List of 2018–19 Super Rugby transfers

This is a list of player movements for Super Rugby teams prior to the end of the 2019 Super Rugby season. Departure and arrivals of all players that were included in a Super Rugby squad for 2018 or 2019 are listed here, regardless of when it occurred. Future-dated transfers are only included if confirmed by the player or his agent, his former team or his new team.

In addition to the main squad, teams can also name additional players that train in backup or development squads for the franchises. These players are denoted by (wider training group) for New Zealand teams, or (extended playing squad) for Australian teams.

Notes

• 2018 players listed are all players that were named in the initial senior squad, or subsequently included in a 23-man match day squad at any game during the season.
• (did not play) denotes that a player did not play at all during one of the two seasons due to injury or non-selection. These players are included to indicate they were contracted to the team.
• (short-term) denotes that a player wasn't initially contracted, but came in during the season. This could either be a club rugby player coming in as injury cover, or a player whose contract had expired at another team (typically in the northern hemisphere).
• Flags are only shown for players moving to or from another country.
• Players may play in several positions, but are listed in only one.

Argentina[edit]

Jaguares[edit]

Jaguares transfers 2018–2019
Pos	2018 squad[1]	Out	In	2019 squad[2]
PR	Felipe Arregui[1] Franco Brarda (training group, did not play)[1] Javier Díaz (training group)[1] Santiago García Botta[3] Nicolás Leiva (training group, did not play)[1] Santiago Medrano (short-term)[4] Enrique Pieretto (did not play)[5] Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro[5] Juan Pablo Zeiss (training group)[1]	Felipe Arregui (to Duendes)[2] Franco Brarda (to Tala)[2] Nicolás Leiva (to Hindú)[2][6]	Lucio Sordoni (from Atlético del Rosario)[2] Mayco Vivas (from Atlético del Rosario)[2]	Javier Díaz (did not play)[2] Santiago García Botta[3] Santiago Medrano[2] Enrique Pieretto[5] Lucio Sordoni Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro[5] Mayco Vivas Juan Pablo Zeiss[2]
HK	Agustín Creevy[7] Diego Fortuny (training group)[1] Julián Montoya[1]		Gaspar Baldunciel (from Alumni)[2] Santiago Socino (from Newcastle Falcons)[8]	Gaspar Baldunciel Agustín Creevy[2] Diego Fortuny (did not play)[2] Julián Montoya[2] Santiago Socino (short-term)
LK	Matías Alemanno[3] Marcos Kremer[3] Tomás Lavanini[9] Guido Petti[3]		Franco Molina (from Jockey)[2] Lucas Paulos (from Olivos)[2]	Matías Alemanno[3] Marcos Kremer[10] Tomás Lavanini[2] Franco Molina (did not play) Lucas Paulos Guido Petti[3]
FL	Juan Manuel Leguizamón[11] Tomás Lezana[1] Pablo Matera[3] Santiago Montagner (training group, did not play)[1] Javier Ortega Desio[5]	Santiago Montagner (injured)[2]	Francisco Gorrissen (from Belgrano)[12] Santiago Grondona (from Champagnat)[2]	Francisco Gorrissen (short-term) Santiago Grondona (did not play) Juan Manuel Leguizamón[2] Tomás Lezana[2] Pablo Matera[3] Javier Ortega Desio[5]
N8	Rodrigo Bruni (training group, did not play)[1] Benjamín Macome (did not play)[1] Leonardo Senatore[1]	Benjamín Macome (to Tucumán)[2][6] Leonardo Senatore (to GER)[2]		Rodrigo Bruni[2]
SH	Gonzalo Bertranou[1] Tomás Cubelli (did not play)[13] Felipe Ezcurra[1] Martín Landajo[1]			Gonzalo Bertranou[2] Tomás Cubelli[13] Felipe Ezcurra (short-term)[14] Martín Landajo[2]
FH	Joaquín Díaz Bonilla[1] Santiago González Iglesias[15] Juan Martín Hernández[1] Nicolás Sánchez[16]	Juan Martín Hernández (retired)[17] Nicolás Sánchez (to Stade Français)[18]	Domingo Miotti (from Tucumán)[2]	Joaquín Díaz Bonilla[2] Santiago González Iglesias[2] Domingo Miotti
CE	Santiago Álvarez (did not play)[1] Jerónimo de la Fuente[1] Bautista Ezcurra[1] Matías Moroni[1] Matías Orlando[1]	Santiago Álvarez (to Argentina Sevens)[19]	Santiago Carreras (from Córdoba Athletic)[2] Santiago Chocobares (from Duendes)[2]	Santiago Carreras Santiago Chocobares (did not play) Jerónimo de la Fuente[2] Bautista Ezcurra[10] Matías Moroni[2] Matías Orlando[2]
WG	Emiliano Boffelli[3] Sebastián Cancelliere[1] Juan Cruz Mallia (short-term)[4] Ramiro Moyano[15]			Emiliano Boffelli[10] Sebastián Cancelliere[2] Juan Cruz Mallia[2] Ramiro Moyano[2]
FB	Bautista Delguy (training group)[1] Joaquín Tuculet[20]		Ignacio Mendy (from Argentina Sevens)[2]	Bautista Delguy[10] Ignacio Mendy (did not play) Joaquín Tuculet[2]
Coach	Mario Ledesma[21]	Mario Ledesma (to Argentina)[22]	Gonzalo Quesada (from Biarritz)[23]	Gonzalo Quesada

