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ProD2 Transfer Special: Who's going where - the story for 2010/11 so far...

Last updated: 16 July 2010

ProD2 logo

While the big-spending clubs of Top 14 inevitably hog the majority of the transfer headlines, there has also been substantial movement in ProD2 this summer.

Ambitious clubs such as Lyon OU and Dax have both been busy recruiting, while recently reprieved Aix-en-Provence have also been kicked into action following Montauban's continuing demise.

Newcomers Carcassonne and St Etienne can be expected to strengthen their squads now both have secured promotion from Fédérale 1, while SCA Albi have exclusively recruited from last year's champions SU Agen as they seek to bounce straight back up following relegation from Top 14.

Top 14 Transfers 2010/11

Unlike in previous seasons there appear to be no clear favourites for the 2010/11 campaign, although the likes of Pau, Lyon and Oyonnax will all be hoping to get back to the play-offs again. Dax, Grenoble, Mont-de-Marsan, RC Narbonne and Union Bordeaux-Bègles will also be hoping to make an impact judging by their respective recruitment, while it remains to be seen how Provence, Carcassonne and St Etienne all fair.

Provence struggled to adapt last season but should be battle hardened with a knowledge of what to expect, while Carcassonne and St Etienne will be fighting to avoid the same fate as Lannemezan, last year's basement club.

Here's what we know so far...

Aix-en-Provence logoAix-en-Provence        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Ludovic Michaux 28 Lock Castres French
Seva Rokobaro 31 Flanker Perigueux Fijian
Roger Ripol 31 Hooker Chalon Spanish
Pierre Rochette 27 Scrum-half Grenoble French
Danie de Beer 31 Fly-half Grenoble South African
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Alexandre Menini 27 Prop Mont-de-Marsan French
Boris Béthéry 26 Hooker Union Bordeaux Bègles French
Alexis Driollet 25 Back row Grenoble French
Romain Barriol 21 Back row Perpignan French

 

SCA Albi logoSCA Albi
(relegated from
Top 14)
       
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Henry Broncan - Sports manager SU Agen French
Sofiane Guitoune 21 Full-back SU Agen French
Romain Sola 22 Fly-half SU Agen French
Max Carabignac 23 Scrum-half SU Agen French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Eric Béchu - Coach Montpellier French
Kevin Boulogne 23 Scrum-half Perpignan French
Benjamin Lapeyre 23 Full-back Toulon French
Pierre-Gilles Lakafia 22 Winger Stade Toulousain French
Blair Stewart 26 Fly-half Grenoble New Zealand
Saula Radidi 26 Winger Dax Fijian
Lilian Ducos 29 Back row Retired French

 

FC Auch Gers logoFC Auch Gers        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Fabien Magnan 26 Prop Pau French
Mickaël Nerocan 23 Prop Marseille-Vitrolles French
Nicolas Kwarazfelia 26 Prop Lavaur French
Mathieu De Pauw 25 Back row La Rochelle French
Pierre Alexandre-Dut 25 Fly-half Grenoble French
Antony Etchegaray 24 Lock Mont-de-Marsan French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Roman Suster 31 Prop Aurillac Czech
Alexandre Ricaud 26 Back row Tarbes French

 

Aurillac logoAurillac        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Roman Suster 31 Prop FC Auch Gers Czech
Duncan Naude 25 Lock Lannemezan South African
Peyo Roussarie 29 Scrum-half Union Bordeaux-Bègles French
Maxime Petitjean 26 Fly-half Dax French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Uamano Ikapoté Fono 24 Lock Oyonnax Tongan
Rory Teague 24 Fly-half Grenoble English
Faycel Boukhanoucha 33 Back row Retired Moroccan
Romeo Gontineac 36 Centre Retired Romanian
Stephane Borel 34 Scrum-half Retired French
Jean-Francois Viars 34 Full-back Retired French

 

Carcassonne logoCarcassone        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Cédric Rosalen 30 Fly-half Montauban French
Jean-Philippe Viard 32 Centre Montauban French
Emmanuel Etien 29 Back row Montauban French
Adrien Figueiredo 26 Centre Montauban French
Cesar Damiani - - Biarritz French
Peter Bracken 33 Prop - Irish
Out Age Position Club Nationality

 

Colomiers logoColomiers        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Yohan Rayssac 22 Prop Castres French
Marc-Antoine Rallier 21 Hooker Castres French
Adrien Foucras 22 Back row Castres French
Fabrice Culinat 31 Scrum-half Blagnac French
Adil Achabar 21 Scrum-half Grenoble Moroccan
Yannick Lafforgue 27 Fly-half Mont-de-Marsan French
Dan Dumitru 27 Centre Oyonnax Romanian
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Julien Turini 26 Prop Union Bordeaux-Bègles French
Julien Rey 23 Centre Union Bordeaux-Bègles French

