This is a list of player transfers involving Top 14 teams before or during the 2026–27 season. The list is of deals that are confirmed and are either from or to a rugby union team in the Top 14 during the 2025–26 season. It is not unknown for confirmed deals to be cancelled at a later date.
On 6 June 2026, Vannes defeated Provence to win the 2025–26 Rugby Pro D2 season, thus promoted to the Top 14 for the 2026-27 season. Montauban are relegated to the Pro D2 for the 2026-27 season.
Bayonne
Players In Rob du Preez from Sale Sharks Kilian Geraci from Lyon Brian Alainu'uese from Toulon Guillaume Cramont from Toulouse (season-long loan) Madosh Tambwe from Bordeaux Matthieu Uhila from Montpellier (season-long loan) Viliame Tutuvuli from Carcassonne Lasha Macharashvili from Agen Léo Coly from Montpellier Raphaël Darquier from Mont-de-Marsan
Players Out Baptiste Germain to Clermont Alexander Moon to Bordeaux Maxime Machenaud to Montpellier Baptiste Chouzenoux (retired) Victor Hannoun to Narbonne Pascal Cotet to Provence Gareth Anscombe to Scarlets Manex Ariceta to Chambery Aiden Stait to ACT Brumbies Vincent Guidicelli to Provence
Bordeaux
Players In Tom Willis from Saracens Alexander Moon from Bayonne Thomas Delpeuch from Aurillac Lasha Pkhakadze from Nevers Dan du Plessis from Stormers Hugo Avogadro from Grenoble
Players Out Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer to Pau Lachlan Swinton to Perpignan Madosh Tambwe to Bayonne Ugo Boniface to Vannes Joey Carbery to Leinster
Castres
Players In Alex Burin from Agen Chris Gabriel from Nevers Taylor Gontineac from Beziers Kyllian Ringuet from Montauban Dalton Papali'i from Blues Maël Turpin from Mont-de-Marsan Hamish Watson from Edinburgh Théo Vidal from Albi Achille Stoessel from Massy
Players Out Aurélien Azar to Provence Romain Macurdy to Montauban Pierre Popelin to Vannes Antoine Tichit (retired) Tyler Ardron to Provence Enzo Hervé to Montauban (season-long loan) Nathanaël Hulleu to Vannes Leone Nakarawa to Fijian Drua Paul Jedrasiak to Nevers
Clermont
Players In Baptiste Germain from Bayonne Justin Bouraux from Oyonnax Darcy Swain from Western Force AJ Lam from Blues Etene Nanai-Seturo from Chiefs Peniami Narisia from Oyonnax
Players Out Sébastien Bézy to Montpellier Lucas Dessaigne to Montauban Lucas Tauzin to Grenoble Alex Newsome to Oyonnax George Moala to La Rochelle Irae Simone to Green Rockets Tokatsu Étienne Falgoux to Nissa
La Rochelle
Players In Thomas Adelaide from Colomiers Salmaan Moerat from Stormers Ben Healy from Edinburgh David Kriel from Bulls Christophe Loustalot from Mont-de-Marsan George Moala from Clermont Theo McFarland from Saracens Sam Tuifua from Mont-de-Marsan Sione Ahio from Chiefs Nathan Fraissenon from Brive Tevita Ofa from Counties Manukau
Players Out Judicaël Cancoriet to Toulon Joel Sclavi to Leicester Tigers Simon Huchet to Narbonne Ihaia West to Stade Francais Adrien Séguret to Lyon Gael Galvan to Agen (season-long loan) Reda Wardi to Montpellier Nika Sutidze to Beziers (season-long loan)
Lyon
Players In Thomas Gallo from Benetton Tim Hoyt from Worcester Warriors Opeti Helu from Kubota Spears Adrien Séguret from La Rochelle Sanele Nohamba from Shizuoka Blue Revs Matteo Nocera from Zebre Parma
Players Out Arno Botha to Nevers Kilian Geraci to Bayonne Cedate Gomes Sa to Perpignan Vincent Rattez to Nissa Jermaine Ainsley to Highlanders
Montpellier
Players In Sébastien Bézy from Clermont Adam Hastings from Glasgow Warriors Ruben van Heerden from Stormers Dimitri Delibes from Toulouse Reda Wardi from La Rochelle
Players Out Enzo Forletta to Perpignan Marco Tauleigne to Valence Romans Nika Abuladze to Exeter Chiefs Matthieu Uhila to Bayonne (season-long loan) Thomas Darmon to Oyonnax Thomas Vincent to Oyonnax Léo Coly to Bayonne Mahamadou Diaby (retired)
