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List of 2025–26 United Rugby Championship transfers

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This is a list of player transfers involving United Rugby Championship teams before or during 2025–26 season.

Benetton

Players in

So'otala Fa'aso'o from Perpignan^[1]
Jadin Kingi from Mogliano^[2]
Destiny Aminu from Mogliano^[3]
Giuliano Avaca from Mogliano^[3]
Marcos Gallorini promoted from Academy^[3]
Nicholas Gasperini from Mogliano^[3]
Giulio Marini from Mogliano^[3]
Federico Zanandrea from Mogliano^[3]
John Bryant from Queensland Reds (short-term loan)^[4]
Richie Asiata from Queensland Reds (short-term loan)^[4]
Louis Werchon from Queensland Reds (short-term loan)^[4]
Tomás Montilla from Petrarca^[5]
Nicolás Roger from Tarucas^[6]
Tomás Medina from Tarucas^[7]

Players out

Ignacio Brex to Toulon^[8]
Lautaro Bazán to Argentina Sevens^[9]
Agustín Creevy (retired)^[10]
Riccardo Genovese to Mogliano^[11]
Edoardo Iachizzi to Vannes^[12]
Filippo Drago to Mogliano^[13]
Nicolò Casilio to Valorugby Emilia^[14]
Marco Zanon to Zebre Parma^[15]
Gideon Koegelenberg to Sharks (Currie Cup)^[16]
Toa Halafihi to Petrarca Padova^[17]
Marco Manfredi to Northampton Saints^[18]
Tomás Albornoz to Toulon^[19]
Giuliano Avaca to Dogos XV^[20]
Tomás Montilla to Dogos XV^[21]
Nicolás Roger to Dogos XV^[22]

Bulls

Players in

Nico Janse van Rensburg from Montpellier^[23]
Handré Pollard from Leicester Tigers^[24]
Jeandre Rudolph from Cheetahs^[25]
Jan Serfontein from Montpellier^[26]
Paul de Wet from Stormers^[27]
Neil le Roux from Bath^[28]

Players out

Bernard van der Linde to Bath^[29]
Tielman Nieuwoudt to Cheetahs^[30]
Boeta Chamberlain to Newcastle Red Bulls^[31]
Cornel Smit to Cardiff^[32]
Aphiwe Dyantyi to Narbonne^[33]

Cardiff

Players in

Ioan Lloyd from Scarlets^[34]
Taine Basham from Dragons^[35]
Javan Sebastian from Edinburgh^[36]
Sam Wainwright from Scarlets^[36]
George Nott from Dragons^[37]
Ieuan Davies from Bath (season-long loan)^[38]
Ioan Emanuel from Bath (season-long loan)^[38]
Leigh Halfpenny from Harlequins (short-term deal)^[39]
Will Rigg from Exeter Chiefs (short-term loan) ^[40]
Osian Roberts from Sale Sharks (short-term loan) ^[40]
Cornel Smit from Bulls^[32]

Players out

Thomas Young to Dragons^[41]
Rhys Litterick to Edinburgh^[42]
Tinus de Beer to Dragons^[43]
Seb Davies to Dragons^[44]
Gwilym Bradley (released)^[45]
Regan Grace (released)^[45]
Rey Lee-Lo (retired)^[45]
Gabriel Hamer-Webb to Leicester Tigers^[46]
Mackenzie Martin to Dragons (season-long loan)^[47]
Efan Daniel to Ospreys^[48]
Ellis Bevan to Bristol Bears (short-term loan)^[49]
Joe Cowell to Bedford Blues (short-term loan)^[50]
Ed Byrne to Leinster (short-term loan)^[51]

Connacht

Players in

Sam Gilbert from Highlanders^[52]
Harry West (promoted from Academy)^[53]
Finn Treacy (promoted from Academy)^[53]
John Devine (promoted from Academy)^[53]

Players out

JJ Hanrahan to Munster^[54]
Andrew Smith to Munster^[55]
Piers O'Conor to Edinburgh^[56]
Conor Oliver to Ealing Trailfinders^[57]
Santiago Cordero to Regatas^[58]

Dragons

Players in

Dillon Lewis from Harlequins^[59]
Harry Beddall from Leicester Tigers^[60]
Codi Purnell from Bath^[61]
James Talamai from Saracens^[61]
Thomas Young from Cardiff^[41]
Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths (promoted from Academy)^[62]
Levi Douglas from Biarritz^[63]
Tinus de Beer from Cardiff^[43]
Fine Inisi from Moana Pasifika^[64]
Wyn Jones from Harlequins^[65]
Seb Davies from Cardiff^[44]
Fetuli Paea from Zebre Parma^[66]
Mackenzie Martin from Cardiff (season-long loan)^[47]
Jac Lloyd from Newport^[67]
David Richards from Newport^[67]
Robert Hunt from Cheetahs^[68]
Niall Armstrong from Exeter Chiefs^[69]
George Roberts from Doncaster Knights^[70]
Cebo Dlamini from Griquas (short-term loan) ^[71]

