South Africa's Sharks have confirmed the departure of three of their key Springbok players at the end of the Super Rugby season as their rebuilding starts for the next campaign.

The Du Plessis brothers, hooker Bismark and prop ­Jannie, as well as loose-forward Willem Alberts, will all leave ­after Saturday's final match of a dismal Super Rugby season for the Durban-based side against the Stormers.

Their next destinations have not officially been made known, but it has been ­reported that all will head for France's Top 14 competition.