Premiership ins and outs

Newcastle, Sale and Saracens appear to be most changed of the 12 Premiership clubs, but the reality is that there have been a large number of comings and goings at most of the sides.

Gloucester, Harlequins, Sale, Saracens and Wasps also have new head coaches, while Leicester and Newcastle have confirmed the appointments of Richard Cockerill and Steve Bates respectively.

Head coach: Steve Meehan

Captain: Michael Claassens

Olly Barkley (Gloucester), Nicky Little, Matt Carraro (Waratahs), Julian Salvi (Brumbies), Ben Skirving (Saracens), Luke Watson (Western Province), David Wilson (Newcastle).

Shaun Berne (Leinster), Alex Crockett (resigned), Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu (Gloucester), Chris Goodman (Bedford), Justin Harrison (retired), Andrew Higgins (resigned), Paulica Ion (London Irish), Robbie Kydd (released), Michael Lipman (resigned), Laurence Ovens (Newcastle), James Scaysbrook (Exeter).

Head coach: Bryan Redpath

Captain: Gareth Delve/Mike Tindall

Pierre Capdevielle (Brive), Paul Doran-Jones (London Welsh), Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu (Bath), Tim Molenaar (Nottingham), Nicky Robinson (Cardiff Blues), Tom Voyce (Wasps).

Jack Adams (Bristol), Anthony Allen (Leicester), Iain Balshaw (Biarritz), Olly Barkley (Bath), Gareth Cooper (Cardiff Blues), Jack Forster (Sale Sharks), Mark Foster (Exeter), Ryan Lamb (London Irish), Carlos Nieto (Saracens), Dan Norton (Bristol), Willie Walker (Worcester), David Young (Edinburgh).

Head coach: John Kingston

Captain: Will Skinner

John Andress (Exeter), Gonzalo Camacho (Argentina), Rory Clegg (Newcastle), Karl Dickson (Bedford), Josh Drauniniu (Exeter), James Johnston (Samoa), Lewis Stevenson (Exeter).

Charlie Amesbury (Newcastle), De Wet Barry (Eastern Province), Peter Bracken (released), John Brooks (released), Phil Davies (released), Andy Gomarsall (Leeds Carnegie), James Inglis (released), Chris Malone (London Irish), Shane O'Connor (released), Mickey Pointing (released), Alex Rogers (released), Mike Ross (Leinster), Tom Sargeant (released).

Head coach: Neil Back

Captain: Marco Wenzel

Henry Fa'afili (Biarritz), Andy Gomarsall (Harlequins), Juan Gomez (Leinster), Gareth Hardy (Western Force), Alex Moreno (Calvisano), Alfie To'aola (Bristol), Ceiron Thomas (Scarlets), Marco Wentzel (Leicester).

Tom Biggs (Newcastle), Andy Boyde (Released), James Brooks (Doncaster), Adam Hopcroft (Released), Alberto Di Bernardo (Bourgoin), Jon Dunbar (Released), Rob Vickerman (Newcastle).

Head coach: Richard Cockerill

Captain: Geordan Murphy

Anthony Allen (Gloucester), Joe Duffey (Nottingham), James Grindal (Newcastle), Geoff Parling (Newcastle), Billy Twelvetrees (Bedford), Jeremy Staunton (Wasps).

Santiago Bonorino (Northampton), Martin Corry (retired), Julien Dupuy (Stade Francais), Ayoola Erinle (Biarritz), Ben Herring (retired), Derrick Hougaard (Saracens), Benjamin Kayser (Stade Francais), Seru Rabeni (Gloucester), Tom Varndell (Wasps), Marco Wentzel (Leeds Carnegie).

Head coach: Toby Booth

Captain: Bob Casey

Andy Buist (Newcastle), Paulica Ion (Bath), Ryan Lamb (Gloucester), Jamie Lennard (Doncaster), Chris Malone (Harlequins), Andy Perry (Newcastle), George Stowers (Kobe), James Tideswell (Plymouth).

James Bailey (Lyon), Warren Fury (Wasps), Shane Geraghty (Northampton), James Hudson (Newcastle), Tonga Lea'aetoa (Toulon), Dominic Shabbo (London Welsh), Richard Skuse (Saracens).

