All seven French teams in next seasons' Heineken Cup have been active in the transfer market. ERCrugby.com will update you on the key moves for all 24 clubs over the summer.
French Transfers
Bourgoin
Key Arrivals: Christophe Urios (Coach from Castres), Laurent Baluc Rittener (Back Row from Narbonne), Pablo Cardinali (Prop from Beziers), Davit Khinchagishvili (Prop from Beziers), Carlo Del Fava (lock from Rugby Parma), Roger Randle (Wing from Waikato Chiefs NZ)
Key Departures: Laurent Seigne (Coach to Castres), Laurent Soucaze (Cantre to Beziers)
Biarritz Olympique Pay Basque
Key Arrivals: Denis Lison (Centre from Grenoble)
Key Departures: Christophe Milh#res (flanker to Dax), Emmanuel Menieu ( prop to Dax), Sotee Puleoto (prop retired), Thibault Lacroix (centre to Stade Francais Paris).
Castres Olympique
Key Arrivals: Mathieu Barrau (scrum half from Agen), Jean-Bastiste Peyras-Loustalet (full back from Pau), Florian Faure (no 8 from Grenoble), Julien Puricelli (flanker from Grenoble), Laloaoa Milford (wing from Bayonne), David Attoub (prop from Clermont), Phil Christophers (centre from Leeds Tykes), Romi Ropati (centre from Somoa), Ramiro Pez (outhalf from Leicester Tigers)
Key Departures: Christophe Urios (coach to Bourgoin), Justin Fitzpatrick (prop to Ulster), Richard Dourthe (centre to Bayonne), Benjamin Lhande (wing to Bayonne), Jacques Deen (flanker to Japan), Mark Denney and Nicolas Raffault (centres to Bristol), Alessio Gasasso (prop to Agen), Nicolas Morlaes (scrum half to Agen), David Bory (wing to Bath), David Barrier (lock to Clermont), Mario Ledesma (hooker to Argentina), Mauricio Reggiardo (prop retired), Yohan Dall Riva (wing to to Brive), Xavier Sadourny (out half to Brive), Gregory Argenese (hooker to Montauban).
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Key Arrivals: Jamie Cudmore (lock / back row from Grenoble), Sam Broomhall (no 8 from Canterbury), Pierre Manuel Garcia (centre from Narbonne), Jean Baptiste Damielle (full back from Auch), Mario Ledesma (hooker from Castres), Breyton Paulse (wing from Stormers SA), David Barrier (lock from Castres), Gonzalo Canale (centre from Treviso),
Key Departures: Oliver Magne (flanker to London Irish), David Attoub (prop to Castres), Marc Raynaud (flanker to Montauban), Gerald Merceron (out half toLa Rochelle), Geoffroy Messina (centre to Stade Francais Paris), Hottie Louw (lock to Llanelli Scarlets), Brandon, Soulette, Abella, Martin (Béziers, Loan).
Stade Francais Paris
Key Arrivals: Sergio Parisse (flanker from Benetton Treviso), Geoffroy Messina (wing from Clermont), Thibault Lacroix (centre from Biarritz Olymipque), Morgan Williams (scrum half from Saracens)
Key Departures: Oliver Brouzet (lock retired), Alexandre Castola (hooker to Beziers), Raphael Poulain (wing retired), Gregory Mahe (scrum half to Narbonne), Bastien Siepielski (Prop to Stade Bordelais) and Gonzalo Quesada (uut-half to Pau)
Toulouse
Key Arrivals: Yannick Nyanga (flanker from Beziers), Aidan McCullen (flanker from Leinster), Gregory Menkarska (prop from Auch),
Key Departures: Sylvain Dupuy (scrum half to Perpignan), Christian Labit (back row to Narbonne), Patrice Collazd (prop to Gloucester), Julian Florini (prop) and Nicolae-Dragos Dima (prop)
USA Perpignan
Key Arrivals: Sylvain Dupuy (scrum half from Toulouse), Julien Laharrague (wing from Brive), Marius Tincu (hooker from Pau), Nathan Hines (lock from Edinburgh), Guillaume Bortolaso (lock from Auch), James Pritchard (full back / wing from Randwick, Australia), Villani Vaky (lock from GRAN Rugby Parma)
Key Departures: Sebastian Mercier (centre to Montpellier), Nicolas Grelon (hooker to Montpellier), Mick O'Driscoll (lock to Munster), Lodovic Loustac (scrum Half to RC Toulon), Jerome Labat (flanker to Beziers), Daniel Luger (wing to Brive), Rugby Cheron (prop to Brive).