List of 2017–18 Super Rugby transfers: Difference between revisions

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Nick Jooste]] <small>(to {{Rut Perth Spirit}})</small><ref name="ACT Brumbies season review 2017: Stephen Larkham's exit and David Pocock's comeback">{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/brumbies/act-brumbies-season-review-2017-stephen-larkhams-exit-and-david-pococks-comeback-20170727-gxjukf.html | title=ACT Brumbies season review 2017: Stephen Larkham's exit and David Pocock's comeback | work=Sydney Morning Herald | date=28 July 2017 | accessdate=3 August 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803041537/http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/brumbies/act-brumbies-season-review-2017-stephen-larkhams-exit-and-david-pococks-comeback-20170727-gxjukf.html | archivedate=3 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Road Safety Perth Spirit squad named for title defence">{{cite press release | url=https://www.rugbywa.asn.au/news/road-safety-perth-spirit-squad-named-for-title-defence | title=Road Safety Perth Spirit squad named for title defence | publisher=Rugby WA | date=17 August 2017 | accessdate=7 October 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006232616/https://www.rugbywa.asn.au/news/road-safety-perth-spirit-squad-named-for-title-defence | archivedate=7 October 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> {{suboff}} [[Isaac Thompson]] <small>(to {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mazda Blue Zoomers]])</small><ref name="2017年新加入選手プロフィール">{{cite press release | url=http://mazdarfc.livedoor.biz/archives/51494093.html | title=2017年新加入選手プロフィール | publisher=Mazda Blue Zoomers | date=21 June 2017 | accessdate=24 August 2017 | trans-title=New member profile of 2017 | language=Japanese | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20170824044510/http://mazdarfc.livedoor.biz/archives/51494093.html | archivedate=24 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Nigel Ah Wong]] <small>(to {{flagicon|NZL}} {{Rut Counties Manukau}})</small><ref name="ACT Brumbies season review 2017: Stephen Larkham's exit and David Pocock's comeback"/><ref name="2017 PIC Steelers Squad">{{cite press release | url=https://www.steelers.co.nz/steelers-heat/steelers/2017-pic-steelers-squad/ | title=2017 PIC Steelers Squad CMRFU Steelers | publisher=Counties Manukau | date=24 August 2017 | accessdate=1 November 2017 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20171101095906/https://www.steelers.co.nz/steelers-heat/steelers/2017-pic-steelers-squad/ | archivedate=1 November 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Jermaine Ainsley]]<ref name="Cowan and Ainsley Ink New Deals to 2018">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/cowan-and-ainsley-ink-new-deals-2018 | title=Cowan and Ainsley Ink New Deals to 2018 | publisher=Western Force | date=17 May 2016 | accessdate=17 May 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517082413/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/cowan-and-ainsley-ink-new-deals-2018 | archivedate=17 May 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Pekahou Cowan]]<ref name="Cowan and Ainsley Ink New Deals to 2018"/> <br/> [[Ben Daley]]<ref name="Force Lure Daley to the West">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lure-daley-west | title=Force Lure Daley to the West | publisher=Western Force | date=6 July 2016 | accessdate=7 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707065015/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lure-daley-west | archivedate=7 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Tetera Faulkner]]<ref name="Faulkner remains with Force through to 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/faulkner-remains-force-through-2017 | title=Faulkner remains with Force through to 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=24 February 2015 | accessdate=24 February 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301181251/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/faulkner-remains-force-through-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Francois van Wyk]]<ref name="Van Wyk signs on for two more with the Force">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/van-wyk-signs-two-more-force | title=Van Wyk signs on for two more with the Force | publisher=Western Force | date=3 September 2015 | accessdate=3 September 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301182101/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/van-wyk-signs-two-more-force | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Shambeckler Vui]]<ref name="Force Sign Australian Under 20’s Sensation Shambeckler Vui">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-australian-under-20%E2%80%99s-sensation-shambeckler-vui | title=Force Sign Australian Under 20’s Sensation Shambeckler Vui | publisher=Western Force | date=15 November 2016 | accessdate=15 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115073517/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-australian-under-20%E2%80%99s-sensation-shambeckler-vui | archivedate=15 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Tatafu Polota-Nau]]<ref name="Polota-Nau signs with Western Force">{{cite press release | url=http://rugby.com.au/news/2016/11/07/07/07/polota-nau-western-force | title=Polota-Nau signs with Western Force | publisher=Australian Rugby Union | date=7 November 2016 | accessdate=7 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107091344/http://rugby.com.au/news/2016/11/07/07/07/polota-nau-western-force | archivedate=7 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Anaru Rangi]]<ref name="Force Sign Hard Hitting Rangi">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-hard-hitting-rangi | title=Force Sign Hard Hitting Rangi | publisher=Western Force | date=13 October 2016 | accessdate=14 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014062316/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-hard-hitting-rangi | archivedate=14 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Harry Scoble]]<ref name="Force Sign Local Young Gun Harry Scoble">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-local-young-gun-harry-scoble | title=Force Sign Local Young Gun Harry Scoble | publisher=Western Force | date=17 November 2016 | accessdate=24 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124032852/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-local-young-gun-harry-scoble | archivedate=24 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Heath Tessmann]]<ref name="Tessmann Recommits to Force">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/tessmann-recommits-force | title=Tessmann Recommits to Force | publisher=Western Force | date=11 November 2016 | accessdate=11 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111075317/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/tessmann-recommits-force | archivedate=11 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Richie Arnold]]<ref name="Force Sign Tall Timber for 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-tall-timber-2017 | title=Force Sign Tall Timber for 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=2 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102071059/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-tall-timber-2017 | archivedate=2 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Lewis Carmichael]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Force Named For Chiefs Clash">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-named-chiefs-clash | title=Force Named For Chiefs Clash | publisher=Western Force | date=20 April 2017 | accessdate=20 April 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420071522/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-named-chiefs-clash | archivedate=20 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Adam Coleman]]<ref name="Coleman Re-Signs With the Force to 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/coleman-re-signs-force-2017 | title=Coleman Re-Signs With the Force to 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=28 April 2016 | accessdate=28 April 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428064836/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/coleman-re-signs-force-2017 | archivedate=28 April 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Onehunga Havili]] <small>''(development squad)''</small><ref name="Force Primed for Clash in Nation's Capital">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-primed-clash-nations-capital | title=Force Primed for Clash in Nation's Capital | publisher=Western Force | date=8 March 2017 | accessdate=13 April 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413071520/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-primed-clash-nations-capital | archivedate=13 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Ben Matwijow]]<ref name="Force Lock in Matwijow">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lock-matwijow | title=Force Lock in Matwijow | publisher=Western Force | date=20 July 2016 | accessdate=20 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720082044/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lock-matwijow | archivedate=20 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Matt Philip]]<ref name="Force Sign Tall Timber for 2017"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Angus Cottrell]]<ref name="Cottrell Inks New Two Year Deal">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/cottrell-inks-new-two-year-deal | title=Cottrell Inks New Two Year Deal | publisher=Western Force | date=3 August 2016 | accessdate=3 August 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070145/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/cottrell-inks-new-two-year-deal | archivedate=3 August 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref><br/> [[Richard Hardwick]]<ref name="Force Sign Local Product Richard Hardwick">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-local-product-richard-hardwick | title=Force Sign Local Product Richard Hardwick | publisher=Western Force | date=6 October 2016 | accessdate=6 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006095804/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-local-product-richard-hardwick | archivedate=6 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Ross Haylett-Petty]]<ref name="Haylett-Petty Re-signs With Force for 2016 & 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/haylett-petty-re-signs-force-2016-2017 | title=Haylett-Petty Re-signs With Force for 2016 & 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=15 September 2015 | accessdate=28 September 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301183923/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/haylett-petty-re-signs-force-2016-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Matt Hodgson]]<ref name="Heroic Hodgson Signs on for 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/heroic-hodgson-signs-2017 | title=Heroic Hodgson Signs on for 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=20 October 2016 | accessdate=20 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020055426/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/heroic-hodgson-signs-2017 | archivedate=20 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Kane Koteka]]<ref name="Western Force Confirm 2017 Super Rugby Squad">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/western-force-confirm-2017-super-rugby-squad | title=Western Force Confirm 2017 Super Rugby Squad | publisher=Western Force | date=17 November 2016 | accessdate=24 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124032300/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/western-force-confirm-2017-super-rugby-squad | archivedate=24 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Brynard Stander]]<ref name="Stander extends Western Force stay to 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/stander-extends-western-force-stay-2017 | title=Stander extends Western Force stay to 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=10 September 2015 | accessdate=10 September 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301184353/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/stander-extends-western-force-stay-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Ben McCalman]]<ref name="McCalman re-signs for three more with the Force">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/mccalman-re-signs-three-more-force | title=McCalman re-signs for three more with the Force | publisher=Western Force | date=2 June 2015 | accessdate=2 June 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301184545/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/mccalman-re-signs-three-more-force | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Isi Naisarani]]<ref name="Force Sign NRC Star Isi Naisarani">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-nrc-star-isi-naisarani | title=Force Sign NRC Star Isi Naisarani | publisher=Western Force | date=3 October 2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003064424/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-nrc-star-isi-naisarani | archivedate=3 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Ryan Louwrens]]<ref name="Prior, Louwrens Re-sign with the Force">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/prior-louwrens-re-sign-force | title=Prior, Louwrens Re-sign with the Force | publisher=Western Force | date=29 May 2015 | accessdate=29 May 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301185017/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/prior-louwrens-re-sign-force | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Ian Prior (rugby union)|Ian Prior]]<ref name="Prior, Louwrens Re-sign with the Force"/> <br/> [[Michael Ruru]]<ref name="Force Sign PG Hampshire Winner Michael Ruru">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-pg-hampshire-winner-michael-ruru | title=Force Sign PG Hampshire Winner Michael Ruru | publisher=Western Force | date=26 October 2016 | accessdate=26 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026054624/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-pg-hampshire-winner-michael-ruru | archivedate=26 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Mitch Short]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Force Named For Chiefs Clash"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Peter Grant (rugby union)|Peter Grant]]<ref name="Veteran Grant Brings 10 Years' Experience to Force">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/veteran-grant-brings-10-years-experience-force | title=Veteran Grant Brings 10 Years' Experience to Force | publisher=Western Force | date=29 July 2015 | accessdate=29 July 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301185538/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/veteran-grant-brings-10-years-experience-force | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Jono Lance]]<ref name="Jono Lance heads West for 2016">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/jono-lance-heads-west-2016 | title=Jono Lance heads West for 2016 | publisher=Western Force | date=18 May 2015 | accessdate=18 May 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301185606/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/jono-lance-heads-west-2016 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Luke Burton]]<ref name="Luke Burton remains with the Force to 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/burton-remains-force-2017 | title=Luke Burton remains with the Force to 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=13 April 2015 | accessdate=13 April 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301190025/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/burton-remains-force-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Bill Meakes]]<ref name="Meakes Joins Force on Two Year Deal">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/meakes-joins-force-two-year-deal | title=Meakes Joins Force on Two Year Deal | publisher=Western Force | date=12 July 2016 | accessdate=12 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712062743/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/meakes-joins-force-two-year-deal | archivedate=12 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Chance Peni]]<ref name="Peni Drops for Western Force">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/peni-drops-western-force | title=Peni Drops for Western Force | publisher=Western Force | date=3 November 2016 | accessdate=3 November 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103080620/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/peni-drops-western-force | archivedate=3 November 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Marcel Brache]]<ref name="Brache Back With the Force for 2016 & 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/brache-back-force-2016-2017 | title=Brache Back With the Force for 2016 & 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=4 September 2015 | accessdate=4 September 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301203832/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/brache-back-force-2016-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Robbie Coleman]]<ref name="Force Lure Coleman to the West">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lure-coleman-west | title=Force Lure Coleman to the West | publisher=Western Force | date=21 October 2016 | accessdate=21 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021061639/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-lure-coleman-west | archivedate=21 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Semisi Masirewa]]<ref name="Western Force Welcomes Semisi Mesirewa">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/western-force-welcomes-semisi-mesirewa | title=Western Force Welcomes Semisi Mesirewa | publisher=Western Force | date=17 December 2015 | accessdate=17 December 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301204113/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/western-force-welcomes-semisi-masirewa | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Luke Morahan]]<ref name="Luke Morahan Staying on for 2017">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/luke-morahan-staying-2017 | title=Luke Morahan Staying on for 2017 | publisher=Western Force | date=7 July 2016 | accessdate=7 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707065018/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/luke-morahan-staying-2017 | archivedate=7 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Curtis Rona]]<ref name="NRL Star Curtis Rona Joins the Force">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/nrl-star-curtis-rona-joins-force | title=NRL Star Curtis Rona Joins the Force | publisher=Western Force | date=12 August 2016 | accessdate=12 August 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812064831/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/nrl-star-curtis-rona-joins-force | archivedate=12 August 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[James Verity-Amm]]<ref name="Force Named to Tame Lions">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-named-tame-lions | title=Force Named to Tame Lions | publisher=Western Force | date=27 April 2017 | accessdate=27 April 