Players out

Edinburgh

Players in

Dylan Richardson from Sharks^[82]
Rhys Litterick from Cardiff^[42]
James Whitcombe from Leicester Tigers^[42]
Finlay Doyle from Loughborough Students RUFC^[83]
Malelili Satala from Leicester Tigers^[83]
Piers O'Conor from Connacht^[56]
Charlie McCaig from Exeter Chiefs^[84]
Ben White from Melrose^[84]
Callum Hunter-Hill from Northampton Saints^[85]
Ross McKnight from Stirling County^[86]

Players out

Jamie Ritchie to Perpignan^[87]
Dave Cherry to Vannes^[88]
Matt Scott (retired)^[89]
Jacob Henry to Coventry^[90]
Jack Hocking (released)^[90]
Nathan Sweeney (retired)^[91]
Javan Sebastian to Cardiff^[36]
Ali Price to Montpellier^[92]
Robin Hislop (retired)^[93]
Jamie Hodgson to Newcastle Red Bulls^[94]
Emiliano Boffelli to Duendes^[95]
Mark Bennett to Seattle Seawolves^[96]

Glasgow Warriors

Players in

Duncan Munn (promoted from Academy)^[97]
Alex Craig from Scarlets^[98]
Charlie Savala from Northampton Saints^[99]
Dan Lancaster from Racing 92^[100]
Tavi Tuipulotu from NSW Waratahs^[101]

Players out

Tom Jordan to Bristol Bears^[102]
Henco Venter to Brive^[103]
Amena Caqusau to Northampton Saints^[104]
Jack Mann to Gloucester^[105]
Logan Trotter (released)^[106]
Aidan Cross to Doncaster Knights^[107]
Callum Smyth to Worcester Warriors^[108]
Richie Simpson to Ealing Trailfinders^[109]
Sebastián Cancelliere to Hindú^[110]
Sean Kennedy to Stirling County^[111]
JP du Preez to NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes^[112]
Facundo Cordero to Regatas^[113]
Callum Norrie to Ampthill^[114]

Leinster

Players in

Fintan Gunne (promoted from Academy)^[115]
Gus McCarthy (promoted from Academy)^[116]
Andrew Osborne (promoted from Academy)^[116]
Diarmuid Mangan (promoted from Academy)^[117]
Niall Smyth (promoted from Academy)^[117]
Hugh Cooney (promoted from Academy)^[118]
Alex Usanov (promoted from Academy)^[119]
Charlie Tector (promoted from Academy)^[120]
Rieko Ioane from Blues (short-term deal)^[121]
Ed Byrne from Cardiff (short-term loan)^[51]

Players out

Lions

Players in

Players out

Munster

Players in

Lee Barron from Leinster^[139]
Michael Milne from Leinster^[139]
Dan Kelly from Leicester Tigers^[140]
JJ Hanrahan from Connacht
Andrew Smith from Connacht^[55]
Kieran Ryan (promoted from Academy)^[141]
Evan O'Connell (promoted from Academy)^[141]
Ruadhán Quinn (promoted from Academy)^[141]
Fionn Gibbons (promoted from Academy)^[141]
Michael Alaalatoa from Clermont^[142]
Ben O'Donovan from Canterbury^[143]

Players out

Peter O'Mahony (retired)^[144]
Stephen Archer (retired)^[145]
Dave Kilcoyne (retired)^[146]
Liam Coombes (released)^[147]
Jack Daly (released)^[147]
Jack Oliver (released)^[147]
Patrick Campbell to Ealing Trailfinders^[148]
Scott Buckley to Ealing Trailfinders^[149]
Billy Burns to Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks^[150]
Cian Hurley to Southland^[151]
Rory Scannell to Ealing Trailfinders^[152]
Conor Murray (retired)^[153]

Ospreys

Players in

Players out

Justin Tipuric (retired)^[157]
Tristan Davies to Scarlets^[158]
Owen Williams to Nissa^[159]
Waisea Nayacalevu to Nissa^[159]
Adam Beard to Montpellier^[160]
George McGuigan to Newcastle Red Bulls^[161]
Will Spencer to Chambéry^[162]

