Saffer teams movements:
Tin Ears:
Player Losses:
JL Potgieter (Bulls) the only settled Tin Ear but close or CC players , JP Joubert (Lions), Bees Roux (Bulls), Jacques Lombaard (Lions) & Fabian Juries (Stormers)
Player Gains:
Du Mont & Skipper Baderhorst from Sharks & Jansen x Brutes youngster winger.
Brutes:
Player Losses:
Brain Habana (Stormers), Marius Delport (Lions), Burton Francis (Lions)
Player Gains:
JL Potgieter (Cheetahs), Bees Roux (Griquas), Jaco van der Westhuizen (Japan), De Wet Barry (EP) & Gary Botha (UK) and most probably Bakkies Botha who will not feature much after his operation.
Stormers (the good guys)
Player Losses:
Jean de Villiers (Munster), Luke Watson (Bath), Tondie Chavangha (Lions).
Player Gains:
Habana (Bulls), Jac Fourie (Lions), Lionel Cronje & Fabian Juries (Cheetahs)
Guppies:
Player Losses:
Albert (Spinnekop) van den Berg (retired), Skipper Bardenhorst (Cheetahs), Hernandez (injured) and maybe Du Mont (Cheetahs).
Player Gains:
A host of x Lion players in Louis Luddick, Gerhard Mostert and Willem Alberts. Also one of Paarl Gim jewel upcoming youngster midfielders in Jean Stemmet. And the talented Tin Ear (Cheetah) blond flanker Johan Wessels.
Lions
Player Losses:
They haven’t got many experienced player but they lost them all. Genl Petoors (Andre Pretorius) Force, Mossie (Jac Fourie) and Worms (Anton van Zyl) Stormers, Louis Luddick , Gerhard Mostert and Willem Alberts to the Sharks and Ernst Joubert, Ettas Reyneke & Willie Wepener to NH.
Player Gains:
With so many player losses they will start with a lot of new ones. The biggest poach are Carlos Spencer from the NH, Johan Snyman (Sharks), Tonderay Chavangha ,George Earl & Shimange (Stormers), .Alwyn Hollenbagh & JP Joubert(Cheetahs) , two talented Brute youngsters Burton Francis & Marius Delport & Griquas (Cheetahs) Jonathan Mokuena & Jacques Lombaard.