Confirmed Transfers

[will311293]

Also on Wasps front, apparently no official contact been made with players yet... lots of scratching heads at the moment, suggests there are challenges with infrastructure which might be holding up coaches, players, staff etc. If we don't sort it soon, think we will be heading further down the system for sure

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Back-row Viliami Taulani, scrum-half Jack Stafford, wing Conor Oresanya and prop Rhys Litterick all leaving Quins.

Disappointed Taulani never actually came to anything, was v excited about it at first!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leatigaga leaves Tigers with immediate affect and joins Waratahs

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Stuart McInally: Edinburgh & Scotland hooker retiring to become an airline pilot

Edinburgh and Scotland hooker Stuart McInally will play his final club game on Friday after announcing he is retiring to become a commercial airline pilot.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Stuart McInally: Edinburgh & Scotland hooker retiring to become an airline pilot

Edinburgh and Scotland hooker Stuart McInally will play his final club game on Friday after announcing he is retiring to become a commercial airline pilot.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wow.

 

[Scotty]

Stuart McInally: Edinburgh & Scotland hooker retiring to become an airline pilot

Edinburgh and Scotland hooker Stuart McInally will play his final club game on Friday after announcing he is retiring to become a commercial airline pilot.

www.bbc.co.uk

Thats great to see tbh a player that has had a plan throughout his career, and now has a very good job at end of his career on his terms with his body still in tact

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Falcons sign Ollie Leatherbarrow from Exeter. 21 year old Scotland back rower...another big carrier.

Seems theres been a target for much more ball carriers in the pack for next season.

Looks like like he can be a bit of a naughty boy though.

https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/...wExeterUniversityBUCSJudgmentFeb23(final).pdf

 

[Geordie]

Looks like like he can be a bit of a naughty boy though.

https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/...wExeterUniversityBUCSJudgmentFeb23(final).pdf

Hhmmm not good, but hopefully he's had that attitude sorted out...similar to Carerras who is letting his rugby do the talking now.

 

[Geordie]

On another note...Mark Wilson confirms he's leaving the falcons.

Looks like a complete overhaul at the falcons....

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Tuivasa-sheck leaving the Blues at the end of the year to head back to the warriors in League.

Disappointed he never came to what he could have been

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Ben Moon and Ian Whitten have both announced their retirements at the end of the season. 2 absolute legends of the club.

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Josh Navidi retiring due to injury.

Sad one that

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Josh Navidi retiring due to injury.

Sad one that

I actually met him in a Swansea restaurant a few weeks ago. He was still hopeful of returning to play then.

 

[Scotty]

Yeah but that doesn't leavers during the season, managed to find this. So 13 so far confirmed.

1 prop
1 hooker
2 locks
4 back rows
1 FH
1 Centre
2 Wingers
1 FB

View attachment 16613

With Moon and Whitten going thats 15.

Moon LCD Williams
Van Heerden Kirsten
Ewers Leatherbarrow Grondona
Whitten JSimmonds
SSimmonds SoB
Nowell Hogg Cordero

Ok so Whitten at 9 is abit iffy but SSimmonds could play 12 so i stand by it.

Still not far off losing a genuine XV leaving.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Byron McGuigan retiring to take up a coaching role with Sale:

Byron McGuigan to retire at the end of the season | Sale Sharks

Winger McGuigan will hang up his boots at the end of the 22/23 season The 34-year-old joined from Exeter in 2016 and made over 100 appearances for the club McGuigan to take up coaching role with the Sharks Sharks wing Byron McGuigan has confirmed that he will retire from professional rugby at...

www.salesharks.com

Always a big fan of his, proper no nonsense winger - had a very good partnership with Denny for a while

 

[will311293]

Half way down chiefs confirm that Ben Moon, Stuart Hogg and Ian Whitten are retiring, Dave Ewers, Jannes Kirsten, Sam Simmonds, Joe Simmonds, Sean O'Brien, Luke Cowan-Dickie are al leaving.

Further confirmation that Harry Williams, Jack Nowell and Jack Maunder are also leaving..

Chiefs to face Bristol Bears

www.exeterchiefs.co.uk

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Further confirmation that Harry Williams, Jack Nowell and Jack Maunder are also leaving..

Chiefs to face Bristol Bears

www.exeterchiefs.co.uk

I don't think that this had been previously confirmed (or even really rumoured) anywhere, had it? Seems odd to hide that announcement in that article.

Makes sense though. Been leapfrogged by his younger brother and both Becconsall and Cairns already look up to the standard at a very young age.

Does mean that of the 23 who won the Champions Cup only 6 will remain (Hepburn, Gray, Vermeulen, Slade, Yeandle, Devoto).

 

[will311293]

I don't think that this had been previously confirmed (or even really rumoured) anywhere, had it? Seems odd to hide that announcement in that article.

Makes sense though. Been leapfrogged by his younger brother and both Becconsall and Cairns already look up to the standard at a very young age.

Does mean that of the 23 who won the Champions Cup only 6 will remain (Hepburn, Gray, Vermeulen, Slade, Yeandle, Devoto).

No sorry thats what i meant haha. Yeah the squads had a fairly brutal overhaul. I wonder who will come in as i'm sure the squads going to need filling out.

 

[Scotty]

With Moon and Whitten going thats 15.

Moon LCD Williams
Van Heerden Kirsten
Ewers Leatherbarrow Grondona
Whitten JSimmonds
SSimmonds SoB
Nowell Hogg Cordero

Ok so Whitten at 9 is abit iffy but SSimmonds could play 12 so i stand by it.

Still not far off losing a genuine XV leaving.

Jack Maunder leaving fixes my team

Moon LCD Williams
Van Heerden Kirsten
Ewers SSimmonds Grondona
JMaunder JSimmonds
SoB Whitten
Nowell Hogg Cordero

Leatherbarrow

Omfg that is a team i would happily see out in a big game...thats depressing.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Jack Maunder leaving fixes my team

Moon LCD Williams
Van Heerden Kirsten
Ewers SSimmonds Grondona
JMaunder JSimmonds
SoB Whitten
Nowell Hogg Cordero

Leatherbarrow

Omfg that is a team i would happily see out in a big game...thats depressing.

I can empathise with your depression but looking at the age profile of those leavers and taking into account the normal leavers you get at the end of a season, I think it needed to happen just maybe not all at once.

Will be hard next season but the one after you should be getting right back up there.