 

Dax logoDax        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Rémi Hughes 24 Prop Biarritz French
Thomas Synaeghel 23 Prop SU Agen French
Craig Smith 31 Prop Racing-Métro 92 Scottish
Claude Dry 24 Lock Grenoble South African
Mikaera Tewhata 33 Lock Bayonne New Zealand
Jaque Deen 32 Back row Bayonne South African
Cédric Béal 27 Back row Toulon French
Michael Lopez 23 Scrum-half Bayonne French
Liam Davies 23 Scrum-half Ospreys Welsh
Richard Apanui 30 Fly-half Tarbes New Zealand
Morgan Turinui 27 Centre Queensland Reds Australian
Filimone Bolavucu 29 Winger Bayonne Fijian
Mathieu Bourret 25 Winger Castres French
Saula Radidi 26 Winger SCA Albi Fijian
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Simon Michaux 25 Lock Mont-de-Marsan French
Jannie Bornman 29 Back row Castres French
Nicolas Vergallo 26 Scrum-half Stade Toulousain Argentine
Maxime Petitjean 26 Fly-half Aurillac French
Antoine Vignau-Tuquet 28 Fly-half Mont-de-Marsan French
Nicolas Morlaes 31 Scrum-half Retired French
Federico Aramburu 30 Centre Glasgow Warriors Argentine

 

Grenoble logoGrenoble        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Rudy Chéron 29 Prop Marseille-Vitrolles French
Giorgi Menabdishvili - Prop SU Agen Georgian
Dayna Edwards 25 Prop Queensland Reds Australian
Alexis Driollet 25 Back row Aix-en-Provence French
Altenstadt Hulme 28 Back row Union Bordeaux-Bègles South African
Franck Maréchal 27 Back row Mont-de-Marsan French
John Senio 27 Scrum-half Bourgoin Samoan
Rory Teague 24 Fly-half Aurillac English
Blair Stewart 26 Fly-half SCA Albi New Zealand
Nigel Hunt 26 Centre Bay of Plenty New Zealand
Rida Jahouer 29 Centre Montauban French
Mirko Lozupone 25 Hooker Montauban Italian
Johan Dalla-Riva 31 Winger Montauban French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Richard Choirat 25 Prop Pau French
Claude Dry 24 Lock Dax South African
Sam Cordingley 34 Scrum-half Melbourne Rebels Australian
Adil Achabar 21 Scrum-half Colomiers Moroccan
Pierre Alexandre-Dut 25 Fly-half FC Auch Gers French
Damien Vidal 25 Fly-half RC Narbonne French
Pierre Rochette 27 Scrum-half Aix-en-Provence French
Danie de Beer 31 Fly-half Aix-en-Provence South African

 

Lyon OU logoLyon OU        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Bogdan Balan 30 Prop Montauban Romanian
Philemon Toleafoa 28 Prop Montpellier Samoan
Christian Short 30 Lock Brive Irish
Pierre Vigouroux 26 Lock Stade Francais French
Luke Abraham 26 Back row Sale Sharks English
Lee Thomas 26 Fly-half Sale Sharks Welsh
Waisale Sukanaveita 25 Centre - Fijian
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Aliki Fakate 24 Lock Montpellier French
Julien Fritz 20 Centre Perpignan French
Lionel Mallier 36 Back row Retired French
Pierre Gicollet 23 Prop Lyon OU French
Sydney Galopin 26 Centre Lyon OU French

 

Mont-de-Marsan logoMont-de-Marsan        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Alexandre Menini 27 Prop Aix-en-Provence French
Simon Michaux 25 Lock Dax French
Josh Jackson 29 Lock Union Bordeaux-Bègles Canadian
Leandro Luis Cedaro 23 Lock Vannes Argentine
Haisini Taulanga 25 Back row Lourdes Tongan
Antoine Vignau-Tuquet 28 Fly-half Dax French
Benat Arrayet 30 Fly-half Bayonne French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Julian Florini 28 Prop Bourgoin French
Franck Maréchal 27 Back row Grenoble French
Yannick Lafforgue 27 Fly-half Colomiers French
Benjamin Thuries 23 Centre Oyonnax French
Florent Cazeaux - Full-back SU Agen French
Antony Etchegaray 24 Lock FC Auch Gers French

 