Scarlets

Players in

Joe Hawkins from Exeter Chiefs^[163]
Jake Ball (unattached)^[164]
Dane Blacker from Dragons^[73]
Ioan Jones from Gloucester^[165]
Tristan Davies from Ospreys^[158]
Sam O'Connor (promoted from Academy)^[166]
Kirby Myhill from Miami Sharks (short-term loan)^[167]
Steve Cummins from Dragons (short-term loan)^[168]
Fletcher Anderson from Crusaders^[169]
Harvey Cuckson from Bath (short-term loan)^[170]
Alex Groves from Stormers (short-term loan)^[170]
Billy McBryde from RGC 1404 (short-term loan)^[171]

Players out

Ioan Lloyd to Cardiff^[34]
Alex Craig to Glasgow Warriors^[98]
Charlie Titcombe to Leicester Tigers^[172]
Sam Wainwright to Cardiff^[36]
Ed Scragg to Blackheath^[173]
Vaea Fifita to Montauban^[174]
Morgan Jones to Doncaster Knights^[175]
Shaun Evans to Carmarthen Quins^[176]
Steff Evans to Carmarthen Quins^[177]
Efan Jones to Ampthill^[178]

Sharks

Players in

Edwill van der Merwe from Lions^[136]
Marvin Orie from Perpignan^[179]
Cameron Dawson from Pumas (short-term loan)^[180]
Cebo Dlamini from Pumas (short-term loan)^[180]
Ross Braude from Pumas^[181]
Eduan Swart from Pumas^[181]
Simphiwe Matanzima from Bulls^[182]
JJ Scheepers from Pumas (short-term loan)^[183]
Le Roux Malan from New England Free Jacks^[184]
George Whitehead from Griquas (short-term loan)^[185]
Cameron Dawson from Cheetahs^[186]

Players out

Ntuthuko Mchunu to Stormers^[187]
James Venter to Gloucester^[188]
Dylan Richardson to Edinburgh^[82]
Eduan Keyter to Lions^[130]
Batho Hlekani to Lions^[134]
Cameron Wright to Narbonne^[189]
Khwezi Mona to Exeter Chiefs^[190]
Christie Grobbelaar to South Africa Sevens^[191]
Dian Bleuler to Gloucester^[192]
Lukhanyo Am to Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars^[193]

Stormers

Players in

Players out

Herschel Jantjies to Bayonne^[200]
Brok Harris (retired)^[201]
Ben Loader to Gloucester^[202]
Joseph Dweba to Exeter Chiefs^[203]
Paul de Wet to Bulls^[27]
Angelo Davids to Lions^[131]
Manie Libbok to Hanazono Kintetsu Liners^[204]

Ulster

Players in

Juarno Augustus from Northampton Saints^[205]
Joe Hopes (promoted from Academy)^[206]
Charlie Irvine (promoted from Academy)^[206]
Sam Crean from Saracens^[207]
Rory McGuire from Leinster^[207]
Angus Bell from NSW Waratahs (short-term deal)^[208]
Jack Murphy (promoted from Academy)^[209]
Bradley McNamara from Instonians (short term injury cover)^[210]

Players out

Kieran Treadwell to Harlequins^[211]
John Cooney to Brive^[212]
Reuben Crothers (retired)^[213]
Corrie Barrett (released)^[214]
Alan O'Connor (retired)^[215]
Andrew Warwick (retired)^[216]
Aidan Morgan to Toyota Verblitz^[217]
Stewart Moore to Newcastle Red Bulls (loan)^[218]
Michael McDonald to NSW Waratahs^[219]

Zebre Parma

Players in

Francesco Ruffolo from Colorno^[220]
David Odiase from Oyonnax^[221]
Giulio Bertaccini from Valorugby Emilia^[222]
Albert Einstein Batista from Colorno^[223]
Mirko Belloni from Rovigo^[224]
Samuele Locatelli from Viadana^[225]
Martin Roger Farias from Viadana^[226]
Alessandro Ortombina from Perpignan^[227]
Marco Zanon from Benetton^[15]
Franco Carrera from Pampas XV^[228]
Malik Faissal (promoted from Academy)^[229]
Giacomo Milano (promoted from Academy)^[229]
Shilo Klein from San Diego Legion^[230]
Enrique Pieretto from Provence^[231]

Players out

Danilo Fischetti to Northampton Saints^[232]
Andrea Zambonin to Exeter Chiefs^[233]
Luca Bigi to Valorugby Emilia^[234]
Filippo Bozzoni to Colorno^[235]
Fetuli Paea to Dragons^[66]
Gerónimo Prisciantelli to Racing 92^[236]
Scott Gregory to Southland^[237]
Ratko Jelic to Viadana^[238]
Rusiate Nasove to Valorugby Emilia^[239]
Luca Andreani to Fiamme Oro^[240]
Samuele Taddei to Valorugby Emilia^[241]
Giacomo Milano to Valorugby Emilia^[242]

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