Los número de la Guinness PRO 14, competencia que reúne a las mejores franquicias de Irlanda, Escocia, Gales, Italia y Sudáfrica son verdaderamente interesantes. A continuación te contamos lo que dejó la temporada pasada que lo tuvo a Leinster como campeón y el mercado de pases de la temporada 2018/19.
El próximo 31 de Agosto volverá la actividad en este torneo en donde el último campeón, Leinster, visitará a Cardiff Blues. Con el ingreso de las franquicias sudafricanas, Southern Kings y Toyota Cheetahs, los números que arrojó la temporada 2017/18 son realmente muy buenos: 10 % más de asistencia en los estadios, récord de tries apoyados (861), velocidad en los rucks 3 segundo con un promedio de efectividad del 81 %, 297 jugadores de roce internacional y un total de 46.092 espectadores en la última final que se disputó en el Aviva Stadium de Dublín, posicionan a esta liga como una de las mejores del mundo.
El mercado de pases para que lo se viene es el siguiente:
Benetton
Llegan: Marco Zanon (Mogliano), Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara (Waikato), Derrick Appiah (London Scottish), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Fiamme Oro), Giovanni Pettinelli (Calvisano), Antonio Rizzi (Petrarca), Dewaldt Duvenage (Stormers)
Se fueron: Filippo Filippetto (retirado), Marty Banks (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes), Whetu Douglas (Crusaders), Matteo Zanusso (Calvisano), Francesco Minto (libre), Michael Tagicakibau (libre)
Cardiff Blues
Llegan: Dmitri Arhip (Ospreys), Jason Harries (Edinburgh), Rory Thornton (Ospreys), Samu Manoa (Toulon), Liam Belcher (Dragons)
Se fueron: Alex Cuthbert (Exeter Chiefs), Damien Welch (Cross Keys), Taufa’ao Filise (retirado), Sam Warburton (retirado)
Cheetahs
Llegan: Dian Badenhorst (Free State Cheetahs), Aidon Davis (Bayonne), Louis Fouché (Kubota Spears), Lloyd Greeff (Free State Cheetahs), Sibabalo Qoma (Free State Cheetahs), Clinton Swart (Toyota Verblitz), Boan Venter (Free State Cheetahs), Henco Venter (Toshiba Brave Lupus), Tian Schoeman (Bordeaux), Dries Swanepoel (Bulls)
Se fueron: Francois Venter (Worcester Warriors), Johan Goosen (Montpellier), Uzair Cassiem (Scarlets), Clayton Blommetjies (Scarlets), Tom Botha (Ospreys), Reniel Hugo (Toyota Verblitz), Niel Marais (Yamaha Júbilo), Clinton Swart (Toyota Verblitz), Henco Venter (Toshiba Brave Lupus), Carl Wegner (Toyota Verblitz)
Connacht
Llegan: Peter Claffey (Academia), Cillian Gallagher (Academia), Conán O’Donnell (Academia), Robin Copeland (Munster), Kyle Godwin (Brumbies), David Horwitz (Melbourne Rebels), Joe Maksymiw (Leicester Tigers), Jonny Murphy (Rotherham Titans), Sevu Reece (Waikato), Colby Fainga’a (Melbourne Rebels)
Se fueron: Jake Heenan (Bristol Bears), John Muldoon (retirado), Pita Ahki (Toulouse), Andrew Deegan (Western Force), Naulia Dawai (Otago), Cormac Brennan (libre), Denis Coulson (libre), Steve Crosbie (libre), Stacey Ili (libre), Pat O’Toole (libre), JP Cooney (libre), Andrew Browne (libre)
Dragons
