This is a list of player transfers involving Top 14 teams before or during the 2022–23 season. The list is of deals that are confirmed and are either from or to a rugby union team in the Top 14 during the 2021–22 season. It is not unknown for confirmed deals to be cancelled at a later date.
Bayonne
Players In Pierre Huguet from Carcassonne Mikheil Nariashvili from Montpellier Maxime Machenaud from Racing 92 Thomas Acquier from Brive Bastien Pourailly from Clermont Thomas Ceyte from Nevers Camille Lopez from Clermont Quentin Bethune from Stade Français Manuel Leindekar from Oyonnax Pascal Cotet from Narbonne Jason Robertson from Narbonne Facundo Bosch from La Rochelle Kaminieli Rasaku from Fiji Sevens Eneriko Buliruarua from La Rochelle Mateaki Kafatolu from Castres Pieter Scholtz from Wasps Geoff Cridge from NSW Waratahs Olajuwon Noah from Sharks Martín Bogado from Jaguares XV Luke Morahan from Bristol Bears Marland Yarde from Sale Sharks
Players Out Ugo Boniface to Bordeaux Asier Usarraga to Castres Filimo Taofifenua to Oyonnax Jean Baptiste de Clercq to Bourg-en-Bresse Maxime Lafage to Vannes Theo Costosseque to Vannes Luc Mousset retired John Ulugia retired Shaun Venter to Montauban Maxime Delonca to Dax Mariano Galarza retired Guillaume Douche to Dax Joe Ravouvou to Oyonnax Ioane Iashaghashvili to Valence Romans Mat Luamanu to Dax Luka Tchelidze to Biarritz (season-long loan) Martín Bogado to Highlanders Afa Amosa to Agen
Bordeaux
Players In Ugo Boniface from Bayonne Antoine Miquel from Toulouse Zack Holmes from Toulouse Sipili Falatea from Clermont Tani Vili from Clermont Madosh Tambwe from Bulls Caleb Timu unattached Renato Giammarioli from Worcester Warriors Tom Willis from Wasps
Players Out Louis Picamoles retired UJ Seuteni to La Rochelle Ben Lam to Montpellier Vadim Cobîlaș retired Alexandre Roumat to Toulouse François Trinh-Duc retired Thierry Paiva to La Rochelle Julien Brosse to Massy Enzo Baggiani to Vannes Connor Sa to Carcassonne (season-long loan) Joseph Dweba to Stormers Cameron Woki to Racing 92 Nathanaël Hulleu to Vannes (season-long loan) Lasha Tabidze to Biarritz,
Brive
Players In Sammy Arnold from Connacht Malino Vanai from Agen Rodrigo Bruni from Vannes Abraham Papali'i from Connacht Lucas Da Silva from Stade Français Marcel van der Merwe from London Irish Julien Delannoy from Pau Mesu Kunavula from Edinburgh Tietie Tuimauga from Wellington Arthur Bonneval from Toulouse Ross Moriarty from Dragons
Players Out Peniami Narisia to Racing 92 Kitione Kamikamica to Racing 92 Simon-Pierre Chauvac to Montpellier Thomas Acquier to Bayonne Victor Lebas to Oyonnax Soso Bekoshvili to Carcassonne Cody Thomas to Rouen Sevanaia Galala to Montauban Tedo Abzhandadze to Montauban Dylan Lam to Massy Otar Giorgadze to Montauban So'otala Fa'aso'o to London Irish Steevy Cerqueira to Chambéry Pierre Tournebidze to Périgueux Enzo Jouannet to Floriac Mitch Lees retired Malino Vanai to Montauban Hayden Thompson-Stringer to La Rochelle
Castres
Players In Aurelien Azar from Carcassonne Gauthier Maravat from Agen Adrien Seguret from Grenoble Asier Usarraga from Bayonne Gauthier Doubrere from Mont-de-Marsan Leone Nakarawa from Toulon Julien Blanc from Toulon
Players Out Rory Kockott retired Clement Clavieres to Carcassonne Pierre Aguillon to Carcassonne Jack Whetton to Colomiers Stephane Onambele to Carcassonne Bastien Guillemin to Montauban Julius Nostadt to Provence Mateaki Kafatolu to Bayonne Hugo Hermet to Oyonnax Loïc Jacquet retired
Clermont
