Wilkinson: Heading to Toulon? Photo: Michael Paler

It looks like being another frenetic close-season of activity on the transfer market, with British and Southern Hemisphere stars flocking to Top 14, along with a few returning French players keen to take advantage of the strong euro, good wines and superb cuisine. Okay, the last two might be deciding factors, but hey, it all adds up to an attractive package.

Here at Frenchrugbyclub.com we'll try and keep you up to date with all the latest signings and rumours as the agents rub their hands in anticipation of a hectic summer.

Below is what we know so far. There's already a flood of British internationals heading this way, with the promise of more to follow - including Jonny Wilkinson.

We'll also be keeping an eye of ambitious Racing-Metro 92, soon to join Top 14 and with a bundle of blank cheques just waiting to be written. Lionel Nallet, Sebastien Chabal have already been signed and Francois Steyn remains in their sights.

Rumour has it there could also be a few of Australia's top rugby league stars keen to cash in and follow the likes of Luke Rooney, Craig Gower and Sonny Bill Williams in Top 14.

And what about another Dan Carter-style "sabbatical" for want-away All Blacks or Wallabies?

Time will tell...

Key

British players

British-based players

Southern Hemisphere based players

French-based players

Italian-based players

 

Bayonne
In	Ross Filipo	Crusaders	30-year-old All Blacks lock
	Renaud Boyoud	Dax	28-year-old France prop
Out	Cédric Bergez	Retired

 

Biarritz
In	Romain Terrain	Castres	27-year-old French hooker
	Florian Faure	Castres	26-year-old French flanker
	Raphael Lakafia	Grenoble	20-year-old French flanker, U19 int
	Arnaud Mignardi	Clermont Auvergne	22-year-old France centre
	Ian Taele-Pavihi	Overmach Parma	27-year-old Samoan lock
	Ayoola Erinle	Leicester Tigers	29-year-old England (7s) winger
	Alexandre Barozzi	FC Auch Gers	22-year-old French prop
	Yann Fior	La Rochelle	22-year-old French centre, U21 int
	Iain Balshaw	Gloucester	30-year-old England & Lions full-back
	Fabien Alexandre	Clermont Auvergne	23-year-old French flanker, U21 int
Out	Benjamin Thiéry	Montpellier
	Benjamin Noirot	Racing-Métro 92
	Jacques Cronje	Racing-Métro 92
	Peio Som	La Rochelle
	Andrea Masi	Racing-Métro 92

 

Bourgoin
In
Out	Morgan Parra	Clermont Auvergne
	Yann David	Stade Toulousain

 

Brive
In	Scott Zimmerman	Bourg-en-Bresse	28-year-old South African prop
	Jontahan Garcia	La Rochelle	26-year-old French prop
	Retief Uys	RC Narbonne	30-year-old South African lock
	Riki Flutey	London Wasps	28-year-old England & Lions centre
Poss	Jamie Noon	Newcastle Falcons	29-year-old England centre
	Shaun Perry	Bristol	30-year-old England scrum-half
Out	Ben Cohen	Sale Sharks
	Johan van Zyl	Retired
	Pierre Capdevielle	Gloucester

 

Castres
In	Laurent Travers (coach)	Montauban
	Laurent Labit (coach)	Montauban
	Michael Coetzee	Racing-Métro 92	29-year-old South African prop
Out	Anthony Lagardère
	Steve Kefu	London Wasps
	Kevin Senio	Clermont Auvergne
	Mark McCall (coach)	Saracens
	Lionel Nallet	Racing-Métro 92

 

Clermont Auvergne
In	Morgan Parra	Bourgoin	20-year-old France scrum-half
	Lionel Faure	Sale Sharks	31-year-old France prop
	Jason White	Sale Sharks	30-year-old Scotland flanker
	Tasesa Lavea	Chiefs	29-year-old ex-NZ league centre
	Kevin Senio	Castres	30-year-old All Blacks scrum half
Out	Pierre Mignoni	Toulon
	Arnaud Mignardi	Biarritz
	Laurent Emmanuelli	Toulon
	Thomas Combezou	La Rochelle

 

Dax
In
Out	Jérémy Castex	RC Narbonne

 

Mont-de- Marsan	Relegated
In
Out	Marc Giraud	Montpellier

 

Montauban
In	Sébastien Calvet (coach)
Out	Laurent Travers (coach)	Castres
	Laurent Labit (coach)	Castres
	Fortassin	Racing-Métro 92

 

Montpellier
In	Benjamin Thiéry	Biarritz	24-year-old France full-back
	Juan Figallo	Jockey de Salta	21-year-old Argentina prop
	Marc Giraud	Mont-de-Marsan	23-year-old French flanker
Out	Louis Picamoles	Stade Toulousain

 

Perpignan
In
Out	Dan Carter	New Zealand
	Chris Cusiter	Glasgow

 

Racing Metro	Promoted from ProD2
In	Sebastien Chabal	Sale Sharks	31-year-old France lock/ No 8
	Lionel Nallet	Castres	32-year-old France lock (capt)
	Fabien Fortassin	Montauban
	Clement Baiocco	Montpellier
	Andrea Masi	Biarritz
	Fabrice Culine	SU Agen
	Remi Vacquin	La Rochelle
	Benjamin Noirot	Biarritz
	Juan Pablo Orlandi	Rovigo
	Jacques Cronje	Biarritz
Poss	Francois Steyn	Coastal Sharks	21-year-old Springbok fly-half/ centre

 

Stade Francais
In	James Haskell	London Wasps	24-year-old England flanker
	Tom Palmer	London Wasps	30-year-old England lock
	Benjamin Kayser	Leicester Tigers	24-year-old France hooker
	Hugo Southwell	Edinburgh Rugby	28-year-old Scotland full-back/ wing
Out	Fabrice Landreau (coach)	Grenoble

 

Toulon
In	Sébastien Bruno	Sale Sharks	34-year-old France hooker
	Pierre Mignoni	Clermont Auvergne	32-year-old France scrum-half
	Laurent Emmanuelli	Clermont Auvergne	25-year-old French centre
	Philippe Saint-André (coach)	Sale Sharks
	Joe El Abd	Bristol	29-year-old English flanker
	Felipe Contepomi	Leinster	31-year-old Argentina fly-half
	Jamie Robinson	Cardiff Blues	29-year-old Wales centre
	Kris Chesney	Saracens	35-year-old English flanker
	Tom May	Newcastle Falcons	30-year-old English utility back
	Rory Lamont	Sale Sharks	26-year-old Scotland full-back
	Juan Martin Lobbe	Sale Sharks	27-year-old Argentina flanker/ No8
Poss	Jonny Wilkinson	Newcastle Falcons	29-year-old England fly-half
Out	Orene Ai'i	Japan
	Yoann Maestri	Stade Toulousain
	Tusi Pisi	Japan
	Christiaan Liebenberg	Stormers

 

Stade Toulousain
In	Yann David	Bourgoin	21-year-old France centre
	Louis Picamoles	Montpellier	23-year-old France flanker
	Yoann Maestri	Toulon	21-year-old French lock, U19 int
	Census Johnston	Saracens	27-year-old Samoa prop
Out	Gaffie du Toit
	Bertus Swanepoel

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