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427121712/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-named-tame-lions | archivedate=27 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Dane Haylett-Petty]]<ref name="Haylett-Petty re-signs with the Force to 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://www.westernforce.com.au/article/haylett-petty-re-signs-force-2017 | title=Haylett-Petty re-signs with the Force to 2017 | publisher=Force | date=1 April 2015 | accessdate=1 April 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301204727/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/haylett-petty-re-signs-force-2017 | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Alex Newsome]]<ref name="Force Sign Young NSW Country Eagles Star Alex Newsome">{{cite press release | url=https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-young-nsw-country-eagles-star-alex-newsome | title=Force Sign Young NSW Country Eagles Star Alex Newsome | publisher=Western Force | date=19 January 2017 | accessdate=19 January 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119070920/https://www.westernforce.com.au/article/force-sign-young-nsw-country-eagles-star-alex-newsome | archivedate=19 January 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Cruze Ah-Nau]] <small>(to {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Zebre]])</small><ref name="Zebre: in arrivo un pilone ma è emergenza tallonatori">{{cite news | url=https://www.rugbymeet.com/it/news/mercato/zebre-in-arrivo-un-pilone-ma-e-emergenza-tallonatori | title=Zebre: in arrivo un pilone ma è emergenza tallonatori | work=Rugby Meet | date=13 September 2017 | accessdate=16 September 2017 | language=Italian | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20170916010442/https://www.rugbymeet.com/it/news/mercato/zebre-in-arrivo-un-pilone-ma-e-emergenza-tallonatori | archivedate=16 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> {{suboff}} [[Tyrel Lomax]] <small>(to {{Rut Highlanders|fb=y}})</small><ref name="Promising Young Prop Returns to New Zealand">{{cite press release | url=http://thehighlanders.co.nz/news/849-promising-young-prop-returns-to-new-zealand | title=Promising Young Prop Returns to New Zealand | publisher=Highlanders | date=8 September 2017 | accessdate=8 September 2017 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20170908003321/http://thehighlanders.co.nz/news/849-promising-young-prop-returns-to-new-zealand | archivedate=8 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Release obtained, Lomax gets off to flying start">{{cite news | url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/otago/release-obtained-lomax-gets-flying-start | title=Release obtained, Lomax gets off to flying start | work=Otago Daily Times | date=18 September 2017 | accessdate=19 September 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919012044/https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/otago/release-obtained-lomax-gets-flying-start | archivedate=19 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> {{suboff}} [[Tim Metcher]] <small>(to {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Nanaimo Hornets]])</small><ref name="BC Rugby Premier Updates">{{cite news | url=http://bcrugbynews.com/show_news.cfm?ID=2395 | title=BC Rugby Premier Updates | work=BC Rugby News | date=7 August 2017 | accessdate=4 September 2017 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20170904104944/http://bcrugbynews.com/show_news.cfm?ID=2395 | archivedate=4 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> {{suboff}} [[Toby Smith (rugby union)|Toby Smith]] <small>(to {{Rut Hurricanes|fb=y}})</small><ref name="Hurricanes sign Wallabies prop Toby Smith">{{cite press release | url=https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/hurricanes-sign-wallabies-prop-toby-smith | title=Hurricanes sign Wallabies prop Toby Smith | publisher=Hurricanes | date=27 July 2017 | accessdate=6 August 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806125948/https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/hurricanes-sign-wallabies-prop-toby-smith | archivedate=6 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Steve Cummins]]<ref name="Cummins re-signs with RaboDirect Rebels">{{cite press release | url=http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/cummins-re-signs-with-rabodirect-rebels | title=Cummins re-signs with RaboDirect Rebels | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=6 May 2015 | accessdate=6 May 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508004506/http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/cummins-re-signs-with-rabodirect-rebels | archivedate=8 May 2015 | deadurl=yes | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Dominic Day]]<ref name="Rebels sign Welsh international Dominic Day">{{cite press release | url=https://melbournerebels.com/2016/08/19/rebels-sign-welsh-international-dominic-day | title=Rebels sign Welsh international Dominic Day | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=19 August 2016 | accessdate=19 August 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819081333/https://melbournerebels.com/2016/08/19/rebels-sign-welsh-international-dominic-day | archivedate=19 August 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Murray Douglas]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Rebels make four changes for Chiefs">{{cite press release | url=https://melbournerebels.com/2017/03/15/rebels-make-four-changes-for-chiefs | title=Rebels make four changes for Chiefs | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=15 March 2017 | accessdate=13 April 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413080432/https://melbournerebels.com/2017/03/15/rebels-make-four-changes-for-chiefs | archivedate=13 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Esei Ha'angana]] <small>''(development squad)''</small><ref name="Rebels name three debutants for Sharks">{{cite press release | url=https://melbournerebels.com/2017/04/21/rebels-name-three-debutants-for-sharks | title=Rebels name three debutants for Sharks | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=21 April 2017 | accessdate=24 April 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424095737/https://melbournerebels.com/2017/04/21/rebels-name-three-debutants-for-sharks | archivedate=24 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Sam Jeffries]] <small>''(did not play)''</small><ref name="Rebels boost with three players re-signing">{{cite press release | url=http://melbournerebels.com/2016/04/06/rebels-boost-with-three-players-re-signing | title=Rebels boost with three players re-signing | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=6 April 2016 | accessdate=6 April 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406074727/http://melbournerebels.com/2016/04/06/rebels-boost-with-three-players-re-signing | archivedate=6 April 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Culum Retallick]]<ref name="Culum Retallick signs to strengthen Rebel lock stocks">{{cite press release | url=http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/culum-retallick-signs-to-strengthen-rebel-lock-stocks | title=Culum Retallick signs to strengthen Rebel lock stocks | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=21 July 2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801083058/http://melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/culum-retallick-signs-to-strengthen-rebel-lock-stocks | archivedate=1 August 2015 | deadurl=yes | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Alex Toolis]] <small>''(did not play)''</small><ref name="Rebels lock in Toolis for two seasons">{{cite press release | url=https://melbournerebels.com/2016/07/22/rebels-lock-in-toolis-for-two-seasons | title=Rebels lock in Toolis for two seasons | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=22 July 2016 | accessdate=22 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722061031/https://melbournerebels.com/2016/07/22/rebels-lock-in-toolis-for-two-seasons | archivedate=22 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Jack Maddocks]]<ref name="Talented Maddocks opts for Rebels over cricket">{{cite press release | url=https://melbournerebels.com/2016/06/27/talented-maddocks-opts-for-rebels-over-cricket | title=Talented Maddocks opts for Rebels over cricket | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=27 June 2016 | accessdate=27 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627080329/https://melbournerebels.com/2016/06/27/talented-maddocks-opts-for-rebels-over-cricket | archivedate=27 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Jonah Placid]]<ref name="Placid Signs Rebels Contract Extension">{{cite press release | url=http://melbournerebels.com/2015/08/13/placid-signs-rebels-contract-extension | title=Placid Signs Rebels Contract Extension | publisher=Melbourne Rebels | date=13 August 2015 | accessdate=13 August 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301221546/http://melbournerebels.com/2015/08/13/placid-signs-rebels-contract-extension | archivedate=1 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Lachlan Boshier]]<ref name="Continuity is key in 2017 Gallagher Chiefs Squad"/> <br/> [[Sam Cane]]<ref name="Cane Commits to Chiefs">{{cite press release | url=http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/103-cane-commits-to-chiefs | title=Cane Commits to Chiefs | publisher=Chiefs | date=15 June 2015 | accessdate=15 June 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130019/http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/103-cane-commits-to-chiefs | archivedate=4 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Mitchell Karpik]]<ref name="Auckland flanker Mitch Karpik signs two-year deal with Dave Rennie's Chiefs">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/73062260/auckland-flanker-mitch-karpik-signs-twoyear-deal-with-dave-rennies-chiefs | title=Auckland flanker Mitch Karpik signs two-year deal with Dave Rennie's Chiefs | work=Stuff | date=15 October 2015 | accessdate=15 October 2015 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6fl0XorV6?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/73062260/auckland-flanker-mitch-karpik-signs-twoyear-deal-with-dave-rennies-chiefs | archivedate=4 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Liam Messam]]<ref name="Two of the Chiefs favourite sons returning home">{{cite press release | url=http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/266-two-of-the-chiefs-favourite-sons-returning-home | title=Two of the Chiefs favourite sons returning home | publisher=Chiefs | date=28 October 2016 | accessdate=28 October 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028061348/http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/266-two-of-the-chiefs-favourite-sons-returning-home | archivedate=28 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Tom Sanders (rugby union)|Tom Sanders]]<ref name="Continuity is key in 2017 Gallagher Chiefs Squad"/> <br/> [[Taleni Seu]]<ref name="Continuity is key in 2017 Gallagher Chiefs Squad"/>

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Michael Leitch]] <small>(to {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshiba Brave Lupus]])</small><ref name="How the revamped Chiefs are shaping up for Super Rugby in 2018">{{cite news | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/95717022/how-the-revamped-chiefs-are-shaping-up-for-super-rugby-in-2018 | title=How the revamped Chiefs are shaping up for Super Rugby in 2018 | work=Stuff | date=14 August 2017 | accessdate=14 August 2017 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Fsuper-rugby%2F95717022%2Fhow-the-revamped-chiefs-are-shaping-up-for-super-rugby-in-2018&date=2017-08-13 | archivedate=14 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Toshiba Brave Lupus: The Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.toshiba.co.jp/sports/rugby/member/index.htm | title=Toshiba Brave Lupus: The Team | publisher=Toshiba Sports | language= Japanese | accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Michael Alaalatoa]]<ref name="Prop Alaalatoa stays on with Crusaders for another two seasons">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/79502095/prop-alaalatoa-stays-on-with-crusaders-for-another-two-seasons.html | title=Prop Alaalatoa stays on with Crusaders for another two seasons | work=Manawatu Standard | date=2 May 2016 | accessdate=2 May 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6hCWwRyLA?