According to reports, his previous team, the Sharks, is lining up Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen.
Esterhuizen’s current contract with Premiership club Harlequins expires at the conclusion of the 2024/25 season, but the Durban Sharks are willing to pay a large release fee to get the centre back to South Africa.
According to reports, his previous team, the Sharks, is lining up Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen.
Esterhuizen’s current contract with Premiership club Harlequins expires at the conclusion of the 2024/25 season, but the Durban Sharks are willing to pay a large release fee to get the centre back to South Africa
The report adds that despite the huge fee, the decision-makers at the Sharks are still hopeful that the centre will return to Durban. The URC side is in the market for an inside centre, with Rohan Janse van Rensburg joining Bordeaux-Begles at the end of the season. Jan Serfontein was reportedly one of the Sharks’ targets to fill Janse van Rensburg’s void, but the Springbok has opted to remain at Montpellier for another season, turning down the Durban-based side and the Bulls. Springboks legends accuse ‘weird’ England of ‘copying’ South Africa Another World Cup winner linked with the Sharks Esterhuizen is not the only 2023 World Cup winner that the Sharks have been linked with, as the Rapport states that the side is also eager
The 34-year-old hopes to move into the coaching arena with his playing career coming to an end, and the report states that the Sharks and Bulls are in the running for his signature.