Pau
Players In Rodrigo Marta from Colomiers Baptiste Pesenti from Stade Francais Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer from Bordeaux Rémi Couty from Aurillac Gonzalo Garcia from Zebre Parma Joachim Senga Kouo from Vannes Santiago Grondona from Bristol Bears Diego Miranda from Dax
Players Out Dan Robson to Gloucester Luke Whitelock (retired) Toshi Butlin to Saitama Wild Knights Thomas Carol to Aurillac Aymeric Luc to Brive Carwyn Tuipulotu to Exeter Chiefs
Perpignan
Players In Sevu Reece from Crusaders Enzo Forletta from Montpellier Maëlan Rabut from Oyonnax Marco Riccioni from Saracens Luke McGrath from Leinster José Madeira from Grenoble Cedate Gomes Sa from Lyon Lachlan Swinton from Bordeaux Braydon Ennor from Crusaders Brad Amituanai from Narbonne Paolo Garbisi from Toulon Jules Coulon from Toulon
Players Out Alivereti Duguivalu to Stade Francais Akato Fakatika to Agen Nemo Roelofse to Sharks Max Hicks to Newcastle Red Bulls Jordan Petaia to Urayasu D-Rocks Tommaso Allan to Zebre Parma Jamie Ritchie to Glasgow Warriors Duncan Paia'aua to Biarritz Gela Aprasidze to Soyaux Angoulême Tavite Veredamu to Nimes Giorgi Beria to Vannes Kieran Brookes to Munster
Racing 92
Players In Maxime Machenaud from Bayonne Nicolas Martins from Colomiers Paul Costes from Toulouse Benjamin Boudou from Brive Seru Uru from Queensland Reds
Players Out Alex Mattioli to Zebre Parma Pietro Turrisi to Zebre Parma Gaël Fickou to Toulon Feleti Kaitu'u to Oyonnax Paul Rocher to Chambery
Stade Français
Players In Alivereti Duguivalu from Perpignan Tomasi Maka from Tasman Petero Mailulu from Beziers Ihaia West from La Rochelle Thomas Bué from Montauban Rufus McLean from Seattle Seawolves Israel Leota from Moana Pasifika Fabrice Metz from Vannes
Players Out Baptiste Pesenti to Pau Joe Marchant to Sale Sharks Zack Henry to Newcastle Red Bulls Charles Laloi to Agen Iakopo Mapu to Nissa
Toulon
Players In Judicaël Cancoriet from La Rochelle Huw Jones from Glasgow Warriors Luka Keletanoa from Brive Rabah Slimani from Leinster Gaël Fickou from Racing 92 Apete Narogo from Fiji Sevens Luciano Asevedo from Tarucas
Players Out Brian Alainu'uese to Bayonne Daniel Brennan to Montauban Giorgi Javakhia to Soyaux Angoulême Ma'a Nonu to Sharks Paolo Garbisi to Perpignan Clovis Le Bail to Vannes Jules Coulon to Perpignan
Toulouse
Players In Tommaso Menoncello from Benetton
Players Out Guillaume Cramont to Bayonne (season-long loan) Dimitri Delibes to Montpellier Paul Costes to Racing 92 Naoto Saitō to Tokyo Sungoliath
Vannes
Players In Pierre Popelin from Castres Matías Alemanno from Gloucester Ugo Boniface from Bordeaux Mills Sanerivi from Moana Pasifika Nathanaël Hulleu from Castres Thomas Ployet from Grenoble Ioane Iashagashvili from Mont-de-Marsan Ray Nu'u from Colomiers Giorgi Beria from Perpignan Sione Mafileo from Montauban Joe Jonas from Biarritz Simione Kuruvoli from Fijian Drua Inia Tabuavou from Fijian Drua Murray Taulagi from North Queensland Cowboys Clovis Le Bail from Toulon
Players Out Joachim Senga Kouo to Pau Mako Vunipola to Leicester Tigers Iñaki Ayarza to Oyonnax Jules Le Bail (retired) Cyril Blanchard (retired) Gwenael Duplenne (retired) Thomas Duchêne to Issoire Charlesty Berguet to Narbonne Thibault Debaes to Colomiers Paga Tafili (retired) Richard Judd to Bay of Plenty James O'Reilly to Wellington Francis Saili to Nissa Fabrice Metz to Stade Francais
See also List of 2026–27 Premiership Rugby transfers List of 2026–27 United Rugby Championship transfers List of 2026–27 Super Rugby transfers List of 2026–27 Champ Rugby transfers List of 2026–27 Rugby Pro D2 transfers List of 2026–27 Major League Rugby transfers
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