By The Newshound
August 21 2002

Once again the Newshound, with help from accross Sportnetwork's rugby sites has sniffed out all the transfer news prior to the season kicking off a week on Friday. This is the best information we could find so if you know different please let us know on the COYSDC message board. BATH
In: Jonathan Humphries from Cardiff, Chris Malone from Exeter Chiefs, Adam Vander from Bristol Shoguns, Alessio Galasso from Montferrand, Ross Blake from Bristol Shoguns, Jonathan Humphries from Cardiff, Mike Yates from Saracens (Coach), Jack Rowell from Bristol Shoguns (Director of Rugby), Brian Smith from ACT Brumbies (Coach), Richard Graham from Queensland (Defence Coach)
Out: Mark Gabey to Worcester, Sam Cox to Caerphilly, Mark Regan to Leeds, Nathan Thomas

BRISTOL SHOGUNS
In: Richard Skuse from Bristol Academy, Richard Hunt from Bristol Academy, Duncan Hayward from Bristol Academy, Martin Shaw from Sharks, Scott Morgan from Llanelli, Peter Richards from Benetton Treviso
Out: Jason Little to retirement, Jim Brownrigg to Cardiff, Alex Cadwallader to Newport, Sean Marsden, Mike McCarrick, Ross Blake to Bath

GLOUCESTER
In: Peter Buxton from Newport, Mark Irish from Gloucester RFC Academy, Thinus Delport from Natal Sharks, Dean Ryan from Bristol Shoguns (Coach), Simon Amor from Cambridge University, Rodrigo Roncero from
Buenos Aires
Out: Joe Ewens to Rotherham, Dimitri Yachvili to Biaritz, Koli Sewabu to Biaritz, Pierre Caillet to France, Craig Gillies to Worcester, Pucciarello to Bourgoin, Diego Albanese from Gloucester

LEEDS TYKES
In: Diego Albanese from Gloucester, Jon Callard from Bath (Coach), George Harder from Auckland, Derek Hegarty from Munster, Stewart Campbell from Benetton Treviso, Gordon Ross from Edinburgh, Mark Regan from Bath.
Out: Steve Bachop to retirement, Eddie Jones to retirement, Shaun Woof to Birmingham/Solihull
Kris Fullman to Orrell, Ian Clarke, John Benson to Wakefield, Octavio Bartolucci to Agen
John O’Reilly.

LEICESTER TIGERS
In: Franck Tournaire from France, Tom Tierney from Garryowen, Rhys Williams from Kowloon, Gareth Raynor from Hull Rugby League, James Buckland from Northampton Saints academy.
Out: Richard Cockerill to Montferrand, Paul Gustard to London Irish, James Grindal to Newcastle Falcons, Andy Goode to Saracens, Guy Manson-Bishop, Jim Naylor.

LONDON IRISH
In: Bob Casey from Leinster, Nick Burrows from NEC Harlequins, Mark Mapletoft from NEC Harlequins, Pieter Rossouw from Western Province, Pierre Durant from Saracens, Paul Gustard from Leicester.
Out: Steve Williams to Saints, Richard Bates to Worcester, Nnamdi Ezulike to Worcester, Eddie Halvey to Munster, Simon Hunt to Narbonne, Craig Turvey, Jason Wright to Cambridge University.

LONDON WASPS
In: Rob Howley from Cardiff
Out: Colin Allan, Mike Friday, Rory Jenkins, Ian Jones from London Wasps to New Zealand, Dugald Macer, Laurence Scrase, Liam Brown to Saints.

NEC HARLEQUINS
In: Andre Vos from The Cats, Paul Turner from Gloucester (Coach), Laurent Gomez from Montferrand, Nathan Williams from Stade France, Pablo Cardinalli from Argentina, Viliame Satala from Mont de Marsan, Simon Miall from Oxford University, Seb Fitzgerald from Oxford University.
Out: Richard Hill to Newport (Coach), David Wilson to retirement, Steve White-Cooper to retirement, Garrick Morgan to Pau, Adrian Olver to Worcester, Ryan O’Neill, Tu Tamarua to Swansea, Bruce Douglas to Borders

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
In: Steve Williams from London Irish, Oriol Ripol from Rotherham, Simon Hepher from Colomiers, Bruce Reihana from Waikato Chiefs, Mark Connors from Queensland Reds, Liam Brown from Wasps.
Out: Olivier Brouzet to France, Ali Hepher to Bedford, Dom Malone to Munster, Luca Martin to Italy, Craig Moir to Borders, Andy Rennick to Borders, Simon Webster to Edinburgh, Steve Brotherstone to Newcastle Falcons, Joe Shaw to Newcastle Falcons, Tom Kirk to Bedford.

NEWCASTLE FALCONS
In: James Grindal from Leicester Tigers, Steve Brotherstone from Northampton Saints, Joe Shaw from Northampton Saints, Mark Wilkinson from Gateshead Thunder/Darlington Mowden Park, Soa Otuvaka from Tynedale, Andrew Springgay from Newcastle Academy, Phil Godman from Newcastle Academy
Out: Pat Lam to retirement, Inga Tuigamala to retirement, Gary Armstrong to Borders, Doddie Weir to Borders, George Graham to Borders, Christian Balshen to New Zealand.

SARACENS
In: Christian Califano from Auckland Blues, Craig Yandell from La Rochelle, Craig Quinnell from Cardiff, Andy Goode from Leicester Tigers, Joe Ross from Worcester, Johnny Marsters from Swansea, Morgan Williams from Stade Francais, Nicky Little from Pontypridd.
Out: Ben Cole to Exeter Chiefs, Romain Magellan to retirement, Jannie de Beer to retirement, Scott Murray to Edinburgh, Luke Smith to Birmingham/Solihull, Khalid Benazzi to Blagnac, Steve Cheesebrough to Pau, Nick Walshe to Sale, Pierre Durant to London Irish, Ben Hampson to Worcester, Sean Phillips & Adam Halsey released.


SALE SHARKS
In: Nick Walshe from Saracens, Graeme Bond from ACT Brumbies, Jim Thorp from Rotherham, John Roddam from NEC Harlequins, Barrie Stewart from Edinburgh (on trial with Sale Sharks last season).
Out: Adam Black to Ebbw Vale, Les Bone, Jim Bramhall, Steve Davidson to Manchester, Paul Devlin to Widnes Rugby League, Alan Dickens, Mark Giacheri to Connaught, Bernard Jackson to Leinster, Rowen Shepherd to retirement, Andy Whittle to Manchester