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Every Top 14 transfer ahead of the 2022/23 season

Ben Lam of the Hurricanes looks on prior to the round 7 Super Rugby Aotearoa match between the Crusaders and the Hurricanes at Orangetheory Stadium on July 25, 2020 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

With Montpellier now crowned Top 14 champions, attention turns to the players each side has brought in to better their chances of winning the trophy next season.

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Newcomers Bayonne have been the busiest in the transfer market, releasing players to make space for known quantities in Maxime Machenaud and Camille Lopez.

Clermont have decided to call time on some of their ageing former internationals while Perpignan and La Rochelle have been similarly keen to dispense of players in their dressing room.

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There are also a few retirements looming, including French legends Louis Picamoles and François Trinh-Duc. Below RugbyPass takes a look at every single confirmed transfer ahead of the 2022/23 season.

Bayonne

Incoming:
Pierre Huguet – Carcassonne
Maxime Machenaud – Racing 92
Thomas Acquier – Brive
Bastien Pourailly – Clermont
Thomas Ceyte – Nevers
Camille Lopez – Clermont
Quentin Bethune – Stade Français
Manuel Leindekar – Oyonnax
Pascal Cotet – Narbonne
Jason Robertson – Narbonne
Facundo Bosch – La Rochelle
Kaminieli Rasaku – Fiji Sevens
Eneriko Buliruarua – La Rochelle
Mateaki Kafatolu – Castres
Pieter Scholtz – Wasps
Geoff Cridge – Waratahs

Outgoing:
Ugo Boniface – Bordeaux
Asier Usarraga – Castres
Filimo Taofifenua – Oyonnax
Jean-Baptiste de Clercq – Bourg-en-Bresse
Maxime Lafage – Vannes
Theo Costosseque – Vannes
Luc Mousset – Retired
John Ulugia – Retired
Shaun Venter – Montauban
Maxime Delonca – Dax
Mariano Galarza – Retired
Guillaume Douche – Dax
Joe Ravouvou – Oyonnax
Ioane Iashaghashvili – Valence Romans
Mat Luamanu – Released
Manuel Ordas – Released
Guillaume Bouche – Dax
Iker Aduriz – Saint Jean-de-Luz
Luigi Ostoni – Released
Alex Saleta – Saint Jean-de-Luz
Nolan Decap – Nevers
Enzo Labadie – Released

Bordeaux

Incoming:
Ugo Boniface – Bayonne
Antoine Miquel – Toulouse
Zack Holmes – Toulouse
Tani Vili – Clermont
Madosh Tambwe – Bulls

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France’s Francois Trinh-Duc

Outgoing:
Louis Picamoles – Retired
Ulupano Seuteni – La Rochelle
Ben Lam – Montpellier
Vadim Cobîla? – Retired
Alexandre Roumat – Toulouse
François Trinh-Duc – Retired
Thierry Paiva – La Rochelle
Julien Brosse – Massy
Enzo Baggiani – Vannes
Joseph Dweba – Stormers
Pablo Dimcheff – Mont-de-Marsan

Brive

Incoming:
Sammy Arnold – Connacht
Malino Vanai – Agen
Rodrigo Bruni – Vannes
Abraham Papali’i – Connacht
Lucas Da Silva – Stade Français
Marcel van der Merwe – London Irish
Julien Delannoy – Pau

Outgoing:
Peniami Narisia – Racing 92
Kitione Kamikamica – Racing 92
Simon-Pierre Chauvac – Montpellier
Thomas Acquier – Bayonne
Victor Lebas – Oyonnax
Soso Bekoshvili – Carcassonne
Cody Thomas – Rouen
Sevanaia Galala – Montauban
Tedo Abzhandadze – Montauban
Dylan Lam – Massy
Steevy Cerqueira – Released
So’otala Fa’aso’o – London Irish
Otar Giorgadze – Released
Pierre Tournebize – Released
Dylan Hohaa – Pontlieue

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Castres

Incoming:
Aurelien Azar – Carcassonne
Gauthier Maravat – Agen
Adrien Seguret – Grenoble
Asier Usarraga – Bayonne
Gauthier Doubrere – Mont-de-Marsan

Outgoing:
Rory Kockott – Retired
Clement Clavieres – Carcassonne
Pierre Aguillon – Carcassonne
Jack Whetton – Colomiers
Stephane Onambele – Carcassonne
Bastien Guillemin – Montauban
Julius Nostadt – Provence
Mateaki Kafatolu – Bayonne
Hugo Hermet – Oyonnax
Loic Jacquet – Released

Clermont

Incoming:
Anthony Belleau – Toulon
Jules Plisson – La Rochelle
Loic Godener – Stade Français
Irae Simone – Brumbies
Bautista Delguy – Perpignan
Julien Hériteau – Toulon
Alex Newsome – Waratahs

