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Every Top 14 transfer ahead of the 2022/23 season
By Stefan Frost
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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