This is a list of player transfers involving Rugby Pro D2 teams before or during the 2021–22 season. The list is of deals that are confirmed and are either from or to a rugby union team in the Pro D2 during the 2020–21 season. It is not unknown for confirmed deals to be cancelled at a later date. Perpignan were promoted to the Top 14 having won the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 whilst Agen were relegated from the Top 14. Biarritz then defeated Bayonne in the promotion-relegation decider, meaning Biarritz were promoted, and Bayonne relegated. Bourg-en-Bresse and Narbonne were promoted to the Pro D2 having finished 1st and 2nd in the 2020–21 Championnat Fédéral Nationale, whilst Soyaux Angoulême and Valence Romans were relegated to the Nationale competition for the 2021–22 season.
Agen
Players In Grigor Kerdikoshvili from Lelo Saracens Jaba Bregvadze unattached Paul Graou from Montauban Kolinio Ramoka from Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély Florent Guion from Rouen Iban Etcheverry from Soyaux Angoulême Arnaud Duputs from Bayonne Harry Sloan from Saracens Fotu Lokotui from Glasgow Warriors William Demotte from Grenoble Matthieu Bonnet from Blagnac Théo Idjellidaine from Toulouse (season-long loan) Toby Salmon from Newcastle Falcons Martin Devergie from Montpellier (season-long loan) Danré Gerber from Chambéry
Players Out Paul Abadie to Brive Nathan Decron to Pau Jordan Puletua to Carcassonne Julien Jané retired Giorgi Tetrashvili to Perpignan Laurence Pearce retired Johann Sadie retired Romain Briatte to Stade Français Pierce Phillips to Edinburgh Yoan Cottin to Nevers Fernandez Correa to Massy Marc Barthomeuf retired Jamie-Jerry Taulagi to Narbonne Andrés Zafra to Brive Jeremy Jordaan to Vannes Hugo Verdu to Nice Victor Moreaux to Racing 92 Sam Vaka to Kyuden Voltex Noel Reid to London Irish
Aurillac
Players In Adrian Moțoc from Massy Yann Tivoli from Nice Peter Nelson from Bourg-en-Bresse Lewis Ormond from Taranaki Pierre Le Huby from Macon Theo Lachaud from Toulon David Delarue from Brive Julian Royer from Valence Romans Elijah Niko from Bedford Blues Paul Farret from Albi Gymaël Jean-Jacques from Albi Lucas Vaccaro from Albi Ronan Loughnane from University College Dublin
Players Out Jérôme Dufour to Provence Youssef Amrouni to Carcassonne Reece Hewat to Pau Thomas Salles to Toulon Adrien Corbex to Stade Métropolitain Beka Saghinadze to Lyon Paul Boisset retired Jack McPhee retired Jean-Philippe Cassan retired Bastien Coillat to Bourgoin-Jallieu Quentin Guibert to Decazeville Loïc Rouquette to Decazeville
Bayonne
Players In Yann David from Castres Denis Marchois from Pau Uzair Cassiem from Scarlets Jean-Teiva Jacquelain from Mont-de-Marsan Luka Chelidze from Toulon Isaia Toeava from Toulon Arnaud Erbinartegaray from Mauléon Chris Talakai from NSW Waratahs Shaun Venter from Ospreys Sireli Maqala from Fiji Sevens
Players Out Romain Barthélémy to Grenoble Toma'akino Taufa to Grenoble Iñaki Ayarza to Soyaux Angoulême Alexandre Manukula to Montauban Alofa Alofa to West Harbour Arnaud Duputs to Agen Andre Gorin to Hyères Aymeric Luc to Toulon Guillaume Ducat to Pau Mali Hingano to Bourg-en-Bresse Tom Darlet to Bourg-en-Bresse Ismaël Martin to Bourg-en-Bresse Viliamu Afatia to Albi Vincent Pelo to Valence Romans Sam Nixon to Exeter Chiefs Hugh Pyle to Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
Béziers
Players In Charly Malié from Pau Giorgi Akhaladze from Massy Lionel Beauxis from Oyonnax Thomas Hoarau from Toulon John-Hubert Meyer from Sharks Pierrick Gunther from Pau Gillian Benoy from Suresnes Jon Zabala from Tarbes Watisoni Votu from Pau Pierre Gayraud from Grenoble Dries Swanepoel from Cheetahs