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Outgoing:
Morgan Parra – Stade Français
Tani Vili – Bordeaux
Bastien Pourailly – Bayonne
Camille Lopez – Bayonne
JJ Hanrahan – Dragons
Juan Martin Scelzo – Stade Français
Clement Lanen – Massy
Kotaro Matsushima – Released
Peni Ravai – Released

La Rochelle

Incoming:
Antoine Hastoy – Pau
Quentin Lespiaucq – Pau
Ulupano Seuteni – Bordeaux
Thierry Paiva – Bordeaux
Teddy Thomas – Racing 92
Georges-Henri Colombe – Racing 92
Yoan Tanga-Mangene – Racing 92
Ultan Dillane – Connacht

Outgoing:
Ihaia West – Toulon
Jules Plisson – Clermont
Arthur Retière – Toulouse
Mathieu Tanguy – Toulon
Wiaan Liebenberg – Retired
Dany Priso – Toulon
Victor Vito – Retired
Jérémy Sinzelle – Toulon
Guram Papidze – Pau
Facundo Bosch – Bayonne
Kavekini Tabu – Bourg-en-Bresse
Eneriko Buliruarua – Bayonne
Ramiro Herrera – Released
Motu Matu’u – Brive
Kevin Gourdon – Retired
Emile Tuimavave – Released
Damian Markus – Released

Lyon

Incoming:
Paulo Tafili – Toulouse
Josiah Maraku – Narbonne
Maxime Gouzou – Mont-de-Marsan
Liam Coltman – Highlanders
Kyle Godwin – Western Force
Arno Botha – Bulls

Outgoing:
Mickaël Ivaldi – Stade Français
Pierre-Louis Barassi – Toulouse
Clement Laporte – Pau
Charlie Ngatai – Leinster
Colby Fainga’a – Released
Mathieu Bastareaud – Released
Xavier Chiocci – Perpignan
Joe Taufete’e – LA Giltinis

Montpellier

Incoming:
Ben Lam – Bordeaux
Simon-Pierre Chauvac – Brive
Léo Coly – Mont-de-Marsan
Louis Carbonel – Toulon
Clement Doumenc – Carcassonne
Karl Tu’inukuafe – Blues
Giovanni Sante – Mogliano

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Outgoing:
Guilhem Guirado – Retired
Handré Pollard – Leicester Tigers
Mikheil Nariashvili – Released
Fulgence Ouedraogo – Retired
Robert Rodgers – Aurillac
Benoît Paillaugue – Toulon
Malik Hamadache – Agen
Kélian Galletier – Perpignan
Yannick Arroyo – Béziers
Martin Doan – Mont-de-Marsan
Mickaël Capelli – Pau
Loan Moulis – Soyaux-Angouleme

Pau

Incoming:
Sacha Zegueur – Oyonnax
Emilien Gailleton – Agen
Clement Laporte – Lyon
Guram Papidze – La Rochelle
Romain Ruffenach – Biarritz
Mickaël Capelli – Montpellier

Outgoing:
Giovanni Habel-Kuffner – Stade Français
Antoine Hastoy – La Rochelle
Quentin Lespiaucq – La Rochelle
Daniel Ramsay – Retired
Kevin Yameogo – Montauban
Marco Zanon – Benetton
Julien Delannoy – Brive
Alexandre Dumoulin – Released
Mike Harris – Retired

Perpignan

Incoming:
Jake McIntyre – Western Force
Victor Moreaux – Racing 92
Kélian Galletier – Montpellier
Boris Goutard – Narbonne
Ma?afu Fia – Ospreys

Outgoing:
Melvyn Jaminet – Toulouse
Jean-Bernard Pujol – Montauban
Julien Farnoux – Grenoble
Damien Chouly – Retired
Bautista Delguy – Clermont
Dylan Jaminet – Nevers
Nafi Ma’afu – Biarritz
Killian Taofifenua – Biarritz
Davit Kubriashvili – Retired
Sami Mavinga – Released
Tevita Cavubati – Retired
Baptiste Plana – Retired
Conor Carey – Northampton Saints
Hugh Roach – Released
Julien Farnoux – Grenoble

Racing 92

Incoming:
Janick Tarrit – Nevers
Peniami Narisia – Brive
Kitione Kamikamica – Brive
Asaeli Tuivuaka – Zebre Parma
Warrick Gelant – Stormers
Veikoso Poloniati – Moana Pasifika
Arthur Bonneval – Toulouse
Martin Meliande – Bourg-en-Bresse

