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2015/16 Squad/Contracts/Rumours and Transfers Thread Part 4

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Confirmed team so far for 2015/16 Season:
New Player, Promoted youngster
Forwards: Ayerza, Ageuro, Balmain, Barrow, Bateman, Brugnara, Cole, Crane, De Chaves, Fitzgerald, Fonua, Ghiraldini, Kitchener, McCaffrey, Mulipola, O'Connor, Pasquali, Pearce, Rizzo, Sio, Slater, Thacker, Williams, Youngs,

Backs: Baikeinuku, Bell, Benjamin, Betham, Burns, Catchpole, De Villiers, Goneva, Harrison, Kitto, Loamanu, Morris, Roberts, Smith, Tait, Thompstone, Tuilagi, Williams, Youngs, Veainu

Contract statuses:
Re-Signed (IN 2015/16 season)
Manu Tuilagi (3 Years)
Freddie Burns (2 Years)
Ben Youngs (?)
Ed Slater (?)
Adam Thompstone (?)
Matt Smith (?)
Telusa Veainu (?)
George Catchpole (?)
Jack Roberts (?)
Jono Kitto (?)

Out of contract:
Rizzo, Ageuro, Brugnara (?), Pasquali (?), Crane, Bai, De Villiers,

Coaches:
Director of Rugby: Cockerill
Head Coach: Mauger
Backs/Defence coach: Hansen
Backs Coach: Murphy
Forwards Coach: Blaze
Player/Coach: Parr
Team Manager: Cornwall

Tansfers 2016/17:
Confirmed IN
Matt Toomua (Brumbies)
JP Pieterson (Sharks)
George McGuigan (Falcons)
Tom Brady (Sale)
Pat Cilliers (Montpelier)

Confirmed OUT:
Ghiraldini (Toulouse)
Bell (London Irish)
Pearce (Sale)
Benjamin (Retirement)
Camacho (N/A)
Loamanu (N/A)
De Chaves (London Irish)
Morris (N/A)
Bai (Retirement)
Tresidder (Rotherham Titans).

Rumours:
IN
Mermoz (Toulon)
SBW (NZRFU 7's)
Matera (Jaguars Arg Super rugby team)
Earle (Saracens)
Morgan (Glous)
Kalamafoni (Glous)
Doussain (Toulouse)
Grant (Nottingham)
Agulla (Bath)
Luke Hamilton (Agen)

OUT:
Crane
Tiz
Tait (Glous).
Davis (Bath)
Umaga (N/A)

Development squad 2015/16: (Bolded = U20 Capped)
Charlie Beckett (3/4/5/6), Oli Bryant (10/12), Wesley Douglas (13/11/14), Will Evans (7), Jake Farnowrth (2), Alex Galletly (4/5), Owen Hills (1), Dan Hogan (3), Joe Maksymiw (4/5), George Murrin (6/7/8), George Nairn (2), Paolo Odogwu (11/14), Will Owen (6/7), Stone Priestley-Nangle (6/7/8), Charlie Thacker (12/13), George Tresidder (9), Fred Tuilagi (8), George Worth (10/12/13/15)

Academy Squad 2015/16:
Andy Brown, Jake Charters, Harry Clempson, Levi Davis, Jack Dickinson, Jake Duffield, Luis Evitt, Harry Garforth, Sam Grahamslaw, Tom Greatorex-Sanderson, Tom Hardwick, Oscar Harper, Toby Hutchinson, Morgan Jones, Ryan Kehoe, Sam Lewis, Harry Mahoney, James Martin, Jordan Olowofela, Ryan Olowofela, James Peachey, Ross Penn-Symonds, Brandon Pollard, Zak Poole ,Tommy Reffell ,Matt Riddington ,Ollie Russell, Conor Sherry, Harry Simmons, Jacob Umaga, Ben White, Lewis Winterbottom, Alex Worth, Sam Yawayawa

Coaching team:
Head of Development: Glynn
Head Coach: Brett Deacon
Backs Coach: Anthony Allen
Academy Team Manager: Wilks

AP Transfer for 2016/17 season:
Bath:
IN:
Luke Charteris (Racing Metro), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), elliot Stooke (Glous)
OUT:
Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors), Ollie Devoto (Exeter Chiefs), Rob Webber (Sale), Jonathon Evans (Scarlets), Luke Arscott (Bristol)

Exeter Chiefs:
IN:
Greg Holmes (Queensland Reds), Ollie Devoto (Bath), Dave Dennis (Waratahs)
OUT:
Adam Hughes (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alex Brown (Perpignan), Brett Sturgiss (retiring)

Gloucester :
IN:
Lewis Ludlow (Academy), Matt Scott (Edinburgh), Motu Matu'u (Hurricanes), Josh Hohneck (Highlanders)
OUT:
Elliot Stooke (Bath)