Head coach: Steve Bates

Captain: Carl Hayman

Josh Afu (Doncaster Knights), Charlie Amesbury (Harlequins), Tom Biggs (Leeds Carnegie), Gcobani Bobo (Stormers), Kieran Brookes (Fylde), Jimmy Gopperth (Blues), James Hudson (London Irish), Filipo Levi (Ospreys), Chris Micklewood (Brive), Laurence Ovens (Bath), Grant Shiells (Kelso), Michael Tait (Kelso), Rob Vickerman (Leeds Carnegie), Alex Walker (Saracens).

Ross Batty (Rotherham), Ross Beattie (released), Andy Buist (London Irish), Rory Clegg (Harlequins), Tom Dillon (Released), Phil Dowson (Northampton), Eni Gesinde (released), James Grindal (Leicester), Steve Jones (Edinburgh), Andy Long (Rotherham), Tom May (Toulon), Joe McDonnell (Cetransa El Salvador), Jamie Noon (Brive), Geoff Parling (Leicester), Ollie Phillips (Stade Francais), John Rudd (Released), Joe Shaw (Hong Kong), Sean Tomes (Exeter), Tim Visser (Edinburgh), Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon), David Wilson (Bath), Russell Winter (retired).

Head coach: Jim Malliner

Captain: Dylan Hartley

Santiago Bonorino (Leicester), Phil Dowson (Newcastle), Shane Geraghty (London Irish), Brian Mujati (Stormers), Dan Vickerman (Waratahs).

Will Harries (Dragons), Phil Hoy (released), Sean Lamont (Scarlets), Ben Lewitt (Bedford), Matt Lord (retired), Alex Rae (Bedford), Tom Smith (retired), Neil Starling (released), Barry Stewart (retired).

Head coach: Kingsley Jones

Captain: Dean Schofield

David Bishop (Ospreys), Ben Cohen (Brive), Jack Forster (Gloucester), Gavin Kerr (Edinburgh), Sisa Koyamaibole (Toulon), Mahonri Schwalger (Scarlets), Ben Roberts (Newport Gwent Dragons), David Seymour (Saracens), Marika Vakacegu (Cornish Pirates), Ben Vernon (Preston Grasshoppers).

Sebastien Bruno (Toulon), Sebastien Chabal (Racing Metro), Ross Davies (Ospreys), Lionel Faure (Clermont), Juan Martin Fernandez-Lobbe (Toulon), Rudi Keil (released), Rory Lamont (Toulon), Luke McAlister (Blues), Dave Ward (Cornish Pirates), Jason White (Clermont).

Head coach: Brendan Venter

Captain: Steve Borthwick

Kevin Barrett (Exeter), Mouritz Botha (Bedford), Schalk Brits (Stormers), Rhys Gill (Cardiff Blues), Michael Horak (Treviiso), Derick Hougaard (Leicester), Ernst Joubert (Lions), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester), Ethienne Reynecke (Lions), Richard Skuse (London Irish), Michael Tagicakibau (London Welsh), Frik Venter (Sharks).

Kris Chesney (Toulon), Andy Farrell (retired), Chris Jack (Western Province and Crusaders), Ben Jacobs (Wasps), Cencus Johnston (Toulouse), Andy Kyriacou (Ulster), Gordon Ross (released), Dan Scarbrough (Racing-Metro), David Seymour (Sale), Ben Skirving (Bath), Cobus Visagie (retired), Alex Walker (Newcastle), Micky Wilson (Viadana).

Head coach: Tony Hanks

Captain: Tom Rees

Charlie Beech (academy), Warren Fury (London Irish), Jason Hobson (Bristol), James Honeyben (academy), Ben Jacobs (Saracens), Steve Kefu (Castres), David Lemi (Bristol), Joe Simpson (academy), Lee Smith (Leeds Rhinos), Tom Varndell (Leicester), Marty Veale (Northland), Dan Ward-Smith (Bristol).

Pat Barnard (Brive), Riki Flutey (CA Brive), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Rob Hoadley (coaching), Michael Holford (London Welsh), Raphael Ibanez (retired), Mossy Lawler (TBA), Josh Lewsey (retired), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Jeremy Staunton (Leicester), Damien Varley (Munster), Tom Voyce (Gloucester).

Head coach: Mike Ruddock

Captain: Pat Sanderson

Adam Black (Dragons), Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), Olivier Sourgens (Bordeaux-Begles), Willie Walker (Gloucester).

Loki Crichton (Suntory RFC), Chris Horsman (retired), Ben Jones (Rugby League), Darren Morris (Cardiff Blues), Matt Powell (retired),