Australia[edit]

Japan[edit]

Sunwolves[edit]

Sunwolves transfers 2018–2019
Pos	2018 squad[24]	Out	In	2019 squad[25]
PR	Asaeli Ai Valu[24] Takuma Asahara (short-term)[24] Keita Inagaki[24] Shintaro Ishihara[24] Nika Khatiashvili (additional)[26] Koo Ji-won[24] Craig Millar[24] Hencus van Wyk[24] Alex Woonton (additional)[27]	Shintaro Ishihara (to Suntory Sungoliath)[25] Nika Khatiashvili (to Angoulême)[28][29]	Pauliasi Manu (from Blues)[30] Masataka Mikami (from Toshiba Brave Lupus)[31] Shogo Miura (from Toyota Verblitz)[25] Conán O'Donnell (from Connacht)[32] Sam Prattley (from Chiefs)[30] Hiroshi Yamashita (from Kobelco Steelers)[30]	Asaeli Ai Valu[25] Takuma Asahara[25] Keita Inagaki (did not play)[25] Koo Ji-won[25] Pauliasi Manu Masataka Mikami (short-term) Craig Millar[33] Shogo Miura Conán O'Donnell Sam Prattley Hencus van Wyk (did not play)[33] Alex Woonton[34] Hiroshi Yamashita
HK	Jaba Bregvadze[24] Takeshi Hino (short-term, did not play)[24] Shota Horie[24] Yusuke Niwai[24] Atsushi Sakate[35]	Takeshi Hino (returned to Yamaha Júbilo)[25]	Takuya Kitade (from Suntory Sungoliath)[25] Nathan Vella (from Hurricanes)[25]	Jaba Bregvadze[36] Shota Horie[25] Takuya Kitade Yusuke Niwai (did not play)[30] Atsushi Sakate[25] Nathan Vella
LK	Grant Hattingh[24] Uwe Helu[24] Kazuki Himeno[24] Shinya Makabe[24] James Moore[24] Sam Wykes[24]	Shinya Makabe (to Suntory Sungoliath)[25] Sam Wykes (to Panasonic Wild Knights)[25]	Samuela Anise (from Canon Eagles)[25] Ryota Hasegawa (from Panasonic Wild Knights)[25] Yuya Odo (from Yamaha Júbilo)[25] Tom Rowe (from Otago)[25] Luke Thompson (from Kintetsu Liners)[25]	Samuela Anise (did not play) Ryota Hasegawa Grant Hattingh[25] Uwe Helu[34] Kazuki Himeno (did not play)[25] James Moore[25] Yuya Odo Tom Rowe Luke Thompson
FL	Lappies Labuschagné[24] Masakatsu Nishikawa (additional, did not play)[37] Shunsuke Nunomaki[24] Ed Quirk[24] Wimpie van der Walt[24] Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco (additional)[37]	Shunsuke Nunomaki (to Panasonic Wild Knights)[25]	Mark Abbott (from Coca-Cola Red Sparks)[30] Ben Gunter (from Panasonic Wild Knights)[34] Shuhei Matsuhashi (from Ricoh Black Rams)[38] Dan Pryor (from Highlanders)[33] Kara Pryor (from Blues)[30] Hendrik Tui (from Suntory Sungoliath)[25]	Mark Abbott Ben Gunter Lappies Labuschagné (did not play)[25] Shuhei Matsuhashi (short-term) Masakatsu Nishikawa[25] Dan Pryor Kara Pryor Ed Quirk[25] Hendrik Tui Wimpie van der Walt (did not play)[30] Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco[30]
