{"id":599248,"date":"2026-05-23T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599248\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:54:13","slug":"the-37-players-officially-leaving-welsh-teams-as-all-departures-now-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599248\/","title":{"rendered":"The 37 players officially leaving Welsh teams as all departures now confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

All four Welsh professional teams have announced their leavers list following the 2025\/26 season<\/p>\n

Jac Morgan and Aaron Wainwright will both leave Welsh rugby this summer(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\n

A total of 37 players have now officially been confirmed as leaving Welsh rugby\u2019s four professional regions ahead of the 2026\/27 season, with a number of Wales internationals, club legends and fan favourites among the departures.<\/p>\n

The Ospreys, Scarlets, Cardiff and Dragons have all released retained lists in recent weeks as squads begin to take shape for next season.<\/p>\n

There are some huge names on the move, including Jac Morgan, Dewi Lake and Aaron Wainwright, while Welsh rugby icon Leigh Halfpenny is retiring.<\/p>\n

Here is every player confirmed to be leaving each Welsh region.<\/p>\n

Ospreys \u2013 10 departures<\/p>\n

The Ospreys<\/a> have today confirmed 10 exits<\/a>, with the headline news dominated by the departures of Wales stars Morgan and Lake to Gloucester.<\/p>\n

However, supporters were also surprised to see influential wing Daniel Kasende among the leavers.<\/p>\n

Utility back Jack Walsh is heading to France, while promising young lock James Fender has secured a move to Grenoble.<\/p>\n

Ospreys leavers<\/p>\n

Jac MorganDewi LakeDaniel KasendeTom FlorenceRyan ConbeerJack WalshJames FenderLuke ScullyPhil CokanasigaWill GreatbanksScarlets \u2013 10 departures<\/p>\n

The Scarlets<\/a> also announced 11 departures, with former Wales lock Jake Ball retiring for the second time.<\/p>\n

Wales wing Tom Rogers is joining the Ospreys, while Springbok hooker Marnus van der Merwe is moving to Munster.<\/p>\n

The west Walians are also losing assistant coach Jared Payne.<\/p>\n

Scarlets departures<\/p>\n

Jake BallMax DouglasTom RogersMarnus van der MerweAlec HepburnBen WilliamsRhodri LewisDan GemineTom PhillipsSteff Jac JonesCardiff Rugby \u2013 11 departures<\/p>\n

Cardiff<\/a> confirmed 11 exits, including the retirement of Halfpenny after one of the greatest careers by a Welsh player in the professional era.<\/p>\n

Prop Corey Domachowski is joining the Scarlets, while Ben Donnell is heading to Ulster.<\/p>\n

The Arms Park outfit also confirmed that Mackenzie Martin will leave Welsh rugby entirely for a move to French side Beziers following his loan spell with the Dragons.<\/p>\n

Cardiff leavers<\/p>\n

Leigh HalfpennyCorey DomachowskiBen DonnellEd ByrneWill Davies-KingRory JenningsMackenzie MartinDylan BarrattOllie DasJoseff JonesHarrison RockDragons RFC \u2013 6 departures<\/p>\n

The Dragons have confirmed six departures, headlined by Wainwright\u2019s move to Leicester Tigers.<\/p>\n

Club centurion James Benjamin is also retiring after 13 seasons at Rodney Parade.<\/p>\n

Wing Ewan Rosser and scrum-half Niall Armstrong are among the younger players moving on.<\/p>\n

Dragons leavers<\/p>\n

Aaron WainwrightJames BenjaminLuke YendleEwan RosserNiall ArmstrongGeorge Roberts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All four Welsh professional teams have announced their leavers list following the 2025\/26 season Jac Morgan and Aaron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[10579,26923,26771,5903,19428,101,56,54,55,9015],"class_list":["post-599248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-cardiff-rugby","tag-dragons","tag-ospreys","tag-rugby","tag-scarlets","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-rugby-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}