Players In Anthony Belleau from Toulon Jules Plisson from La Rochelle Loic Godener from Stade Français Irae Simone from Brumbies Bautista Delguy from Perpignan Julien Hériteau from Toulon Alex Newsome from NSW Waratahs Davit Kubriashvili from Perpignan
Players Out Morgan Parra to Stade Français Sipili Falatea to Bordeaux Tani Vili to Bordeaux Bastien Pourailly to Bayonne Camille Lopez to Bayonne JJ Hanrahan to Dragons Henzo Kiteau to Aurillac (season-long loan) Juan Martin Scelzo to Stade Français Clément Lanen to Massy Kotaro Matsushima to Tokyo Sungoliath Wesley Fofana retired Alexandre Lapandry retired
La Rochelle
Players In Antoine Hastoy from Pau Quentin Lespiaucq from Pau UJ Seuteni from Bordeaux Thierry Paiva from Bordeaux Teddy Thomas from Racing 92 Georges-Henri Colombe from Racing 92 Yoan Tanga from Racing 92 Ultan Dillane from Connacht Kyle Hatherell from Worcester Warriors Hayden Thompson-Stringer from Brive
Players Out Ihaia West to Toulon Jules Plisson to Clermont Arthur Retière to Toulouse Mathieu Tanguy to Toulon Wiaan Liebenberg retired Dany Priso to Toulon Victor Vito retired Jérémy Sinzelle to Toulon Guram Papidze to Pau Facundo Bosch to Bayonne Kavekini Tabu to Bourg-en-Bresse Eneriko Buliruarua to Bayonne Michel Himmer to Soyaux Angoulême Ramiro Herrera to Hindú
Lyon
Players In Paulo Tafili from Toulouse Josiah Maraku from Narbonne Maxime Gouzou from Mont-de-Marsan Liam Coltman from Highlanders Kyle Godwin from Western Force Arno Botha from Bulls Fletcher Smith from Green Rockets Tokatsu Feao Fotuaika from Queensland Reds
Players Out Mickaël Ivaldi to Stade Français Pierre-Louis Barassi to Toulouse Clement Laporte to Pau Charlie Ngatai to Leinster Colby Fainga'a to Kyuden Voltex Mathieu Bastareaud to Toulon
Montpellier
Players In Ben Lam from Bordeaux Simon-Pierre Chauvac from Brive Léo Coly from Mont-de-Marsan Louis Carbonel from Toulon Clement Doumenc from Carcassonne Karl Tu'inukuafe from Blues Giovanni Sante from Mogliano Alex Masibaka from Western Force George Bridge from Crusaders Curtis Langdon from Worcester Warriors
Players Out Guilhem Guirado retired Handré Pollard to Leicester Tigers Mikheil Nariashvili to Bayonne Fulgence Ouedraogo retired Robert Rodgers to Aurillac (season-long loan) Benoît Paillaugue to Toulon Malik Hamadache to Agen Kélian Galletier to Perpignan Yannick Arroyo to Béziers (season-long loan) Martin Doan to Mont-de-Marsan Mickaël Capelli to Pau Yvan Reilhac to Pau (season-long loan)
Pau
Players In Sacha Zegueur from Oyonnax Emilien Gailleton from Agen Clement Laporte from Lyon Guram Papidze from La Rochelle Romain Ruffenach from Biarritz Mickaël Capelli from Montpellier Yvan Reilhac from Montpellier (season-long loan) Dan Robson from Wasps Santiago Grondona from Exeter Chiefs
Players Out Giovanni Habel-Kuffner to Stade Français Antoine Hastoy to La Rochelle Quentin Lespiaucq to La Rochelle Daniel Ramsay retired Kevin Yameogo to Montauban (season-long loan) Marco Zanon to Benetton Julien Delannoy to Brive Louis Barrere to Dax Rayne Barka to Soyaux Angoulême (season-long loan)
Perpignan
Players In Jake McIntyre from Western Force Victor Moreaux from Racing 92 Kélian Galletier from Montpellier Boris Goutard from Narbonne Maʻafu Fia from Ospreys Dorian Laborde from Toulon Will Witty from Exeter Chiefs Brad Shields from Wasps Ali Crossdale from Wasps
Players Out Melvyn Jaminet to Toulouse Jean-Bernard Pujol to Montauban Julien Farnoux to Grenoble Damien Chouly retired Bautista Delguy to Clermont Dylan Jaminet to Nevers Nafi Ma'afu to Biarritz Killian Taofifenua to Biarritz Tevita Cavubati retired Sami Mavinga to Carcassonne Henry Tuilagi to Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély Guillem Montagne to Narbonne Davit Kubriashvili to Clermont Brayden Wiliame to New Zealand Warriors
