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Every URC transfer ahead of the 2022/23 season

By Stefan Frost
Vaea Fifita and Eben Etzebeth /Getty

Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break.

The Irish provinces have been using their academies to booster their squads while South African teams have only made a few, select moves. Meanwhile, all four Welsh provinces, but in particular Cardiff and the Dragons, have been busy releasing players and bringing in suitable replacements.

Below RugbyPass takes a look at every single player departing and joining each URC side this summer.

Benetton

Incoming:

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne - Exeter Chiefs

Tommaso Menoncello - Academy

Giacomo Da Re - Rovigo Delta

Scott Scrafton - Hurricanes

Onisi Ratave - Fijian Drua

Outgoing:

Callum Braley - Northampton Saints

Hame Faiva - Worcester Warriors

Irné Herbst - Harlequins

Joey Caputo - Mogliano

Yaree Fantini - Mogliano

Tomás Baravalle - Released

Tommy Bell - Released

Tommaso Benvenuti - Released

Luca Petrozzi - Released

Luca Sperandio - Released

Lorenzo Pani - Zebre Parma

Franco Smith - Zebre Parma

Marco Zanon - Pau

Bulls

Incoming:

Phumzile Maqondwana - Pumas

S’Busiso Nkosi - Sharks

Ruan Vermaak - Red Hurricanes

Outgoing:

Madosh Tambwe - Bordeaux

Sintu Manjezi - Glasgow Warriors

Taulupe Faletau (Photo by Adrian Dennis /AFP via Getty Images)

Cardiff

Incoming:

Taulupe Faletau - Bath

Thomas Young - Wasps

Liam Williams - Scarlets

Efan Daniel - Academy

Lopeti Timani - Toulon

Outgoing:

Hallam Amos - Retired

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso - Wasps

Iestyn Harris - Exeter Chiefs

Scott Andrews - Retired

Rhys Gill - Retired

Alun Lawrence - Jersey Reds

Luke Scully - Released

Will Boyde - Released

Jason Tovey - Retired

Garyn Smith - Cornish Pirates

Ben Murphy - Doncaster Knights

Connacht

Incoming:

Ciaran Booth - Academy

Cathal Forde - Academy

Josh Murphy - Leinster

Peter Dooley - Leinster

Adam Byrne - Leinster

Shamus Hurley-Langton - Manawatu

Byron Ralston - Western Force

David Hawkshaw - Leinster

Outgoing:

Sammy Arnold - Brive

Ultan Dillane - La Rochelle

Abraham Papali'i - Brive

Tietie Tuimauga - Colomiers

Matt Healy - Retired

Greg McGrath - Released

Jonny Murphy - Released

Ben O'Donnell - Released

Dominic Robertson-McCoy - Released

Peter Sullivan - Released

Peter Robb - Released

Eoghan Masterson - Aurillac

Dragons

Incoming:

Bradley Roberts - Ulster

JJ Hanrahan - Clermont

Rhodri Jones - Ospreys

Sean Lonsdale - Exeter Chiefs

Max Clark - Bath

George Nott - London Irish

Sio Tomkinson - Highlanders

Angus O'Brien - Scarlets

Rob Evans - Scarlets

Outgoing:

Taylor Davies - Scarlets

Mesake Doge - Released

Harry Fry - Hartpury College

Jordan Olowofela - Leicester Tigers

Max Williams - Released

Josh Lewis - Merthyr

Jonah Holmes - Ealing Trailfinders

Dan Baker - Aberavon

Owen Jenkins - Wales Sevens

Will Talbot-Davies - Coventry

Greg Bateman - Retired

Joe Maksymiw - Agen

Evan Lloyd - Ebbw Vale

Carrick McDonough - Ebbw Vale

Adam Warren - Released

Aaron Jarvis - Retired

Richard Hibbard - Retired

Tavis Knoyle - Released

Dan Babos - Released

Jamie Roberts - Waratahs

Ioan Davies - Jersey Reds

Sam Skinner (Getty)

Edinburgh

Incoming:

Sam Skinner - Exeter Chiefs

Jamie Jack - Ampthill

Wes Goosen - Hurricanes

Outgoing:

Ben Toolis - Released

Magnus Bradbury - Bristol Bears

Nathan Chamberlain - Released

Sam Grahamslaw - Released

James Johnstone - Released

Ramiro Moyano - Released

George Taylor - Retired

Jake Armstrong - Bristol Bears

Harry Lloyd - Western Force

Jordan Venter - Bath

Dan Gamble - London Scottish

Glasgow Warriors

Incoming:

JP du Preez - Sale Sharks

Sione Vailanu - Worcester Warriors

Huw Jones - Harlequins

Sintu Manjezi - Bulls

Outgoing:

Kiran McDonald - Wasps

Hamish Bain - Released

Robbie Fergusson - Released

Rob Harley - Released

Tom Lambert - Released

Ewan McQuillin - Released

Grant Stewart - Released

Ratu Tagive - Released

Ewan Ashman - Sale Sharks

Murray McCallum - Worcester Warriors

Peter Horne - Retired

Nick Grigg - Red Hurricanes

Leinster

Incoming:

Jason Jenkins - Munster

Brian Deeny - Academy

Cormac Foley - Academy

Joe McCarthy - Academy

Jamie Osborne - Academy

Charlie Ngatai – Lyon

Outgoing:

Josh Murphy - Connacht

Peter Dooley - Connacht

Jack Dunne - Exeter Chiefs

Rory O'Loughlin - Exeter Chiefs

Adam Byrne - Connacht

David Hawkshaw - Connacht

Devin Toner - Retired

Seán Cronin - Retired

Dan Leavy - Retired

Lions

Incoming:

Sanele Nohamba - Lions

Outgoing:

Burger Odendaal - Wasps

Vincent Tshituka - Sharks

Carlü Sadie - Sharks

MJ Pelser - Zebre Parma

Ross Cronje - Retired

Wilhelm van der Sluys - Retired

Munster

Incoming:

Scott Buckley - Academy

Alex Kendellen - Academy

Malakai Fekitoa - Wasps

Chris Moore - University of Exeter

Antoine Frisch - Bristol Bears

Antoine Fisch (Photo by Tony Marshall/Getty Images)

Outgoing:

Declan Moore - Ulster

Jason Jenkins - Leinster

Matt Gallagher - Bath

Jake Flannery - Ulster

Chris Cloete - Bath

John Ryan - Wasps

Kevin O'Byrne - Ealing Trailfinders

Damian de Allende - Released

Seán French - Released

Alex McHenry - Released

Rowan Osborne - Retired

Jonathan Wren - Retired

Ospreys

Incoming:

Jack Walsh - Exeter Chiefs

Harri Deaves - Academy

Garyn Phillips - Academy

Outgoing:

Rhodri Jones - Dragons

Lloyd Ashley - Released

Josh Thomas - Newcastle Falcons

Ma?afu Fia - Released

Dewi Cross - Released

James Fender - Cornish Pirates

Callum Carson - Aberavon

Ifan Phillips - Retired

Morgan Strong - Ampthill

Harri Morgan - Ampthill

Scarlets

Incoming:

Vaea Fifita - Wasps

Taylor Davies - Dragons

Outgoing:

Liam Williams - Cardiff

Angus O'Brien - Dragons

Steffan Hughes - Released

Marc Jones - Released

Tomi Lewis – Released

Tom Phillips - Released

Tyler Morgan - Wales Sevens

Rob Evans - Dragons

Tom Prydie - Bath

James Davies - Retired

Eben Etzebeth (Photo by Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images)

Sharks

Incoming:

Eben Etzebeth - Toulon

Rohan Janse van Rensburg - Sale Sharks

Nevaldo Fleurs - Maties

Vincent Tshituka - Lions

Carlü Sadie - Lions

Lionel Cronjé - Toyota Verblitz

Outgoing:

Sbu Nkosi - Bulls

Ruben van Heerden - Exeter Chiefs

Sanele Nohamba - Lions

Stormers

Incoming:

Clayton Blommetjies - Free State Cheetahs

Joseph Dweba - Bordeaux

Outgoing:

Warrick Gelant - Racing 92

Wilmar Arnoldi - Beziers

Dian Bleuler - Sharks

David Meihuizen - Retired

Edwill van der Merwe - Lions

Sean Reffell /Getty

Ulster

Incoming:

Sean Reffell - Saracens

Jude Postlethwaite - Academy

Declan Moore - Munster

Frank Bradshaw - Nevers

Shea O'Brien - Armagh

Jake Flannery - Munster

Jeffery Toomaga-Allen – Wasps

Outgoing:

Bradley Roberts - Dragons

Ross Kane - Ealing Trailfinders

Jack McGrath - Released

Sean Reidy - Released

Mick Kearney - Retired

David O'Connor - Ealing Trailfinders

Zebre Parma

Incoming:

Giampietro Ribaldi - Viadana

Juan Pitinari - Noceto

Simone Gesi - Colorno

Guido Volpi - Doncaster Knights

Dennis Visser - Narbonne

Damiano Mazza - Calvisano

Ratko Jelic - Viadana

Jacques du Toit - Bath

Alessio Sanavia - Valorugby Emilia

Muhamed Hasa - Petrarca

MJ Pelser - Lions

Davide Ruggeri - Rovigo Delta

Outgoing:

Oliviero Fabiani - Colorno

Asaeli Tuivuaka - Racing 92

Andrea Lovotti - Colorno

Giulio Bisegni - Colorno

Massimo Ceciliani - Released

Gabriele Di Giulio - Released

Guglielmo Palazzani - Released

Jimmy Tuivaiti - Released

Renato Giammarioli - Worcester Warriors

Maxime Mbanda - Colorno

Danilo Fischetti - London Irish

Eduardo Bello - Saracens

Tommy Castello - Retired

Giosuè Zilocchi - London Irish