Players Out Karl Wilkins to Northampton Saints Jonathan Best to Valence Romans Uwa Tawalo to Massy Robert Ebersohn to Cheetahs Quentin Samaran to Biarritz Nicolas Lemaire to Massy Anthony Aleo to Valence Romans Tristan Tedder to Perpignan Santiago Iglesias Valdez to Marcq-en-Baroeul Pierre Bérard to Bourg-en-Bresse Álvar Gimeno to Valladolid
Bourg-en-Bresse
Players In Élie De Fleurian from Bourgoin-Jallieu Matt Beukeboom from Montauban Sebastián Poet from Colomiers Nicolas Faure from Valence Romans Mali Hingano from Bayonne Zauri Tevdorashvili from Soyaux Angoulême Tom Darlet from Bayonne Ismaël Martin from Bayonne TJ Ioane from London Irish Latu Latunipulu from Valence Romans Elia Elia from Harlequins Pierre Bérard from Béziers Thibault Olender from Perpignan
Players Out Pierre Bochaton from Bordeaux Émile Cailleaud to Causse Vezere Lucas Estevenet to Limoges Paul Sauzaret to Aubenas Vals Simon Bornuat retired Peter Nelson to Aurillac Audric Sanlaville to Rouen Quentin Traversier retired Arnaud Perret retired Gregory Maiquez to Stade Métropolitain
Carcassonne
Players In Jérémy Boyadjis from Toulon Youssef Amrouni from Aurillac Louis-Mathieu Jazeix from Macon Jordan Puletua from Agen Aaron Carroll from Bay of Plenty Tim Agaba from Bulls Ciaran Breen from University of British Columbia Pierre Reynaud from Perpignan Maxime Marty from Toulouse Samuel Marques from Pau Johnny McPhillips from Leicester Tigers Andries Ferreira from Edinburgh Ignacio Calas from Melbourne Rebels Dorian Jones from Nice
Players Out Joël Koffi retired Damien Teissedre to Massy Romuald Séguy to Colomiers Alexandre Dardet to La Seyne Alexandre Duny to Tarbes Harry Glover to Stade Français Darrell Dyer to Valence Romans Bakary Meité retired Julien Rey retired Sébastien Giorgis to Gruissan Lucas Méret to Narbonne Tiuke Mahoni to Valence Romans
Colomiers
Players In Florian Nicot from Pau Maxime Javaux from Valence Romans Jorick Dastugue from Rouen Romuald Séguy from Carcassonne Michele Campagnaro from Harlequins Karl Château from Perpignan
Players Out Bastien Vergnes-Taillfer to Bordeaux Josua Vici to Montpellier Aurélien Beco retired Jules Soulan to Oyonnax Thomas Larregain to Castres Gilen Queheille to Nice Maxime Laforgue to Soyaux Angoulême Ronan Chambord to Langon Sebastián Poet to Bourg-en-Bresse François Fontaine to Soyaux Angoulême Mees Erasmus to Tarbes
Grenoble
Players In Romain Barthélémy from Bayonne Thomas Fortunel from Castres Thomas Lainault from Rouen Toma'akino Taufa from Bayonne Jan Uys from Bulls Adrien Vigne from Tarbes Bautista Ezcurra from Rugby ATL Pio Muarua from Mont-de-Marsan Luka Goginava from Soyaux Angoulême Marnus Schoeman from Lions Levi Douglas from Toulon Zurabi Zhvania from Wasps Felipe Ezcurra from Jaguares XV
Players Out Anthony Alves to Mont-de-Marsan Enzo Selponi to Provence Taleta Tupuola to Montauban Alaska Taufa to Valence Romans Nika Neparidze to Nice Théo Nanette to Provence Michaël Simutoga to Bourgoin-Jallieu Dylan Jacquot to Rouen Deon Fourie to Stormers Leva Fifita to Connacht Pierre Gayraud to Béziers Crimson Tukino to Castres Feybian Tukino from Castres River Tukino from Castres William Demotte to Agen Jérôme Rey to Lyon Louis Bielle-Biarrey to Bordeaux Andrei Ostrikov to Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan
Players In Anthony Alves from Grenoble Gauthier Doubrere from Biarritz Willie du Plessis from Biarritz Thibault Tauleigne from Oyonnax Pierre Sayerse from Montauban Lucas Mensa from Valence Romans Jules Even from Soyaux Angoulême Simon Labouyrie from Hyères Andrei Ostrikov from Grenoble Michael Faleafa from Perpignan Lucio Sordoni from Melbourne Rebels
Players Out Jean-Teiva Jacquelain to Bayonne Emmanuel Saubusse to Soyaux Angoulême Christophe David to Narbonne Theo Castinel to Narbonne Pio Muarua to Grenoble Thibaud Rey to Nice Maselino Paulino to Montauban Clément Gelin to Voiron Charles Brayer to Valence Romans Patxi Bidart to Soyaux Angoulême Jens Torfs to Nice Baptiste Couchinave to Albi Thomas Roche to Chartres Tommy Bell to Benetton