Racing 92
Players In Janick Tarrit from Nevers Peniami Narisia from Brive Kitione Kamikamica from Brive Asaeli Tuivuaka from Zebre Parma Warrick Gelant from Stormers Veikoso Poloniati from Moana Pasifika Cameron Woki from Bordeaux Regan Grace from St Helens Christian Wade unattached Francis Saili from Biarritz Biyi Alo from Wasps Vinaya Habosi from Fijian Drua
Players Out Georges-Henri Colombe to La Rochelle Teddy Thomas to La Rochelle Yoan Tanga to La Rochelle Teddy Baubigny to Toulon Maxime Machenaud to Bayonne Victor Moreaux to Perpignan Jean Chezeau to Vannes (season-long loan) Kevin Le Guen to Soyaux Angoulême Luka Begic to Chambéry Mitch Short to Béziers Baptiste Pesenti to Stade Français Luke Jones to Queensland Reds Virimi Vakatawa retired
Stade Français
Players In Giovanni Habel-Kuffner from Pau Morgan Parra from Clermont Mickaël Ivaldi from Lyon Stephane Ahmed from Montauban Mathieu Hirigoyen from Biarritz Lucas Peyresblanques from Biarritz Giorgi Tsutskiridze from Aurillac Hugo N'Diaye from Rouen Julien Ory from Toulon Juan Martin Scelzo from Clermont Baptiste Pesenti from Racing 92 Theo Dachary from Toulon Louis Druart from Montauban Nadir Megdoud from Rouen Jeremy Ward from Sharks Peniasi Dakuwaqa from Fiji Sevens Vincent Koch from Wasps Paolo Odogwu from Wasps Sitaleki Timani from Toulon
Players Out Waisea Nayacalevu to Toulon Charlie Francoz to Biarritz Quentin Bethune to Bayonne Lucas Da Silva to Brive Tala Gray to Grenoble Loic Godener to Clermont Adrien Lapegue to Provence William Percillier to Vannes (season-long loan) Antoine Burban retired Adrien Lapegue to Provence Tolu Latu to NSW Waratahs Yoann Maestri to Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi Ngani Laumape to Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Toulon
Players In Ihaia West from La Rochelle Teddy Baubigny from Racing 92 Waisea Nayacalevu from Stade Français Mathieu Tanguy from La Rochelle Dany Priso from La Rochelle Maёlan Rabut from Vannes Jérémy Sinzelle from La Rochelle Benoît Paillaugue from Montpellier Sitaleki Timani unattached Mathieu Bastareaud from Lyon Dan Biggar from Northampton Saints
Players Out Anthony Belleau to Clermont Louis Carbonel to Montpellier Sonatane Takulua to Agen Eben Etzebeth to Sharks Lopeti Timani to Cardiff Mike Sosene-Feagai to Agen Julien Ory to Stade Français Julien Hériteau to Clermont Petero Tuwai to Suresnes Fabio Gonzalez to Chambéry (season-long loan) Theo Dachary to Stade Français Dorian Laborde to Perpignan Leone Nakarawa to Castres Harrison Obatoyinbo to Mont-de-Marsan Quinn Roux to Bath Julien Blanc to Castres Sitaleki Timani to Stade Français
Toulouse
Players In Alexandre Roumat from Bordeaux Arthur Retière from La Rochelle Melvyn Jaminet from Perpignan Pierre-Louis Barassi from Lyon Paul Graou from Agen Ange Capuozzo from Grenoble Jack Willis from Wasps
Players Out Antoine Miquel to Bordeaux Zack Holmes to Bordeaux Joe Tekori retired Paulo Tafili to Lyon Maxime Medard retired Romain Riguet to Montauban (season-long loan) Paul Arnaud Ausset to Dax Baptiste Germain to Biarritz (season-long loan) Alexi Balès retired Arthur Bonneval to Brive
See also List of 2022–23 Premiership Rugby transfers List of 2022–23 United Rugby Championship transfers List of 2022–23 Super Rugby transfers List of 2022–23 RFU Championship transfers List of 2022–23 Rugby Pro D2 transfers List of 2022–23 Major League Rugby transfers
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