RC Narbonne logoRC Narbonne        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Brian McGovern 24 Prop Venezia Mestre Rugby Irish
Lukas Pointud 22 Prop Beziers French
Chris Thomson 24 Lock Warratahs Australian
Jordi Pleindoux 21 Back row Perpignan French
Jérémy Braille 21 Back row Toulon French
Damien Vidal 25 Fly-half Grenoble French
Marno Meyer 25 Full-back Tarbes South African
Sonny Falconetti 18 Full-back Toulon French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Romain Martial 25 Prop Castres French
Arnaud Martinez 34 Prop Retired French

 

Oyonnax logoOyonnax        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Marco Ferrer 22 Prop Clermont Auvergne Spanish
Jan Frederik Volschenk 24 Prop SWD Eagles South African
Uamano Ikapoté Fono 24 Lock Aurillac Tongan
Brice Monzeglio 26 Back row Union Bordeaux-Bègles French
Arnaud Pic 25 Scrum-half Brive French
Romain Boscus 22 Fly-half Castres French
Maxime Veau - Centre Clermont Auvergne French
Jean-Emmanuel Cassin 30 Centre Montauban French
Benjamin Thuries 23 Centre Mont-de-Marsan French
Paul Bonnefond 21 Winger Castres French
Jonathan Bousquet 22 Full-back Beziers French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Giorgi Jgenti 24 Prop Montpellier Georgian
Jordan Merle 22 Hooker Bourgoin French
Gambo Adamou 24 Back row Castres Cameroon
Mickael Campeggia 25 Scrum-half Bourgoin French
Dan Dumitru 27 Centre Colomiers Romanian
Sylver Tian 29 Full-back Bourgoin Ivory Coast
Frédéric Charrier 32 Centre Retired French

 

Pau logoPau        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Nicolas Agnesi 21 Prop Toulon French
Richard Choirat 25 Prop Grenoble French
Aaron Tawera 25 Prop Saracens Australian
Josias Jacobus du Toit 25 Hooker Beziers South African
Seti Filo 28 Back row Union Bordeaux-Bègles Tongan
Marlon Solofuti 29 Back row - Samoan
Saia Fekitoa 22 Centre Union Bordeaux-Bègles Tongan
Laurent Thuery 22 Back row Stade Toulousain French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Fabien Magnan 26 Prop FC Auch Gers French
Karim Koulder 24 Prop SU Agen French
Jeremy Tomuli 38 Prop Retired Samoan

 

St Etienne logoSt Etienne        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Pierre Gicollet 23 Prop Lyon OU French
Mohamed Dridi 27 Back row Marseille-Vitrolles French
Ali Belhocine 27 Back row Chalon-sur-Saone Algerian
Sydney Galopin 26 Centre Lyon OU French
Cesar Damiani 23 Lock Biarritz French
Yannick Parent 23 Back row Perpignan (on loan) French
Out Age Position Club Nationality

 

Tarbes logoTarbes        
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Alexandre Ricaud 26 Back row FC Auch Gers French
Pieter Daniel Terblanche 24 Full-back - South African
Fabien Fortassin 26 Full-back Racing-Métro 92 French
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Richard Apanui 30 Fly-half Dax New Zealand
Marno Meyer 25 Winger RC Narbonne South African

 

Union Bordeaux-Begles logoUnion Bordeaux-
Bègles
       
Players Signed Age Position Previous club Nationality
Julien Turini 26 Prop Colomiers French
Silviu Florea 33 Prop Montauban Romanian
Ole Avei 26 Hooker Waikato Chiefs New Zealand
Boris Béthéry 26 Hooker Aix-en-Provence French
Daniel Leo 27 Lock London Wasps Samoan
Grégory Bernard 26 Lock Lannemezan French
Matthew Clarkin 28 Back row Montauban New Zealand
Julien Seron 25 Scrum-half - French
Heine Adams 30 Scrum-half Bulls South African
Julien Rey 23 Centre Colomiers French
Andrew Mailei 30 Centre North Harbour Tongan
Blair Connor 21 Winger Queensland Reds Australian
Out Age Position Club Nationality
Josh Jackson 29 Lock Mont-de-Marsan Canadian
Altenstadt Hulme 28 Back row Grenoble South African
Brice Monzeglio 26 Back row Oyonnax French
Seti Filo 28 Back row Pau Tongan
Peyo Roussarie 29 Scrum-half Aurillac French
Maxime Machenaud 21 Scrum-half SU Agen French
Raphaël Lagarde 21 Fly-half Montpellier French
Saia Fekitoa 22 Centre Pau Tongan

 

 

 


 
 
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