List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers

This is a list of player transfers involving United Rugby Championship teams before or during 2024–25 season.

Players In

 * 🇮🇹 Louis Lynagh from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins
 * 🇮🇹 Matt Gallagher from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * 🇮🇹 Riccardo Genovese from 🇮🇹 Zebre Parma
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Manfredi from 🇮🇹 Zebre Parma
 * 🇦🇷 Lautaro Bazán from 🇮🇹 Rovigo Delta

Players Out

 * 🇮🇹 Giacomo Da Re to 🇮🇹 Zebre Parma
 * Dewaldt Duvenage retired
 * Sam Hidalgo-Clyne released
 * Henry Stowers released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marcus Watson retired
 * 🇮🇹 Giovanni Pettinelli to 🇮🇹 Mogliano Veneto
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Lazzaroni to 🇮🇹 Mogliano Veneto
 * 🇮🇹 Federico Zani retired
 * 🇮🇹 Giacomo Nicotera to 🇫🇷 Stade Francais
 * 🇮🇹 Edoardo Padovani to 🇮🇹 Mogliano Veneto
 * 🇮🇹 Gianmarco Lucchesi to 🇫🇷 Toulon
 * 🇦🇷 Joaquin Riera to 🇫🇷 Rouen

Players In

 * Cobus Wiese from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks
 * Boeta Chamberlain from Sharks
 * Aphiwe Dyantyi from Sharks
 * Nama Xaba from Stormers
 * Alulutho Tshakweni from Cheetahs
 * Sintu Manjezi from Glasgow Warriors

Players Out

 * Chris Smith to 🇫🇷 Oyonnax
 * WJ Steenkamp to Lions

Players In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Callum Sheedy from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gabriel Hamer-Webb from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steffan Emanuel from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tom Bowen from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joe Cowell from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Metropolitan University
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Southworth from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * Ed Byrne from Leinster
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Iwan Stephens from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory Jennings from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Thomas from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh McNally from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath

Players Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tomos Williams to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rhys Carré to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Saracens
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ellis Jenkins retired
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Owen Lane to 🇫🇷 Valence Romans
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Shane Lewis-Hughes to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dragons
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ciaran Parker retired
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Arwel Robson to 🇫🇷 Chambéry
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Aubrey released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Willis Halaholo released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Aled Summerhill released
 * 🇹🇴 Lopeti Timani to 🇫🇷 Narbonne

Players In

 * Matthew Devine promoted from Academy
 * Hugh Gavin promoted from Academy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Piers O'Conor from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * Adam McBurney from Edinburgh
 * David O'Connor from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ealing Trailfinders
 * Temi Lasisi from Leinster
 * Ben Murphy from Leinster
 * Josh Murphy returning from sabbatical
 * Chay Mullins promoted from Academy
 * 🇳🇿 Josh Ioane from 🇳🇿 Chiefs

Players Out

 * Diarmuid Kilgallen to Munster
 * Tiernan O'Halloran retired
 * 🇦🇺 Jarrad Butler released
 * Gavin Thornbury released
 * Matthew Burke released
 * Oran McNulty released
 * Tadgh McElroy released
 * Michael McDonald to Ulster (returning from season-long loan)
 * Tom Farrell to Munster
 * 🇳🇿 Dominic Robertson-McCoy to 🇫🇷 Aurillac
 * Tom Daly to 🇫🇷 Stade Niçois

Players In

 * 🇹🇴 Solomone Funaki from 🇳🇿 Moana Pasifika
 * 🇦🇺 Harry Wilson from 🇦🇺 NSW Waratahs
 * 🇦🇺 Steve Cummins from 🇫🇷 Pau
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Shane Lewis-Hughes from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Oli Burrows from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Owen Conquer from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ebbw Vale
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Harri Ford from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 RGC 1404
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Owain James from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Oli Woodman promoted from the Academy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lloyd Evans from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester

Players Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Corey Baldwin released
 * 🇦🇷 Gonzalo Bertranou released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Max Clark released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jack Dixon retired
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Evans released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lewis Jones released
 * Aki Seiuli released
 * 🇳🇿 Sio Tomkinson released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean Lonsdale to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ealing Trailfinders

Players In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Hill from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints
 * Magnus Bradbury from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * 🇦🇺 Mosese Tuipulotu from 🇦🇺 NSW Waratahs
 * Ross McCann from 🇬🇧 Great Britain Sevens
 * Ross Thompson from Glasgow Warriors

Players Out

 * Viliame Mata to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol Bears
 * WP Nel retired
 * Luan de Bruin to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * Adam McBurney to Connacht
 * 🇦🇺 Charlie Savala to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Northampton Saints
 * Jamie Campbell released
 * Scott Steele retired
 * Jacob Henry to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Coventry (season-long loan)

Players In

 * 🇳🇦 Patrick Schickerling from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * Rory Sutherland from 🇫🇷 Oyonnax
 * Adam Hastings from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gloucester
 * Grant Stewart from Ayrshire Bulls
 * Fin Richardson from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs

Players Out

 * 🇺🇸 Greg Peterson to 🇺🇸 San Diego Legion
 * Fraser Brown retired
 * Ross Thompson to Edinburgh
 * 🇦🇷 Lucio Sordoni released
 * 🇦🇷 Enrique Pieretto to 🇦🇺 NSW Waratahs
 * George Turner to 🇯🇵 Kobelco Kobe Steelers
 * Oli Kebble to 🇫🇷 Oyonnax
 * Thomas Gordon to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons
 * Sintu Manjezi to Bulls

Players In

 * RG Snyman from Munster
 * 🇳🇿 Jordie Barrett from 🇳🇿 Hurricanes (short-term deal)
 * Jack Boyle promoted from Academy
 * James Culhane promoted from Academy
 * Paddy McCarthy promoted from Academy
 * 🇫🇷 Rabah Slimani from 🇫🇷 Clermont

Players Out

 * Michael Alaalatoa to 🇫🇷 Clermont
 * Jason Jenkins to Sharks
 * Ross Molony to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * Ed Byrne to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
 * Temi Lasisi to Connacht
 * Ben Murphy to Connacht
 * Rhys Ruddock retired
 * 🇳🇿 Charlie Ngatai released

Players In

 * 🇿🇼 Tapiwa Mafura from  Cheetahs
 * Franco Marais from 🇯🇵 Urayasu D-Rocks
 * Siba Qoma from Cheetahs
 * Juan Schoeman from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath
 * WJ Steenkamp from Bulls

Players Out

 * Jordan Hendrikse to Sharks
 * Hanru Sirgel to 🇫🇷 Grenoble
 * Emmanuel Tshituka to Sharks
 * Willem Alberts retired
 * Tyler Bocks to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ealing Trailfinders

Players In

 * Diarmuid Kilgallen from Connacht
 * Billy Burns from Ulster
 * Tom Farrell from Connacht
 * Thaakir Abrahams from 🇫🇷 Lyon
 * Edwin Edogbo promoted from Academy
 * Tony Butler promoted from Academy
 * Ethan Coughlan promoted from Academy
 * Mark Donnelly promoted from Academy
 * Brian Gleeson promoted from Academy

Players Out

 * Joey Carbery to 🇫🇷 Bordeaux
 * RG Snyman to Leinster
 * Simon Zebo retired
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Frisch to 🇫🇷 Toulon
 * Daniel Okeke to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Coventry
 * Jack O'Sullivan to 🇯🇵 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
 * Neil Cronin released

Players In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 William Greatbanks from 🇫🇷 Soyaux Angoulême
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Cokanasiga from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steffan Thomas from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scarlets
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kieran Hardy from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scarlets

