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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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    RedWarriors 3 hours ago
    'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

    “….after hyping themselves up for about a year and a half”


    You see, this is the disrespect I am talking about. NZ immediately started this character assasination on Irish rugby after the series win “about a year and a half” before the RWC. We win in NZ and suddenly we are arrogant. Do you consider this respectful?

    And please substantiate Ireland talking themselves up comment: for every supposed instance of this there is surely 100x examples of NZ talking themselves up?

    We were ranked 1, but that’s not talking ourselves up. We were playing good rugby.


    Re the QF: that was a one score match: if you say we ‘choked’ you are really saying that Ireland were the better team but pressure got to them on the day? That is demeaning to your own team and another example of disrespect to Ireland.


    New Zealand:

    -NZ’s year long prep included a wall defence that Ireland had not seen until the match.

    -Insights on all players strenghts and weaknesses. The scrum coach said that he had communicated several times with Barnes about Porter. He also noted when Barnes was looking at Porter he was NOT looking at the NZ front row.

    -A favourable draw meaning NZ would play Ireland in a QF, where Ireland would not have a knock out win under their belt.

    -A (another) favourable scheduling meant that NZ could focus on the QF literally after the France match and focus on Ireland after they beat SA in the pool.


    Ireland:

    -Unfavourable draw: have to play the triple world cup champions with players having multi RWC knock out match winning caps in the QF, when Ireland DONT want to play a top 4 team.

    -Unfavourable schedule: Have to play world no 5 Scotland 6-7 days before the quarter. Have to prepare for this which compares unfavourably with NZs schedule (Uruguay 9 days before QF). Both wingers get injured with no time to recover.

    -Match: went 13-0 down but came back. Try held up brilliantly by Barrett and last play of the match saw Ireland move from their own 10 metre line to 10 metres from the NZ line.

    Jordan himself said that the NZ line was retreating and someone needed to do something which was Whitelock.


    Ireland died with their boots on. You saw the reaction from NZ after the whistle. Claiming Ireland choked is disrespectful to NZ and to a great rugby match. It is also indicative of the disrespect shown by NZ and fans to Ireland since 2022. We saw it in some NZ players having a go at Irish players and supporters after the whistle. Is that respect?

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