Llegan: Jordan Williams (Bristol Bears), Rhodri Williams (Bristol Bears), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester), Rhodri Davies (Rotherham Titans), Richard Hibbard (Gloucester), Huw Taylor (Worcester Warriors), Josh Lewis (Bath), Ryan Bevington (Bristol Bears), Aaron Jarvis (Clermont), Dafydd Howells (Ospreys), Tiaan Loots (RGC 1404), Jacob Botica (RGC 1404), Rhys Lawrence (Ealing Trailfinders), Brandon Nansen (Stade Francais)
Se fueron: Sarel Pretorius (Southern Kings), Phil Price (Scarlets), Scott Andrews (Neath), Luke Garrett (Neath), Adam Hughes (retirado), Pat Howard (Ealing Trailfinders), Rhys Buckley (Bargoed), Barney Nightingale (Bargoed), Keagan Bale (Bargoed), Angus O’Brien (Scarlets), Nicky Thomas (Scarlets), Dorian Jones (Angoulême), Charlie Davies (Northampton Saints), Lloyd Lewis (Pontypool), Sam Beard (Canterbury), Thomas Davies (Cardiff), Ashley Sweet (Ebbw Vale), Liam Belcher (Cardiff Blues), Sam Hobbs (released), Robson Blake (libre), Carl Meyer (libre)
Edinburgh
Llegan: John Barclay (Scarlets), Simon Hickey (Bordeaux), Matt Scott (Gloucester), Juan Pablo Socino (Newcastle Falcons), David Cherry (Stade Niçois), Pietro Ceccarelli (Oyonnax), Pierre Schoeman (Bulls), Senitiki Nayalo (London Irish), Luke Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors), Jason Baggott (Academia), Charlie Shiel (Academia), George Taylor (Academia)
Se fueron: George Turner (Glasgow Warriors), Jordan Lay (Bristol Bears), Cornell du Preez (Worcester Warriors), Junior Rasolea (Grenoble), Neil Cochrane (retired), Duncan Weir (Worcester Warriors), Elliot Millar-Mills (Ealing Trailfinders), Jason Tovey (Cross Keys), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Scarlets), Jason Harries (Cardiff Blues), Kevin Bryce (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Shields (retirado), John Hardie (libre), Glenn Bryce (libre), Phil Burleigh (libre), Robbie Fruean (libre), Tom Galbraith (libre)
Glasgow
Llegan: George Turner (Edinburgh), DTH van der Merwe (Newcastle Falcons), David Tameilau (Narbonne), Nick Frisby (Reds), Robbie Nairn (Academia), Bruce Flockhart (Academia), Adam Nicol (Academia), Kevin Bryce (Edinburgh), Thomas Gordon
Se fueron: Finn Russell (Racing 92), Ryan Grant (retirado), Pat MacArthur (retirado), Richie Vernon (London Scottish), Lewis Wynne (London Scottish), Henry Pyrgos (Edinburgh), Leonardo Sarto (libre)
Leinster
Llegan: Jordan Larmour (Academia), Vakh Abdaladze (Academia), Caelan Doris (Academia), Josh Murphy (Academia), Joe Tomane (Montpellier), Will Connors (Academia)
Se fueron: Jordi Murphy (Ulster), Jamie Heaslip (retirado), Isa Nacewa (retirado), Richardt Strauss (retirado), Oisin Heffernan (Nottingham), Joey Carbery (Munster), Cathal Marsh (libre), Peadar Timmins (libre)
Munster
Llegan: Tadhg Beirne (Scarlets), Calvin Nash (Academia), Liam O’Connor (Academia), Fineen Wycherley (Academia), Mike Haley (Sale Sharks), Neil Cronin (Garryowen), Arno Botha (London Irish), Joey Carbery (Leinster)
Se fueron: Simon Zebo (Racing 92), Robin Copeland (Connacht), David Johnston (Ealing Trailfinders), Gerbrandt Grobler (Gloucester)
Ospreys
