SARACENS have agreed a five-year deal to lure Sharks star Cobus Wiese from Super Rugby next season.
The Premiership champions have been locked in talks with former Junior Springbok Wiese, 22, who can play lock or flanker.
The cash-strapped Stormers look set to rely heavily on Wiese in Super Rugby next season after Eben Etzebeth’s departure to Toulon at the end of last season.
Saracens, however, plan to introduce Wiese into their first-team slowly and he will initially play in their academy side.
Wiese, right, whose brother Jasper plays for the Cheetahs, has an escape clause in his c...
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