Players Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 George North to 🇫🇷 Provence
 * Jack Regan to 🇯🇵 Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nicky Smith to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Alex Cuthbert released
 * Will Hickey released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mat Protheroe released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Toby Fricker to 🇺🇸 New England Free Jacks
 * Cameron Jones to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cornish Pirates

Players In

 * Marnus van der Merwe from Cheetahs
 * Alec Hepburn from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter Chiefs
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ellis Mee from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham
 * 🇦🇺 Max Douglas from 🇯🇵 Yokohama Canon Eagles
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Henry Thomas from 🇫🇷 Castres
 * 🇳🇿 Blair Murray from 🇳🇿 Canterbury

Players Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steffan Thomas to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ospreys
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kieran Hardy to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ospreys
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Conbeer released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonathan Davies released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Iestyn Gwilliam released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wyn Jones released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lewis Morgan released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Iwan Shenton released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Callum Williams released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scott Williams released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joe Jones to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Doncaster Knights
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Luca Giannini to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Swansea
 * Teddy Leatherbarrow released
 * Eduan Swart to Pumas
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dan Jones to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ealing Trailfinders

Players In

 * Jordan Hendrikse from Lions
 * André Esterhuizen from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harlequins
 * Emmanuel Tshituka from Lions
 * Jason Jenkins from Leinster
 * Trevor Nyakane from 🇫🇷 Racing 92

Players Out

 * Le Roux Roets to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks
 * Werner Kok to Ulster
 * Boeta Chamberlain to Bulls
 * Curwin Bosch to 🇫🇷 Brive
 * Lionel Cronjé retired
 * Nevaldo Fleurs released
 * Murray Koster released
 * Zee Mkhabela released
 * Kerron van Vuuren released
 * Anthony Volmink released
 * Aphiwe Dyantyi to Bulls
 * Sikhumbuzo Notshe to 🇫🇷 Montauban

Players In

 * Steven Kitshoff from Ulster
 * JD Schickerling from 🇯🇵 Kobelco Kobe Steelers

Players Out

 * Nama Xaba to Bulls
 * Tristan Leyds to South Africa Sevens
 * Kwenzo Blose released
 * Leon Lyons released
 * Lee-Marvin Mazibuko released
 * Junior Pokomela released
 * Chad Solomon released
 * Mnombo Zwelendaba released
 * Hacjivah Dayimani to 🇫🇷 Racing 92
 * Simon Miller to 🇯🇵 Shizuoka Blue Revs

Players In

 * Werner Kok from Sharks
 * Lorcan McLoughlin promoted from Academy
 * James McNabney promoted from Academy
 * Scott Wilson promoted from Academy
 * Michael McDonald from Connacht (returning from season-long loan)
 * 🇳🇿 Aidan Morgan from 🇳🇿 Hurricanes
 * James Humphreys promoted from Academy

Players Out

 * Billy Burns to Munster
 * Angus Curtis retired
 * Steven Kitshoff to Stormers
 * Luke Marshall retired
 * Shea O'Brien released
 * 🇿🇼 Dave Ewers released
 * James French released
 * Greg Jones released
 * Will Addison to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sale Sharks

Players In

 * 🇮🇹 Giacomo Da Re from 🇮🇹 Benetton
 * 🇮🇹 Giovanni Quattrini promoted from Academy
 * 🇮🇹 Luca Franceschetto from 🇮🇹 Colorno

Players Out

 * 🇮🇹 Riccardo Genovese to 🇮🇹 Benetton
 * 🇮🇹 Pierre Bruno released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tiff Eden released
 * 🇳🇿 Taina Fox-Matamua released
 * 🇳🇿 Josh Kaifa to 🇳🇿
 * 🇿🇦 Franco Smith released
 * 🇿🇦 Liam Zocchi-Dommann released
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Manfredi to 🇮🇹 Benetton
 * 🇮🇹 Alessio Sanavia to 🇮🇹 Rovigo Delta