Super Rugby has lost some of it’s biggest names in 2015.

Although we have read and heard of the Super Rugby players players who have either signed for European clubs or retired from the game completely, the individual nature of each announcement meant that many of us were unable to fully comprehend how much talent has left the southern hemisphere’s elite clubs this year.

While news of Richie McCaw’s retirement was expected, others such as Quade Cooper’s transfer to Toulon was so long and drawn out, that some expected the mercurial outhalf to remain with the Queensland Reds.

Nevertheless both McCaw and Cooper join the likes of Dan Carter and Adam Ashley-Cooper on a list of high profile players who will not compete in Super Rugby next season.

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Alan Drumm, Pundit Arena

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