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A Premiership dá a largada na sua temporada 2016/2017 na próxima sexta-feira, dia 2 de setembro e as movimentações de jogadores no mercado das equipes esteve agitado nesta pré-temporada.
Com o novo acordo entre Premiership e RFU (veja aqui a notícia), os clubes receberão mais verbas por ceder jogadores à seleção, por seus centros de alto rendimento e para seus investimentos em categorias de base. Isso atrai ainda mais os jogadores profissionais para os clubes que disputam a Premiership.
Destaques para as chegadas do campeão olímpico Savenaca Rawaca (foto) e de Schalk Burger para o Saracens, de Luke Chateris e Taulupe Faletau para o Bath, de Willie Le Roux, Danny Cipriani e Kurtley Beale para o Wasps, de Mike Phillips para o Sale Sharks e de Louis Picamoles para o Northampton Saints.
BATH
Chegam: Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), Elliott Stooke (Gloucester), Michael van Vuuren (Leicester Tigers), Harry Davies (Cardiff Blues), Kahn Fotuali’i (Northampton Saints), Jack Walker (Yorkshire Carnegie).
Saem: Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors), Ollie Devoto (Exeter Chiefs), Rob Webber (Sale Sharks), Jonathan Evans (Scarlets), Luke Arscott (Bristol), Max Northcote-Green (London Irish), Brett Herron (Ulster), Stuart Hooper (aposentado), Dominic Day (Toyota Verblitz), Amanaki Mafi, Tom Woolstencroft (Wasps), Leroy Houston (Queensland Reds), Horacio Agulla (Castres Olympique) Kyle Eastmond (Wasps), Alafoti Fa’osiliva (Worcester Warriors).
BRISTOL
Chegam: Jordan Williams (Scarlets), Rhodri Williams (Scarlets), Jordan Crane (Leicester), Jon Fisher (Northampton), Thretton Palamo (London Welsh), Tusi Pisi (Sunwolves), Nick Fenton-Wells (Bedford), Giorgi Nemsadze (Tarbes), Soane Tonga’uiha (Oyonnax), Will Hurrell (Doncaster Knights) and Ryan Bevington (Ospreys).
Saem: George Watkins (Jersey) Marco Mama (Worcester), Matthew Morgan (Cardiff), Ellis Genge (Leicester), Josh Ovens (liberado), Tommaso Benvenuti (Treviso), Craig Hampson (Wasps), James Stephenson (liberado).
EXETER CHIEFS
Chegam: Dave Dennis (Waratahs), Ollie Devoto (Bath), Greg Holmes (Queensland Reds).
Saem: Jack Arnott (Cornish Pirates), Chrysander Botha (Liberado), Alex Brown (Perpignan), Adam Hughes (Dragons), Josh Jones (Salford Reds), Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks), Jerry Sexton (London Irish), Lewis Stevenson (Connacht), Brett Sturgess (Aposentado), Jake Woolmore (Jersey).
GLOUCESTER
Chegam: Tom Denton (Leinster), Josh Hohneck (Highlanders), Lewis Ludlow (Academy), Motu Matu’u (Hurricanes), Matt Scott (Edinburgh ), Andy Symons (Worcester Warriors), Ollie Thorley (Academy), Cameron Orr (Greater Sydney Rams), Dan Thomas (Academy).
Saem: Rob Cook (liberado), Tom Hicks (Rotherham Titans), Steve McColl (Yorkshire Carnegie), Dan Murphy (liberado), Steph Reynolds (liberado), Elliott Stooke (Bath), Nick Wood (liberado).
HARLEQUINS
Chegam: Cameron Holenstein (Pau) Aaron Morris (Saracens), Charlie Mulchrone (Worcester Warriors), Mark Reddish (Highlanders) Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps), George Naoupu (Connacht), Gabriel Ibitoye, Dino Lamb-Cona, Jonas Mikalcius, Niall Saunders.
Saem: Beau Robinson (unattached), Ben Botica (Montpellier), Kieran Treadwell (Ulster), Luke White (unattached), Mofe Wilkey (unattached), Sam Egerton (Newcastle Falcons), Tito Tebaldi (Treviso), Nick Easter (Harlequins’ Defence Coach).
LEICESTER TIGERS
Chegam: Tom Brady (Sale Sharks), Pat Cilliers (Montpellier), Ellis Genge (Bristol), George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons), JP Pietersen (Stormers), Matt Toomua (Brumbies).
Saem: Matias Aguero (Provence), Seremaia Bai (aposentado), Tommy Bell (London Irish), Miles Benjamin (aposentado), Gonzalo Camacho, Jordan Crane (Bristol), Sebastian de Chaves (London Irish), Jean de Villiers (aposentado), Jake Farnworth, Leonardo Ghiraldini (Toulouse), Vereniki Goneva (Newcastle Falcons), Christian Loamanu (Provence), Niall Morris (Leinster), Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Treviso), Laurence Pearce (Sale Sharks), Aniseko Sio, George Tresidder (Rotherham Titans), Michael van Vuuren (Bath), Jake Farnworth (Birmingham Moseley), Opeti Fonua (Newcastle Falcons).
