Sale overhaul this summer sees 20 players leaving the club

Sale Sharks have confirmed their list of players leaving the club at the end of the season, with 15 players moving on after five players have left the club with immediate effect.

The list is headlined by some influential figures in the squad, including the remaining du Preez brothers, Rob and Dan.

Rob will join his other brother, Bordeaux-Begles’ Jean-Luc, in the Top 14 next season, joining Bayonne, while Dan will join Gallagher PREM rivals Bath.

England scrum-half Raffi Quirke is another player who is set to make a move across the league, joining the big-spending Newcastle Red Bulls alongside tighthead James Harper and winger Obi Ene.

The club have also confirmed that Tumy Onasanya, WillGriff John, Hyron Andrews, Nye Thomas, Tom Curtis, Joe Bedlow, Huw Davies, Albert Bradshaw, Tom Davis and Frank Chatterton will leave the club at the end of the season, while Tadgh McElroy, Sam Bedlow, Rouban Birch, Will Wootton and Jack Lightbown have left with immediate effect.

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Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson said: “It’s been a year of transition and a year of change and a year that I know we’ll be the better for going forward. But that’s on the back of the efforts and the contributions of the friends who are leaving us and have already left.

“We’ve got lads who are Sale through and through, who have come through the Academy to become first-teamers, like Raffi and James Harper; a club legend like Rob who is a future hall of famer; and younger lads like Huw, Frank and Albert who haven’t played as much as they’d have hoped.

“To a man, everyone has invested themselves into the club and whether they’ve played two games or 200, everyone at the club is so grateful for their contributions, for putting their trust in us and for their friendships, which I have no doubt will continue past the end of this season.

“They’ve all been a part of this special group and they’ve all come together in the good times and when it’s been tough. We’ll miss them all.”