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/79502095/prop-alaalatoa-stays-on-with-crusaders-for-another-two-seasons.html | archivedate=2 May 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Wyatt Crockett]]<ref name="Crockett inks new three-year deal with New Zealand Rugby">{{cite press release | url=http://www.allblacks.com/News/27424/crockett-inks-new-three-year-deal-with-new-zealand-rugby | title=Crockett inks new three-year deal with New Zealand Rugby | publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union | date=8 June 2015 | accessdate=8 June 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304145803/http://www.allblacks.com/News/27424/crockett-inks-new-three-year-deal-with-new-zealand-rugby | archivedate=4 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Owen Franks]]<ref name="Owen Franks inks new deal to stay with BNZ Crusaders through to 2019">{{cite press release | url=http://crusaders.co.nz/news/1037-owen-franks-inks-new-deal-to-stay-with-bnz-crusaders-through-to-2019 | title=Owen Franks inks new deal to stay with BNZ Crusaders through to 2019 | publisher=Crusaders | date=21 December 2016 | accessdate=21 December 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221232112/http://crusaders.co.nz/news/1037-owen-franks-inks-new-deal-to-stay-with-bnz-crusaders-through-to-2019 | archivedate=21 December 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Oliver Jager]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide">{{cite press release | url=http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Crusaders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf | title=2017 Squad Guide | publisher=Crusaders | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=1 November 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6lhaH0K6Y?url=http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2016-ISR/2017_ISR_Squad_Naming_Crusaders-PUBLISHED-01.pdf | archivedate=1 November 2016 | deadurl=yes | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Joe Moody]]<ref name="Joe Moody re-signs with New Zealand Rugby and BNZ Crusaders">{{cite press release | url=http://crusaders.co.nz/news/980-joe-moody-re-signs-with-new-zealand-rugby-and-bnz-crusaders | title=Joe Moody re-signs with New Zealand Rugby and BNZ Crusaders | publisher=Crusaders | date=27 June 2016 | accessdate=27 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627075038/http://crusaders.co.nz/news/980-joe-moody-re-signs-with-new-zealand-rugby-and-bnz-crusaders | archivedate=27 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Tim Perry (rugby union)|Tim Perry]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Heiden Bedwell-Curtis]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/> <br/> [[Jed Brown]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/> <br/> [[Mitchell Dunshea]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/> <br/> [[Vernon Fredericks]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Vernon Fredericks' Crusaders debut two years after brain surgery reward for determination, perseverance">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/92871274/Vernon-Fredericks-Crusaders-debut-two-years-after-brain-surgery-reward-for-determination-perseverance | title=Vernon Fredericks' Crusaders debut two years after brain surgery reward for determination, perseverance | work=Stuff | date=23 May 2017 | accessdate=12 August 2017 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Fsuper-rugby%2F92871274%2FVernon-Fredericks-Crusaders-debut-two-years-after-brain-surgery-reward-for-determination-perseverance&date=2017-08-11 | archivedate=12 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Peter Samu]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/> <br/> [[Jordan Taufua]]<ref name="Taufua re-signs with BNZ Crusaders">{{cite press release | url=http://crusaders.co.nz/news/967-taufua-re-signs-with-bnz-crusaders | title=Taufua re-signs with BNZ Crusaders | publisher=Crusaders | date=23 May 2016 | accessdate=24 May 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524080802/http://crusaders.co.nz/news/967-taufua-re-signs-with-bnz-crusaders | archivedate=24 May 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Matt Todd]]<ref name="2017 Squad Guide"/>

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Whetu Douglas]] <small>(to {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Benetton Rugby|Benetton]])</small><ref name="Whetu Douglas roped in for Italian job as he loses battle to stay with Crusaders">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/91757965/Whetu-Douglas-roped-in-for-Italian-job-as-he-loses-battle-to-stay-with-Crusaders | title=Whetu Douglas roped in for Italian job as he loses battle to stay with Crusaders | work=Stuff | date=20 April 2017 | accessdate=20 April 2017 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Fsuper-rugby%2F91757965%2FWhetu-Douglas-roped-in-for-Italian-job-as-he-loses-battle-to-stay-with-Crusaders&date=2017-04-20 | archivedate=20 April 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--In --> {{subon}} [[Braydon Ennor]] <small>(from {{Rut Canterbury}})</small><ref name="Champion Crusaders sign speedy Canterbury rookie Braydon Ennor">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/rugby/96751239 | title=Champion Crusaders sign speedy Canterbury rookie Braydon Ennor | work=Dominion Post | date=12 September 2017 | accessdate=12 September 2017 | archiveurl=http://webcitation.org/6tPZa9QV2 | archivedate=12 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> {{subon}} [[Will Jordan (rugby union)|Will Jordan]] <small>(from {{Rut Tasman}})</small><ref name="Seven new names in 2018 BNZ Crusaders squad"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Alex Ainley]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Joshua Dickson|Josh Dickson]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Tom Franklin (rugby union)|Tom Franklin]]<ref name="Highlanders Tom Franklin and Jason Emery re-sign with Super Rugby franchise">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/67848488/highlanders-tom-franklin-and-jason-emery-resign-with-super-rugby-franchise | title=Highlanders Tom Franklin and Jason Emery re-sign with Super Rugby franchise | work=Stuff | date=17 April 2015 | accessdate=17 April 2015 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6flMywdDr?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/67848488/highlanders-tom-franklin-and-jason-emery-resign-with-super-rugby-franchise | archivedate=4 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Jackson Hemopo]]<ref name="Three year deal with the Highlanders for Manawatu forward Jackson Hemopo">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/84998052/three-year-deal-with-the-highlanders-for-manawatu-forward-jackson-hemopo | title=Three year deal with the Highlanders for Manawatu forward Jackson Hemopo | work=Stuff | date=5 October 2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6l1fK1kWP?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/84998052/three-year-deal-with-the-highlanders-for-manawatu-forward-jackson-hemopo | archivedate=5 October 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Joe Wheeler (rugby union)|Joe Wheeler]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/>