N8	Willie Britz[24] Fetuani Lautaimi (additional)[37] Michael Leitch[24] Yoshitaka Tokunaga[24]	Willie Britz (to NTT Communications Shining Arcs)[25] Fetuani Lautaimi (to Toyota Verblitz)[25]	Amanaki Mafi (from Rebels)[25]	Michael Leitch (did not play)[25] Amanaki Mafi Yoshitaka Tokunaga (short-term)[39]
SH	Yutaka Nagare[24] Kaito Shigeno (additional)[37] Fumiaki Tanaka[24] Keisuke Uchida[30]		Jamie Booth (from Hurricanes)[30]	Jamie Booth Yutaka Nagare (did not play)[25] Kaito Shigeno[25] Fumiaki Tanaka[25] Keisuke Uchida[30]
FH	Hayden Parker[24] Yu Tamura[24]		Takuya Yamasawa (from Panasonic Wild Knights)[31]	Hayden Parker[36] Yu Tamura[25] Takuya Yamasawa (short-term)
CE	Jason Emery[35] Timothy Lafaele[24] Michael Little[24] Rikiya Matsuda (additional)[40] Daishi Murata (did not play)[41] Ryoto Nakamura[24] Harumichi Tatekawa[24] Sione Teaupa[24] Will Tupou[24]	Daishi Murata (to Suntory Sungoliath)[25]	Phil Burleigh (from Canterbury)[36] Shane Gates (from NTT Communications Shining Arcs)[34] Josh Timu (from Otago)[42]	Phil Burleigh Jason Emery[33] Shane Gates Timothy Lafaele[25] Michael Little[33] Rikiya Matsuda[25] Ryoto Nakamura[25] Harumichi Tatekawa (short-term)[31] Sione Teaupa (short-term)[43] Josh Timu (short-term) Will Tupou (did not play)[34]
WG	Kenki Fukuoka[24] Kai Ishii (additional)[44] Lomano Lemeki[24] Semisi Masirewa (additional)[45][46] Hosea Saumaki[24] Gerhard van den Heever[24] Akihito Yamada[24]	Kai Ishii (to NTT Communications Shining Arcs)[25]	Rene Ranger (from Northland)[36]	Kenki Fukuoka (did not play)[30] Lomano Lemeki (did not play)[25] Semisi Masirewa[34] Rene Ranger Hosea Saumaki[34] Gerhard van den Heever[25] Akihito Yamada[25]
FB	Yoshikazu Fujita (additional)[47] Kotaro Matsushima[24] Ryuji Noguchi[35] Robbie Robinson[24]	Yoshikazu Fujita (to Panasonic Wild Knights)[25] Kotaro Matsushima (to Suntory Sungoliath)[25] Ryuji Noguchi (to Panasonic Wild Knights)[25] Robbie Robinson (to Ricoh Black Rams)[25]	Jamie Henry (from Toyota Verblitz)[30] Ryohei Yamanaka (from Kobelco Steelers)[31]	Jamie Henry Ryohei Yamanaka (short-term)
Coach	Tony Brown (short-term)[48] Jamie Joseph[49]	Jamie Joseph (returned to  Japan)[50]		Tony Brown[51]

New Zealand[edit]

South Africa[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of 2018–19 Premiership Rugby transfers
• List of 2018–19 Pro14 transfers
• List of 2018–19 Top 14 transfers
• List of 2018–19 RFU Championship transfers
• List of 2018–19 Major League Rugby transfers
• SANZAAR
• Super Rugby franchise areas

References[edit]