A club by club summary of the comings & goings

Martin Shaw
By Duncan Wood
August 22 2002

Martin Shaw is one of the Bristol arrivals this summer. Those kind people at Zurich Premiership rugby have summarised the comings and goings at all the clubs this summer.

ZURICH RUGBY:
NEW SIGNINGS & DEPARTURES

Players moving to the 12 Zurich Premiership Clubs 2002/03 Season

TO BATH
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)

TO BRISTOL SHOGUNS
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

TO GLOUCESTER
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

TO LEEDS TYKES
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

TO LEICESTER TIGERS
Franck Tournaire from France
Tom Tierney from Garryowen
Rhys Williams from Kowloon
Gareth Raynor from Hull Rugby League

TO LONDON IRISH
Bob Casey from Leinster
Nick Burrows from NEC Harlequins
Mark Mapletoft from NEC Harlequins
Pieter Rossouw from Western Province
Pierre Durant from Saracens

TO LONDON WASPS
Rob Howley from Cardiff

TO NEC HARLEQUINS
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

TO NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
Steve Williams from London Irish
Oriol Ripol from Rotherham
Simon Hepher from Colomiers
Bruce Reihana from Waikato Chiefs
Mark Connors from Queensland Reds

TO NEWCASTLE FALCONS
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

TO SARACENS
Christian Califano from Auckland Blues
Craig Yandell from Narbonne
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

TO SALE SHARKS
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)


Players leaving the Zurich Premiership

FROM BATH
Mark Gabey to Worcester
Sam Cox to Caerphilly

FROM BRISTOL SHOGUNS
Jason Little to retirement
Jim Brownrigg to Cardiff
Alex Cadwallader to Newport
Sean Marsden to Neath
Mike McCarrick has left Bristol Shoguns

FROM GLOUCESTER
Joe Ewens to Rotherham
Dimitri Yachvili to Biaritz
Koli Sewabu to Biaritz
Pierre Caillet to France
Craig Gillies to Worcester

FROM LEEDS TYKES
Steve Bachop to retirement
Eddie Jones to retirement
Shaun Woof to Birmingham/Solihull
Kris Fullman to Orrell
Ian Clarke has left Leeds Tykes
John Benson to Wakefield
Octavio Bartolucci to Agen
John O’Reilly has left Leeds Tykes

FROM LEICESTER TIGERS
Richard Cockerill to Montferrand

FROM LONDON IRISH
Richard Bates to Worcester
Nnamdi Ezulike to Worcester
Eddie Halvey to Munster
Simon Hunt to Narbonne
Craig Turvey has left London Irish
Jason Wright to Cambridge University

FROM LONDON WASPS
Colin Allan has left London Wasps
Mike Friday has left London Wasps
Rory Jenkins has left London Wasps
Ian Jones from London Wasps to New Zealand
Dugald Macer has left London Wasps
Laurence Scrase has left London Wasps

FROM NEC HARLEQUINS
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 has left NEC Harlequins
Tu Tamarua to Swansea
Bruce Douglas to Borders

FROM NEWCASTLE FALCONS
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

FROM NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
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

FROM SARACENS
Ben Cole to Exeter Chiefs
Jannie de Beer to retirement
Scott Murray to Edinburgh
Luke Smith to Birmingham/Solihull
Khalid Benazzi returned to France
Steve Cheesebrough to Pau

FROM SALE SHARKS
Adam Black to Ebbw Vale
Les Bone has left Sharks
Jim Bramhall has left Sharks
Steve Davidson to Manchester
Paul Devlin to Widnes Rugby League
Alan Dickens has left Sharks
Mark Giacheri to Connaught
Bernard Jackson to Leinster
Rowan Shepherd to retirement
Andy Whittle to Manchester