Rob Howley - Cardiff to Wasps - 2002, crucial role in Wasps HCUP victory in 2004
Dan Lyle - Old Mission Beach Athletic Club to Bath - 1996, quality player for Bath
Rocky Elsom - Waratahs to Leinster - 2008, as BOD said 'Let's put it this way, we wouldn't of won the Heineken Cup without Rocky Elsom', also whilst he was at Leinster Heaslip became world class, was this just a coincidence?
Jim Williams - Brumbies to Munster - 2001, good player, captained for a couple of seasons and although never won the HCUP he did coach them to it
Xavier Rush - Blues to Cardiff Blues - 2005, arrived in the shadow of Lomu's arrival, but proved himself the Blues talisman over the past few years
Brock James - Western Force to Clermont - 2006, just a Force reserve behind Hilgendorf, but Vern Cotter signed a gem to replace Stephen Jones, scored a T14 record 41 kicks in a row, and yes he did bottle the quarter final against Leinster last year, but given his reputation when he arrived in France to what he's done for them now
Pat Howard - Brumbies to Leicester - 1998, caused Greenwood to leave them
Felipe Contepomi - Bristol to Leinster - 2003, allow Leinster fans to tell you why
Isa Nacewa - Blues to Leinster - 2008, allow Leinster fans to tell you why
Chris Masoe - Hurricanes to Castres - 2008, has led Castres to overacheive as a successful side in the Top14
Filo Tiatia - Toyota Verblitz to Ospreys - 2006, club legend,
Napolioni Vonowale Nalaga - Nadroga to Clermont - 2007, phenomenal amount of tries in his first couple of season
Thierry Dusautoir - Biarritz to Toulouse – 2006, failing to break Biarritz's Harinordoquy-Betsen-Lievremont partnership, he moved to Toulouse who had Nyanga in his position (who at the time was one of the best in the world) and displaced him in national and club team colours
Tony Marsh - Waratahs to Clermont - 1998, a good 9 seasons service with them
Omar Hasan - Agen to Toulouse – 2004, scrum ogre
Fereti Tuilagi - St. Helens RL to Leicester - 2000, maybe not Fereti himself, but it was his signing that led to Leicester becoming the home of the Tuilagi's, nobody would deny that this signing was a good investment
And the flops .....
Andy Farrell - Wigan RL to Saracens - 2005, there were a number of Rugby League flops I could list here but I have limited myself to this injury prone rubbishy
Rico Gear - Crusaders to Worcester - 2007, a quality player who was successful in Super Rugby, yet he scored 1 try in his 2 years at Worcester, part of one of the bluntest attacking teams ever possibly
de Wet Barry - Stormers to Harlequins - 2007, didn't settle
Ashwin Willemse - Lions to Biarritz - 2007, was relegated to the reserves in his second season
Owen Finegan - Brumbies to Newcastle - 2005, supposed to launch Newcastle into a strong European team, but was ditched after one poor season
Christian Cullen - Hurricanes to Munster - 2003, pale shadow of his great self
Joeli Veitayaki - Blues to Ulster - Big as a house and just as mobile, they say that Craigavon's eateries mounted a protest after the giant Fijian prop was let go by UIster
Rob Dewey- Edinburgh to Ulster - 2007, went from Scotland player, to bit part Ulster reserves player
Eddie Hekenui - I'll let Leinster fans say why again ...
Sam Norton-Knight - Waratahs to Cardiff Blues, named Sam Norton-Sh*te in some corners of the Cardiff City Stadium few would disagree, in the end it go so embarrassing that I just felt sorry for him