NEWCASTLE FALCONS
Chegam: Nick Civetta (I Medicei, Italy), Kyle Cooper (Sharks, SA), Andrew Davidson (Glasgow), Sam Egerton (England 7s), Vereniki Goneva (Leicester Tigers), Joel Hodgson (Yorkshire Carnegie), Tyrone Holmes (Glasgow Warriors) Sam Lockwood (Jersey), Evan Olmstead (London Scottish), Harrison Orr (Ealing), Ben Sowrey (Worcester), Opeti Fonua (Leicester Tigers).
Saem: Todd Clever, Eric Fry, Josh Furno (Zebre), Rob Hawkins (aposentado), Richard Mayhew (Yorkshire Carnegie), George McGuigan (Leicester), Kane Thompson (Manawatu), Giovanbattista Venditti (Zebre), Gonzalo Tiesi, Ruki Tipuna, Alesana Tuilagi, Andy Tuilagi.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
Chegam: Matt Beesley (Wharfedale), Charlie Clare (Bedford Blues), Nic Groom (Western Province), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse), Juan Pablo Estelles (Atletico del Rosario).
Saem: Alex Corbisiero (sabático), Jon Fisher (Bristol), Kahn Fotuali’I (Bath), Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (London Irish), Pat Howard (Newport Gwent Dragons), Victor Matfield (aposentado), Matti Williams (Worcester), Alex Woolford (liberado).
SALE SHARKS
Chegam: Laurence Pearce (Leicester Tigers), Rob Webber (Bath), Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors RL), AJ MacGinty (Connacht), Dan Mugford (Nottingham), Kieran Longbottom (Saracens), Paolo Odogwu (Leicester Tigers), Mike Phillips (Racing 92), Halani Aulika (London Irish), Lou Reed (Cardiff Blues), Byron McGuigan (Exeter Chiefs), Curtis Langdon (London Irish).
Saem: Danny Cipriani (Wasps), Tommy Taylor (Wasps), Joe Ford (Yorkshire Carnegie), Vadim Cobilas (Bordeaux Begles), Chris Cusiter (aposentado), Tom Brady (Leicester Tigers), Viliami Fihaki (Edinburgh), Mark Easter (Aposentado), Nick Macleod (Newport Gwent Dragons), Phil Mackenzie (San Diego Breakers).
SARACENS
Chegam: Schalk Burger (Stormers), Mark Flanagan (Bedford Blues), Alex Lozowski (Wasps), Vincent Koch (Stormers), Sean Maitland (London Irish), Savenaca Rawaca (Fiji 7s).
Saem: Biyi Alo (Worcester Warriors), Jacques Burger (aposentado), Catalin Fercu (Timisoara Saracens), Rhys Gill (Cardiff Blues), Charlie Hodgson (aposentado), Ernst Joubert (aposentado), Baden Kerr (liberado), Kieran Longbottom (Sale Sharks), Nils Mordt (aposentado), Aaron Morris (to Harlequins) Dave Porecki (London Irish), Hayden Smith (Esher), Ben Ransom (London Irish), Max Wilkins (liberado).
WASPS
Chegam: Guy Armitage (London Welsh), Kurtley Beale (NSW Waratahs), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Tom Cruse (London Irish), Nick De Luca (Biarritz Olympique), Kyle Eastmond (Bath), Marcus Garratt (Cornish Pirates), Craig Hampson (Bristol), Willie Le Roux (Canon Eagles, apenas em janeiro), Marty Moore (Leinster ), Matt Symons (London Irish), Tommy Taylor (Sale Sharks), Tom Woolstencroft (Bath).
Saem: Lorenzo Cittadini (Bayonne), Bradley Davies (Ospreys), James Downey (aposentado), Carlo Festuccia (Zebre), Ruaridh Jackson (Harlequins), Ben Jacobs (aposentado), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Andrea Masi (aposentado), Charles Piutau (Ulster), Siale Piutau (Yamaha Jubilo), Edd Shervington (aposentado), George Smith (Suntory Sungoliath & Queensland Reds), Jamie Stevenson (London Scottish).
WORCESTER WARRIORS
Chegam: Will Spencer (Bath), Ben Te’o (Leinster), Matti Williams (Northampton Saints), Jackson Willison (Grenoble), Marco Mama (Bristol), Alafoti Faosiliva (Bath), Biyi Alo (Saracens).
Saem: Jean-Baptise Bruzulier (Nevers), Ravai Fatiaki (liberado), Dan George (liberado), Mat Gilbert (Hartpury College), Alex Grove (Moseley), Charlie Mulchrone (Harlequins), Darren O’Shea (Munster), Joe Rees (Rotherham Titans), Dan Sanderson (Yorkshire Carnegie), Sam Smith (aposentado), Ben Sowrey (Newcastle Falcons), Heath Stevens (London Welsh), Andy Symons (Gloucester).
