Overview

• Sale Sharks confirmed du Preez will leave when his contract expires next summer, and Bayonne announced he will join them after the season.
• Since arriving in 2018, the 32-year-old has made more than 160 appearances for Sale and scored 881 points.
• Comfortable at fly-half or centre, the one-cap Springbok debuted for South Africa in 2018 against Wales in Washington, D.C.
• RugbyPass reported Bayonne plan to reunite him with former Sale team-mate Manu Tuilagi and view him as cover alongside Joris Segonds with Gareth Anscombe in the final year of his deal.
• RugbyPass also reported Sale will intensify efforts to extend George Ford’s contract following du Preez’s confirmed exit.