ultimately the difference. They needed to hold the ball more and make the AB's make more tackles. Territorially they were good for the first 60. Defending their lead and playing pragmatic rugby in the last 20 was silly. The AB's always had the potential to come back. England still have a long way to go, definite progress would have been shown had they won but it seems they are still stuck where they were shortly after the six nations and their tour to NZ
Go to comments