Llegan: Scott Williams (Scarlets), Aled Davies (Scarlets), Lesley Klim (Doncaster Knights), Tom Botha (Cheetahs), George North (Northampton Saints), Gheorghe Gajion (Trelissac), Guido Volpi (Narbonne), Giorgi Nemsadze (Bristol Bears), Luke Morgan (Wales Sevens)
Se fueron: Brian Mujati (retirado), Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints), Rhys Webb (Toulon), Kieron Fonotia (Scarlets), Ashley Beck (Worcester Warriors), Ben John (sabbatical), Eli Walker (retirado), Rowan Jenkins (Yorkshire Carnegie), Guy Mercer (Bath), Dafydd Howells (Dragons), Hugh Gustafson (retirado), Dmitri Arhip (Cardiff Blues), Rory Thornton (Cardiff Blues), Jeff Hassler (libre), Jay Baker (libre), Brendon Leonard (libre)
Scarlets
Llegan: Kieron Fonotia (Ospreys), Blade Thomson (Hurricanes), Uzair Cassiem (Cheetahs), Clayton Blommetjies (Cheetahs), Phil Price (Dragons), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh), Kieran Hardy (Jersey Reds), Angus O’Brien (Dragons), Ed Kennedy (Randwick), Matthew Davies (Neath)
Se fueron: Tadhg Beirne (Munster), John Barclay (Edinburgh), Scott Williams (Ospreys), Aled Davies (Ospreys), Billy McBryde (RGC 1404), Jack Condy (retirado), Tom Grabham (retirado), Emyr Phillips (retirado), Tom Varndell (Angouleme), Geraint Rhys Jones (Ebbw Vale), Tom Williams (Wales Sevens)
Southern Kings
Llegan: Sarel Pretorius (Dragons), Meli Rokoua (AEIS Agronomia), JC Astle (Mont-de-Marsan), Schalk Oelofse (Mont-de-Marsan)
Se fueron: Piet-Louw Strauss (Maties), Siya Mdaka (Eastern Province Elephants), Rowan Gouws (Eastern Province Elephants), JP Smith (Eastern Province Elephants), Joe Smith (Leopards), Njabulo Gumede (Free State XV), Anthonie Volmink (Golden Lions XV), Jacques Nel (Aurillac), Martin du Toit (SWD Eagles), Alshaun Bock (SWD Eagles), Dayan van der Westhuizen (Blue Bulls XV), Etienne Swanepoel (Valsugana)
Ulster
Llegan: Marty Moore (Wasps), Jordi Murphy (Leinster), Nick Timoney (Academia), Will Addison (Sale Sharks), Alexander Thompson (Terenure), Billy Burns (Gloucester)
Se fueron: Charles Piutau (Bristol Bears), Tommy Bowe (retired), Callum Black (Worcester Warriors), Brett Herron (Jersey Reds), Paul Marshall (retirado), Callum Patterson (Cornish Pirates), Andrew Trimble (retirado), Stuart Olding (Brive), Jared Payne (retirado), Paddy Jackson (Perpignan), Robbie Diack (libre), Aaron Cairns (libre)
Zebre
Llegan: Edoardo Padovani (Toulon), Nicolas De Battista (Cornish Pirates), Massimo Ceciliani (Viadana), Samuele Ortis (Rovigo Delta), Giovanni Licata (Fiamme Oro), Giosuè Zilocchi (Calvisano), Daniele Rimpelli (Calvisano), Jimmy Tuivaiti (Calvisano), Paula Balekana (Sydney Rays), Apisai Tauyavuca (Fijian Drua), Matu Tevi (North Harbour), Francois Brummer (Bulls)
Se fueron: James Tucker (Waikato), Failaga Afamasaga (Colorno), Andrea Manici (retirado), Andrea De Marchi (I Medicei), Valerio Bernabò (retirado), Jacopo Sarto (Colorno), Rory Parata (Cornish Pirates), Matteo Pratichetti (retirado), Tommaso D’Apice (libre), Serafin Bordoli (libre), Derick Minnie (libre)
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