Harlequins
IN:
N/A
OUT:
Kieran Treadwell (Ulster)

London Irish:
IN:
James Marshall (Hurricanes), Tommy Bell (Tigers), De Chaves (Tigers), Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Saints), David Porecki (Saracens)
OUT:
Eoin Griffin (Connacht), Ian Nagle (Leinster), Tom Cruse (wasps)

Newcastle Falcons:
IN:
Joshua Chisanga (Kenya 7's), Vereniki Goneva (tigers)
OUT:
George Mcguigan (tigers)
Northampton Saints
IN:
Louis Picamoles (Toulouse)
OUT:
Alex Corbisiero (sabbatical), Matt Williams (wuss), Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Irish)

Sale Sharks:
IN:
Rob Webber (Bath, Laureance Pearce (Tigers), Jaundre Kruger (Racing), Kirean Longbottom (Sarries), Josh Charnley (wigan Warriors), AJ MacGinty (connacht)
OUT:
Vadim Cobilas (Bordeaux), Tommy Taylor (wasps), Danny Cipriani (Wasps), Brady (Tigers), Phil Mackenzie (San Diego), Nick Macleod (Newport)

Saracens:
IN:
Schalk Burger (Stormers), Alex Lozowski (Wasps), Rawaca (Fiji Sevens)
OUT:
Charlie Hodgson (retirement), Rhys Gill (Cardiff), Kirean Longbottom (Sale)

Wasps
IN:
Marty Moore (Leinster), Tommy Taylor (Wasps), Danny Cipriani (Sale), Cruse (Irish), Guy Armitage (Welsh),
OUT:
Charles Piutau (Ulster), Alex Lozowski (Saracens)

Worcester Warriors:
IN
Ben Te'o (Leinster), Jackson willison (Grenoble), will Spencer (Bath), Marco Mama (Bristol), Matt Williams (Saints)
OUT:
Darren O'Shea (Munster)
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So Currently Today
Irish have signed
De Chaves (tigers)
Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Saints)
David Porecki (Sarries)

Saints have
Re-signed Ahsee Tuala
and Signed
Matt Beesley (Yorkshire)
Charlie Clare (Bedford)

Glous have signed
Josh Hohneck (Highlanders)
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Lose one Argentinan Winger, Gain another.
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joeybside wrote:Lose one Argentinan Winger, Gain another.
Heard a similar rumour on the weekend Actually. (Not sure to name the name as it hasn't been the most reliable source in the past and can lead me on way to much at times).
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I hope the rumour about Maxime Mermoz is true, now he's a top quality player.
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RagingBull wrote:Charlie Clare (Bedford)
Former Captain of Tigers Academy team to Saints!
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Wasn't Charlie Clare one of our academy products?
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Thanks as always for your efforts RB :smt023

Is Matera still a 'realistic rumour'? Be great if it was but I thought he'd signed to stay in Argentina for 3 years.
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strawclearer wrote:Thanks as always for your efforts RB :smt023

Is Matera still a 'realistic rumour'? Be great if it was but I thought he'd signed to stay in Argentina for 3 years.
I don't think so personally it was around the time that the franchise was rumour to be having money troubles or something i think.
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Irish sign Flanker Max Northcote-Green from Bath
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RagingBull wrote:
joeybside wrote:Lose one Argentinan Winger, Gain another.
Heard a similar rumour on the weekend Actually. (Not sure to name the name as it hasn't been the most reliable source in the past and can lead me on way to much at times).
Unless it's Agulla I'll be very disappointed.

We don't need more wingers. We need more props.
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TTRITH wrote:
RagingBull wrote:
joeybside wrote:Lose one Argentinan Winger, Gain another.
Heard a similar rumour on the weekend Actually. (Not sure to name the name as it hasn't been the most reliable source in the past and can lead me on way to much at times).
Unless it's Agulla I'll be very disappointed.

We don't need more wingers. We need more props.
ATM we have replaced 4 wingers with 2 wingers.

Not so sure on that we might be looking at Veainu long term @ 15 instead of Wing which would leave us with

JPP
Betham
Thompstone
Brady
as our main winger options with JPP/Betham covering 13 as well.

So maybe another experienced player might be handy.

and would still leave us space to devlop a couple of the youngsters.
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With Morris also returning, I think that is a very healthy stable of wingers, given that Tait (despite Glos rumours) can also fill in.

Hopefully we get to see something of Odogwu and the other youngsters! Odogwu did feature during pre-season, and has played regularly for the U20's so looks like an exciting prospect.
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Regarding contracts I believe I saw in the Merc that Kitto, Catchpole and Roberts have resigned.
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Spicer wrote:Regarding contracts I believe I saw in the Merc that Kitto, Catchpole and Roberts have resigned.
They were all announced about 3 or so weeks ago
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