Ins and Outs of Pro12 2014-2015

Dragons Lee Byrne retiring at end of season with recurrent shoulder injury

2 new signings for Glasgow.
Sam Johnson from the Reds (young player, only a couple of super rugby caps), center.
Greg Paterson from Leicester Tigers (another young ozzie though USA international, few games for the Waratahs and Tigers). Second row.

Tom palmer joins treviso from Gloucester.

Treviso sign kiwi scrum half Chris smylie from the hurricanes.
That's two good signings in a week.

Glasgow sign Fijian giant winger taqele naiyavoro ( think that's correct) from waratahs.

I will put this here as opposed to starting a new thread.

Edinburgh rugby in advanced talks about a groundshare with hibs next season. Easter road is a 20k seater stadium and pretty much brand new AFAIK.

Anything that gets them out of murrayfield is good tbh but I think most edinburgh fans would prefer meggetsfield

Always thought Tynecastle would be a better fit as it is right beside Murrayfield, not been there but meant to be a bit of a tip.

As said above, anything that gets them out of that cavernous, soulless bowl is no bad thing.

Being reported today that move will only be for a few fixtures next season as a trial with a view to making it permanent if a success.

Zebra sign argentine international prop Bruno postigliani.

Cardiff blues sign USA international back row cam Dolan from saints.

www.the42.ie/matt-darcy-munster-2172318-Jun2015/

Luke O'Dea to 'unspecified' French D2 club. Normally the story is a guy can get more money there than he would at Connacht but not so sure in this case, given the unspecified nature of the move. Still, a great opportunity for a young lad to get a new experience.

Matt D'Arcy to Munster. Not surprised by that necessarily but the three month contract isn't a vote of confidence in him. If he's a competitive fella (which I'm sure he is) he'll believe he can prove himself worth a full contract in that time. But I wonder did his previous time at Connacht sour him against a move West, or did we not make a strong enough move for him? Could Connacht not offer him a year versus Munster's 3 months for instance?