Montauban
Players In Anthony Meric from Toulon Fred Quercy from Nevers Tjiuee Uanivi from Massy Paul Bonnefond from Vannes Kevin Firmin from Castres Taleta Tupuola from Grenoble Raphael Sanchez from La Rochelle Segundo Tuculet from Valence Romans Mirian Burduli from Valence Romans Alexandre Manukula from Bayonne Maselino Paulino from Mont-de-Marsan Quentin Delord from Brive Dan Malafosse from Brive Quentin Pueyo from Massy Louis Vincent from Stade Français Wharenui Hawera from Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay Arnaud Feltrin from Albi Liam Bowman from Pacific Pride Nikola Matawalu from Glasgow Warriors Louis Druart from Lyon (season-long loan)
Players Out Pierre Klur released Paul Graou to Agen Corentin Braendlin to La Seyne Aviata Silago to Nevers Jeremy Chaput to Narbonne Kimami Sitauti to Narbonne Pierre Sayerse to Mont-de-Marsan Alexandre Loubière to Massy Kilian Tripier to Bourgoin-Jallieu Utu Maninoa to Tarbes Alex Luatua to Rouen Evrard Dion Oulai to Massy Benoît Zanon retired Paul Tailhades to Pau Matt Beukeboom to Bourg-en-Bresse Jens Torfs to Nice Louis Decavel to Castelsarrasin Mike Tadjer to Perpignan Corentin Astier to Nice
Narbonne
Players In Christophe David from Mont-de-Marsan Theo Castinel from Mont-de-Marsan Jeremy Chaput from Montauban Kimami Sitauti from Montauban Louis-Benoît Madaule from Toulouse Geoffrey Moïse from Pau Paul Belzons from Soyaux Angoulême Manuel Cardoso Pinto from Agronomia Jamie-Jerry Taulagi from Agen Carl Axtens from Toulouse Jason Robertson from Old Glory DC Mohamed Boughanmi from Pau Save Totovosau from San Diego Legion Lucas Lebraud from Biarritz Martín Vaca from Jaguares XV Lucas Méret from Carcassonne Aston Fortuin from Utah Warriors Luke Campbell from Hurricanes
Players Out Téva Maké retired Ross Bundy to Rennes Mickaël Recordier retired David Smith retired Léo Griffoul to Leucate Elandré Huggett to Hyeres Raynor Parkinson released Alexandre Baron to Gruissan Stellio Bessaguet to Nice Manuel Cardoso Pinto released
Nevers
Players In Andrzej Charlat from Provence Benjamin Dumas from Massy Aviata Silago from Montauban Quentin Beaudaux from Clermont (season-long loan) Yoan Cottin from Agen Kevin Noah from Clermont (season-long loan) Shaun Adendorff from Northampton Saints Joaquín Blangetti from San Martín
Players Out Philip du Preez to Mâcon Guram Papidze to La Rochelle David Lolohea to Provence Josaia Raisuqe to Castres Fred Quercy to Montauban Nasoni Naqiri to Soyaux Angoulême Nemo Roelofse to Stade Français Jean-Philippe Genevois retired Jean-Yves Zébango to El Salvador Ilikena Bolakoro to Dax Loïc Le Gal to Nice Pieter Ferreira to Lazio
Oyonnax
Players In Jules Soulan from Carcassonne Florian Vialelle from Castres Thibault Berthaud from Soyaux Angoulême Tom Murday from Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi Kévin Lebreton from Rouen Darren Sweetnam from La Rochelle
Players Out Lionel Beauxis to Béziers Thibault Tauleigne to Mont-de-Marsan Josh Tyrell to Biarritz Antoine Zeghdar to Castres Benjamin Fall released Frans van Wyk released Tim Giresse to Valence Romans Lilian Camara to Chartres Chris Feauai-Sautia to Brumbies Josh Strauss to Tel Aviv Heat
Provence
Players In David Lolohea from Nevers Jérôme Dufour from Aurillac Enzo Selponi from Grenoble Kevin Bly from Vannes Alexandre Flanquart from Bordeaux Peter Betham from Clermont Hans N'Kinsi from Castres Théo Nanette from Grenoble Germán Kessler from Soyaux Angoulême Eroni Sau from Edinburgh Louis Marrou from Rouen Luke Tagi from Stade Français Federico Wegrzyn from Jaguares XV Quentin Witt from Soyaux Angoulême Tomás de la Vega from Toronto Arrows (short-term deal) Jonathan Ruru from Blues Nicolás Toth from Jaguares XV
Players Out Clément Darbo to Biarritz Andrzej Charlat to Nevers Bertrand Guiry retired Julien Le Devedec retired Antonin Gontard to Aubenas Vals