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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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      Mark Cueto on England rugby, Eddie Jones and the try that never was | RugbyPass Offload | Episode 40

      Today we’re delighted to be joined by Ex England & Lions legend Mark Cueto to help preview an incredibly mouth watering weekend of international test match rugby, as well as hear some incredible stories from throughout his illustrious career. From Brian Ashton losing control of the England team at the 2007 world cup, to his hatred for Stuart Lancaster, the inside story of ‘Dwarf Tossing’ in NZ in 2011 and his thoughts on ‘Crazy Eddie Jones’ – there’s a lot to enjoy in this episode. Plus Ryan has just got back from a remarkably loose weekend in the Caribbean, Max has just flown in fresh from a stag-do in Vegas and Mark’s been at a 4 day wedding in New York – so on top of the rugby be prepared for a lot of fantastic stories and anecdotes .

      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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      How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

      Oh you mean this https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-raw-data-that-proves-super-rugby-pacific-is-currently-a-cut-above/ . We know you like it because it finds a way to claim that SRP is the highest standard of club/provinicial comp in the world! So there is an agenda.


      “Data analysts ask us to produce reports from tables with millions of records, with live dashboards that constantly get updated. So unless there's a really good reason to use a median instead of a mean, we'll go with the mean.”


      That’s from the mouth of a guy who uses data analysis every day. Median is a useful tool, but much less wieldy than Mean for big datasets.


      Your suppositions about French forwards are completely wrong. The lightest member of any pack is typically the #7. Top 14 clubs all play without dedicated open-sides, they play hybrids instead. Thus Francois Cros in the national side is 110 kilos, Boudenhent at #6 is 112 kilos, and Alldritt is 115 k’s at #8. They are all similar in build.


      The topic of all sizes and shapes is not for the 75’s and the 140’s to get representation, it is that 90 to 110 range where everyone should probably be for the best rugby.

      This is where we disagree and where you are clouded by your preference for the SR model. I like the fact that rugby can include 140k and 75k guys in the same team, and that’s what France and SA are doing.


      It’s inclusive and democratic, not authoritarian and bureaucratic like your notion of narrowing the weight range between 90-110k’s.

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