Edinburgh have confirmed the 13 players leaving at the end of the 2022/23 season, a list that includes four Scotland internationals – Damien Hoyland, Jaco van der Walt, Henry Pyrgos and Nick Haining – along with the Bulls-bound Henry Immelman.
Straight-talking Franco Smith must revitalise Glasgow Warriors while at Edinburgh, Mike Blair aims to build on the promise of last season.
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
La Rochelle wrote themselves into the history books with a seismic Champion Cup win to further enhance the reputation of Ronan O'Gara
Gallagher Premiership playoff chasers Northampton have confirmed the names of the nine players that are leaving them this summer when their contracts expire ahead of the change that will see Phil Dowson take over as director of rugby from Chris Boyd.
Dan Biggar has been excluded by Northampton but fellow 2021 Lions Courtney Lawes and Iain Henderson will be lining out in Belfast.
Talisman Finn Russell has been restored to a star-studded Racing 92 line-up for Friday's Champions Cup opener away to Northampton Saints.
Scotland have updated their squad following the win over Tonga and there is no place for Lions prop Rory Sutherland versus Australia.
It's now a year since Emmanuel Iyogun, the back-row-cum-prop, jumped off the deep end to ensure Northampton didn't have to forfeit a match.