European champions Toulon have Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis firmly in their sights, a French media report indicates.
Sport24
According to the Midi Olympique newspaper, the French giants have put forward an enticing offer to lure Du Plessis to France.
Toulon, who also have South Africans Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw and Joe van Niekerk on their books, have reportedly targeted Du Plessis for over a year now.
Du Plessis’ contract at the Sharks expires this year and he is yet to indicate where he will further his career. He made his long-awaited return from a knee injury when the Springboks beat Scotland 30-17 in Nelspruit over the weekend.
Toulon became European champions last month when they won the Heineken Cup, beating fellow French side Clermont Auvergne 16-15 in Dublin.
They also reached the French Top 14 final, but were upset by 19-14 by Castres in Paris.
Oompie Puma’s not going to be happy about this!
1 @ grootblousmile:
No I am not happy to read that. Then again Bissie and Jannie have Bok contracts so not sure if they will go. More worried about your Bulls that are trying to sign the brothers, keep away from our Battleship Bully Boys…. 
Where Bissie goes, so will Dr Jannie. And that will be the deciding factor.
2 @ Puma:
Goooooooooooooo Bulls!!
Fark, we need a hooker (now that Chiliboy has signed in France) and a tighthead (Werner kruger is way off form)… and we’ll manage both much better than the Sharks have done!
Dit raak nou belaglik. Speel die franse laaities nie meer rugby nie?
Sharks have Cooper and Herbst. May be the best thing to happen to them. Not the loss of Bismark but of Jannie.
Best thing to happen to Springbok rugby too.
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