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Outgoing:
Georges-Henri Colombe – La Rochelle
Teddy Thomas – La Rochelle
Yoan Tanga-Mangene – La Rochelle
Teddy Baubigny – Toulon
Maxime Machenaud – Bayonne
Victor Moreaux – Perpignan
Luka Begic – Chambéry
Mitch Short – Béziers
Kurtley Beale – Waratahs

Stade Français

Incoming:
Giovanni Habel-Kuffner – Pau
Morgan Parra – Clermont
Mickaël Ivaldi – Lyon
Stephane Ahmed – Montauban
Mathieu Hirigoyen – Biarritz
Lucas Peyresblanques – Biarritz
Giorgi Tsutskiridze – Aurillac
Julien Ory – Toulon
Juan Martin Scelzo – Clermont

Outgoing:
Waisea Nayacalevu – Toulon
Charlie Francoz – Biarritz
Quentin Bethune – Bayonne
Lucas Da Silva – Brive
Talalelei Gray – Grenoble
Loic Godener – Clermont
Antoine Burban – Retired
Yoann Maestri – Retired
Adrien Lapegue – Provence
Tolu Latu – Released

Toulon

Incoming:
Ihaia West – La Rochelle
Teddy Baubigny – Racing 92
Waisea Nayacalevu – Stade Français
Mathieu Tanguy – La Rochelle
Dany Priso – La Rochelle
Ma?lan Rabut – Vannes
Jérémy Sinzelle – La Rochelle
Benoît Paillaugue – Montpellier
Gaël Drean – Rennes

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Outgoing:
Anthony Belleau – Clermont
Louis Carbonel – Montpellier
Sonatane Takulua – Agen
Eben Etzebeth – Sharks
Lopeti Timani – Cardiff
Mike Sosene-Feagai – Agen
Julien Ory – Stade Français
Julien Hériteau – Clermont
Petero Tuwai – Suresnes
Fabio Gonzalez – Chambéry
Leone Nakarawa – Released
Theo Dachary – Released
Charlton Kerr – Union Cognac-Saint-Jean
Ruben Arruabarrena – Soyaux-Angouleme

Toulouse

Incoming:
Alexandre Roumat – Bordeaux
Arthur Retière – La Rochelle
Melvyn Jaminet – Perpignan
Pierre-Louis Barassi – Lyon
Paul Graou – Agen
Ange Capuozzo – Grenoble

Outgoing:
Antoine Miquel – Bordeaux
Zack Holmes – Bordeaux
Joe Tekori – Retired
Paulo Tafili – Lyon
Maxime Medard – Retired
Arthur Bonneval – Racing 92
Rory Arnold – Released
Tim Nanai-Williams – Released
Jean-Baptiste Reggiardo – Suresnes

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JW 1 hour ago
Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

I had a look at the wiki article again, it's all terribly old data (not that I'd see reason for much change in the case of SA).

Number Of Clubs:

1526

Registered+Unregistered Players:

651146

Number of Referees:

3460

Pre-teen Male Players:

320842

Pre-teen Female Player:

4522

Teen Male Player:

199213

Teen Female Player:

4906

Senior Male Player:

113174

Senior Female Player:

8489

Total Male Player:

633229

Total Female Player:

17917


So looking for something new as were more concerned with adults specifically, so I had a look at their EOY Financial Review.

The total number of clubs remains consistent, with a marginal increase of 1% from 1,161 to 1,167. 8.1.

A comparative analysis of verified data for 2022 and 2023 highlights a marginal decline of 1% in the number of female players, declining from 6,801 to 6,723. Additionally, the total number of players demonstrates an 8% decrease, dropping from 96,172 to 88,828.

So 80k+ adult males (down from 113k), but I'm not really sure when youth are involved with SAn clubs, or if that data is for some reason not being referenced/included. 300k male students however (200k in old wiki data).


https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2020/07/28/212ed9cf-cd61-4fa3-b9d4-9f0d5fb61116/P56-57-Participation-Map_v3.pdf has France at 250k registered but https://presse-europe1-fr.translate.goog/exclu-europe-1-le-top-10-des-sports-les-plus-pratiques-en-france-en-2022/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp has them back up at 300k registered.


The French number likely Students + Club, but everyone collects data different I reckon. In that WR pdf for instance a lot of the major nations have a heavily registered setup, were as a nation like England can penetrate into a lot more schools to run camps and include them in the reach of rugby. For instance the SARU release says only 29% of schools are reached by proper rugby programs, where as the 2million English number would be through a much much higer penetration I'd imagine. Which is thanks to schools having the ability to involve themselves in programs more than anything.


In any case, I don't think you need to be concerned with the numbers, whether they are 300 or 88k, there is obviously a big enough following for their pro scenes already to have enough quality players for a 10/12 team competition. They appear ibgger than France but I don't really by the lower English numbers going around.

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