Provinces’ Transfers: Players In And Out

Pre-season training is now well underway for the four provinces as they prepare for the 2013/14 campaign. A number of transferred players are getting used to new team set-ups, so we take a look at the comings and goings in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster – transfers correct up to July 9.

CONNACHT – TRANSFERS:

IN –

Aly Muldowney (Exeter Chiefs)
Craig Clarke (Waikato Chiefs)
James So’oialo (Wellington Norths)
Fionn Carr (Leinster)
Craig Ronaldson (Lansdowne)
Sean Henry (Munster)
Jake Heenan (Auckland Blues development squad)
James Rael (Munster)
Dave Heffernan, Danny Qualter, Robbie Henshaw, Kieran Marmion, Aaron Conneely (all Academy graduates)

OUT –

Mike McCarthy (Leinster)
Johnny O’Connor (retired)
Thomas Anderson (Ealing Trailfinders)
David Gannon (released)
Eoghan Grace (Plymouth Albion)
Matthew Jarvis (Nottingham)
James Loxton (released)
Mark McCrea (Jersey)
David Moore (released)
Ethienne Reynecke (released)
Fetu’u Vainikolo (Exeter Chiefs)
Adrian Flavin (retired)

LEINSTER – TRANSFERS:

IN –

Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle Falcons)
Mike McCarthy (Connacht)
Zane Kirchner (Blue Bulls)
John Cooney, Brendan Macken, Ben Marshall, Jack McGrath, Jordi Murphy, Darren Hudson, Martin Moore, Jack O’Connell, Noel Reid (all Academy graduates)

OUT – 

Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92)
Isa Nacewa (retired)
Heinke van der Merwe (Stade Francais)
Andrew Conway (Munster)
Fionn Carr (Connacht)
Damian Browne (Oyonnax)
Jamie Hagan (London Irish)
Mark Flanagan (released)
Tom Sexton (Melbourne Rebels)

MUNSTER – TRANSFERS:

IN –

Andrew Conway (Leinster)
Cian Bohane, Duncan Casey, James Cronin, Ronan O’Mahony, Niall Scannell (all Academy graduates)

OUT –

Ronan O’Gara (retired)
Doug Howlett (retired)
Marcus Horan (retired)
Peter Stringer (Bath)
Wian du Preez (released)
Danny Barnes (Newcastle Falcons)
Sean Henry (Connacht)
Scott Deasy (released)
Christy Condon (released)
Sean Scanlon (Rotherham Titans)

ULSTER – TRANSFERS:

IN –

James McKinney (Rotherham Titans)
David McIlwaine (Bristol)
Bronson Ross (Coventry)

OUT –

Niall O’Connor (Jersey)
Nigel Brady (Aurillac)
Ali Birch (Rotherham Titans)
Adam D’Arcy
Blane McIlroy

Click here for a full list of transfers for the teams competing in next season’s Heineken Cup.