| <!--2018--> [[Alex Ainley]]<ref name="Tasman lock Alex Ainley signs one-year extension at the Highlanders">{{cite news | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/94704093/tasman-lock-alex-ainley-signs-oneyear-extension-at-the-highlanders | title=Tasman lock Alex Ainley signs one-year extension at the Highlanders | work=Stuff | date=13 July 2017 | accessdate=28 October 2017 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Fsuper-rugby%2F94704093%2Ftasman-lock-alex-ainley-signs-oneyear-extension-at-the-highlanders&date=2017-10-27 | archivedate=28 October 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Joshua Dickson|Josh Dickson]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Announce Squad for 2018"/> <br/> [[Tom Franklin (rugby union)|Tom Franklin]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Announce Squad for 2018"/> <br/> [[Jackson Hemopo]]<ref name="Three year deal with the Highlanders for Manawatu forward Jackson Hemopo"/> <br/> [[Pari Pari Parkinson]]

| <!--2017--> [[Shane Christie]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Gareth Evans (New Zealand rugby player)|Gareth Evans]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Dillon Hunt]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team to play Blues at Eden Park"/> <br/> [[James Lentjes]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Dan Pryor]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Tupou Sopoaga]] <small>''(short-term)''</small><ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders names to play Rebels in Dunedin">{{cite press release | url=http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/815-pulse-energy-highlanders-names-to-play-rebels-in-dunedin | title=Pulse Energy Highlanders names to play Rebels in Dunedin | publisher=Highlanders | date=29 March 2017 | accessdate=30 March 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330053719/http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/815-pulse-energy-highlanders-names-to-play-rebels-in-dunedin | archivedate=30 March 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Luke Whitelock]]<ref name="Luke Whitelock re-signs with Highlanders for two more seasons">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/rugby/80312275/Luke-Whitelock-re-signs-with-Highlanders-for-two-more-seasons | title=Luke Whitelock re-signs with Highlanders for two more seasons | work=Dominion Post | date=24 May 2016 | accessdate=24 May 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6hju9NZ7Q?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/rugby/80312275/Luke-Whitelock-re-signs-with-Highlanders-for-two-more-seasons | archivedate=24 May 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Richard Buckman]]<ref name="Highlanders re-sign back Richard Buckman to Super Rugby for two more years">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/80166722/highlanders-resign-back-richard-buckman-to-super-rugby-for-two-more-years | title=Highlanders re-sign back Richard Buckman to Super Rugby for two more years | work=Stuff | date=19 May 2016 | accessdate=19 May 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6nR8wic8t?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/80166722/highlanders-resign-back-richard-buckman-to-super-rugby-for-two-more-years | archivedate=11 January 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Tevita Li]]<ref name="Tevita Li to join Highlanders in 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/764-tevita-li-to-join-highlanders-in-2017 | title=Tevita Li to join Highlanders in 2017 | publisher=Highlanders | date=29 June 2016 | accessdate=29 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629052017/http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/764-tevita-li-to-join-highlanders-in-2017 | archivedate=29 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Waisake Naholo]]<ref name="Pulse Energy Highlanders Team Naming for 2017 Investec Super Rugby Season"/> <br/> [[Patrick Osborne (rugby player)|Patrick Osborne]]<ref name="Osborne re-signs with the Highlanders">{{cite press release | url=http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/759-osborne-re-signs-with-the-highlanders | title=Osborne re-signs with the Highlanders | publisher=Highlanders | date=12 May 2016 | accessdate=12 May 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512082116/http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-news/latest-news/759-osborne-re-signs-with-the-highlanders | archivedate=12 May 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Vaea Fifita]]<ref name="Wellington's Vaea Fifita signs three-year Super Rugby deal with Hurricanes">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/rugby/71519816/Wellingtons-Vaea-Fifita-signs-three-year-Super-Rugby-deal-with-Hurricanes | title=Wellington's Vaea Fifita signs three-year Super Rugby deal with Hurricanes | work=Stuff | date=28 August 2015 | accessdate=28 August 2015 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6fpTme1EY?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/rugby/71519816/Wellingtons-Vaea-Fifita-signs-three-year-Super-Rugby-deal-with-Hurricanes | archivedate=7 March 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Callum Gibbins]]<ref name="Seven new Hurricanes in 2017 squad"/> <br/> [[Toa Halafihi]]<ref name="Seven new Hurricanes in 2017 squad"/> <br/> [[Reed Prinsep]]<ref name="Canterbury loose forward signs for two years with Hurricanes">{{cite press release | url=http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/canterbury-loose-forward-signs-for-two-years-with-hurricanes | title=Canterbury loose forward signs for two years with Hurricanes | publisher=Hurricanes | date=29 August 2016 | accessdate=30 August 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830211005/http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/canterbury-loose-forward-signs-for-two-years-with-hurricanes | archivedate=30 August 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Hugh Renton]]<ref name="Seven new Hurricanes in 2017 squad"/> <br/> [[Ardie Savea]]<ref name="Ardie Savea signs new two year deal with NZ Rugby and Hurricanes">{{cite press release | url=http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/ardie-savea-signs-new-two-year-deal-with-nz-rugby-and-hurricanes | title=Ardie Savea signs new two year deal with NZ Rugby and Hurricanes | publisher=Hurricanes | date=14 July 2016 | accessdate=13 July 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713202821/http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/news/single/item/ardie-savea-signs-new-two-year-deal-with-nz-rugby-and-hurricanes | archivedate=13 July 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Brad Shields]]<ref name="Seven new Hurricanes in 2017 squad"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Chris Boyd (rugby union)|Chris Boyd]]<ref name="Hurricanes unsung hero Chris Boyd to stay for two more years">{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hurricanes-rugby-team/news/article.cfm?c_id=230&objectid=11688865 | title=Hurricanes unsung hero Chris Boyd to stay for two more years | work=New Zealand Herald | date=7 August 2016 | accessdate=8 August 2016 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6jbSms7OJ?url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hurricanes-rugby-team/news/article.cfm?c_id=230&objectid=11688865 | archivedate=8 August 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Jacques du Toit (rugby union)|Jacques du Toit]] <small>''(did not play)''</small><ref name="Hookers signed for 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3147 | title=Hookers signed for 2017 | publisher=Cheetahs | date=21 June 2016 | accessdate=21 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621121647/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3147 | archivedate=21 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Joseph Dweba]]<ref name="Hookers signed for 2017"/> <br/> [[Elandré Huggett]]<ref name="Toyota Cheetahs Vodacom Super Rugby 2017 Squad">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=4250/Toyota-Cheetahs-Vodacom-Super-Rugby-2017-Squad | title=Toyota Cheetahs Vodacom Super Rugby 2017 Squad | publisher=Cheetahs | date=17 February 2017 | accessdate=17 February 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217144056/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=4250/Toyota-Cheetahs-Vodacom-Super-Rugby-2017-Squad | archivedate=17 February 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Torsten van Jaarsveld]]<ref name="Hookers signed for 2017"/> <br/> [[Reinach Venter]]<ref name="Change to Toyota Cheetahs team">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=5366%2FChange-to-Toyota-Cheetahs-team | title=Change to Toyota Cheetahs team | publisher=Cheetahs | date=14 July 2017 | accessdate=12 August 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812084643/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=5366%2FChange-to-Toyota-Cheetahs-team | archivedate=12 August 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

| <!--2017--> [[Tian Meyer]]<ref name="Scrumhalves signed for 2017">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3137 | title=Scrumhalves signed for 2017 | publisher=Cheetahs | date=2 June 2016 | accessdate=2 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602150650/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3137 | archivedate=2 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Zee Mkhabela]]<ref name="Scrumhalves signed for 2017"/> <br/> [[Ruan van Rensburg]]<ref name="Tian Meyer to lead the Toyota Cheetahs against Jaguares ">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=4266/Tian-Meyer-to-lead-the-Toyota-Cheetahs-against-Jaguares- | title=Tian Meyer to lead the Toyota Cheetahs against Jaguares | publisher=Cheetahs | date=16 March 2017 | accessdate=24 March 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324144824/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=4266/Tian-Meyer-to-lead-the-Toyota-Cheetahs-against-Jaguares- | archivedate=24 March 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Shaun Venter]]<ref name="Scrumhalves signed for 2017"/>

| <!--2017--> [[Thembelani Bholi]]<ref name="Bholi signed with Toyota Free State Cheetahs">{{cite press release | url=http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3154/Bholi-signed-with-Toyota-Free-State-Cheetahs | title=Bholi signed with Toyota Free State Cheetahs | publisher=Cheetahs | date=28 June 2016 | accessdate=28 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628154021/http://www.fscheetahs.co.za/News.aspx?newsid=3154/Bholi-signed-with-Toyota-Free-State-Cheetahs | archivedate=28 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Chris Cloete]]<ref name="Die Kings se ‘pes’ terug op sy pos">{{cite news | url=http://www.netwerk24.com/Sport/Rugby/kings-se-pes-terug-op-sy-pos-20161102 | url-access=registration | title=Die Kings se ‘pes’ terug op sy pos | work=Netwerk24 | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=3 November 2016 | language=Afrikaans}}</ref> <br/> [[Andisa Ntsila]]<ref name="Die Kings se ‘pes’ terug op sy pos"/> <br/> [[Tyler Paul]]<ref name="Kings wag in spanning vir Saru-antwoord">{{cite news | url=http://www.netwerk24.com/Sport/Rugby/kings-wag-in-spanning-vir-saru-antwoord-20161005 | url-access=registration | title=Kings wag in spanning vir Saru-antwoord | work=Netwerk24 | date=6 October 2016 | accessdate=6 October 2016 | language=Afrikaans}}</ref> <br/> [[CJ Velleman]] <small>''(did not play)''</small><ref name="Shane Gates and Aidon Davis to move on after Super Rugby">{{cite press release | url=http://www.skings.co.za/shane-gates-and-aidon-davis-to-move-on-after-super-rugby | title=Shane Gates and Aidon Davis to move on after Super Rugby | publisher=Southern Kings | date=15 June 2016 | accessdate=15 June 2016 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615160001/http://www.skings.co.za/shane-gates-and-aidon-davis-to-move-on-after-super-rugby | archivedate=15 June 2016 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref> <br/> [[Stefan Willemse]]<ref name="Die Kings se ‘pes’ terug op sy pos"/>

| <!--Out --> {{suboff}} [[Patrick Lambie]] <small>(to {{Rut Racing 92|fb=y}})</small><ref name="Lambie leaves the Sharks for Racing 92">{{cite news | url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/currie-cup/lambie-leaves-the-sharks-for-racing-92-11164757 | title=Lambie leaves the Sharks for Racing 92 | work=The Mercury | date=11 September 2017 | accessdate=11 September 2017 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20170911100340/https://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/currie-cup/lambie-leaves-the-sharks-for-racing-92-11164757 | archivedate=11 September 2017 | deadurl=no | df=dmy-all}}</ref>