BATH

Head coach: Steve Meehan

Last season: 4th

Players in: Lewis Moody, Sam Vesty (both Leicester), Simon Taylor (Stade Francais), Tom Biggs (Newcastle), Mark McMillan (Glasgow), Ross Batty (Rotherham).

Players out: Julian Salvi (ACT Brumbies), Joe Maddock (Treviso), Michael Stephenson, Daniel Browne (both Leeds Carnegie), Ryan Davis (Exeter), Nicky Little (Bristol), Rob Hawkins (Leicester), Rhys Crane (Sale Sharks), Jonny Faamatuianu (Scarlets, loan), Scott Bemand (retired), Mike Baxter.

EXTER

Head coach: Rob Baxter

Last season: Championship winners

Players in: Jason Shoemark (Otago Highlanders), Junior Polu (Bay of Plenty), Ryan Davis (Bath), Jon Vickers (Northampton), Luke Arscott, James Phillips (both Bristol), Ignacio Elosu (Viadana), Chris Whitehead (London Welsh), Garrick Cowley (Esher), Eoghan Grace (Shannon), Andrew Higgins.

Players out: Matt Cornwell (Northampton), Tom Bedford, Sean Tomes (both Bedford), Saul Nelson (London Welsh), Sean Marsden, Richard Bolt (both Bristol), Clive Stuart-Smith (Esher), Shane Kingsland (Manawatu), Toby Freeman (Oriduza), Emyr Lewis (ret), Danny Gray, Steve Jones.

GLOUCESTER

Head coach: Bryan Redpath

Last season: 7th

Players in: Jim Hamilton (Edinburgh), Brett Deacon (Leicester), Matt Cox (Worcester).

Players out: Gareth Delve, Greg Somerville (both Melbourne Rebels), Marco Bortolami (Aironi, Italy), Adam Eustace (Northampton), Apolosi Satala (Sale Sharks), Carlos Spencer (Golden Lions), Semi Tadulala (Leeds Carnegie), Jake Boer (ret).

HARLEQUINS

Rugby director: Conor O'Shea

Last season: 8th

Players in: Maurie Fa'asavalu (St Helens RL), Ollie Smith (Montpellier), Peter Browne (Newcastle), David Moore (Leinster), Joe Gray (Northampton), Tom Casson (Saracens), Benjamin Urdapilleta.

Players out: David Strettle, Nils Mordt (both Saracens), Gonzalo Tiesi (Stade Francais), Waisea Luveniyali, Josh Drauniniu (both London Welsh), Aston Croall (Sale Sharks), Tani Fuga, Jim Evans (both retired), Tosh Masson (released), Steve So'oialo, Neil McMillan.

LEEDS CARNEGIE

Rugby director: Andy Key

Last season: 10th

Players in: Steve Thompson, Lachlan MacKay (both Brive), Michael Stephenson, Daniel Browne (both Bath), Sean Hohneck, Miguel Alonso (both Viadana), Warren Fury (Wasps), Semi Tadulala (Gloucester), James Tincknell (Wharfedale), Jesus Moreno Rodriguez (Bordeaux-Begles).

Players out: Calum Clark, Joe Ford, Scott Armstrong (all Northampton), Seru Rabeni (La Rochelle), Erik Lund (Biarritz), Peter Bucknall (Leicester), Vili Ma'asi (London Welsh), Joe Bedford, Jonny Hepworth, Richard Welding, Henry Paul (all Rotherham), Jason Strange (released), Andy Gomarsall, Rob Rawlinson, Alex Moreno (all ret).

LONDON IRISH

Head coach: Toby Booth

Last season: 6th

Players in: Daniel Bowden (Canterbury Crusaders), Darren Allinson (Cardiff Blues), Brian Blaney (Leinster).

Players out: Peter Hewat (Suntory, Japan), Andy Perry, Charlie Gower (both released), Peter Richards, John Rudd (both ret).

NEWCASTLE

Head coach: Alan Tait

Last season: 9th

Players in: Ally Hogg (Edinburgh), Luke Eves, Redford Pennycook (both Bristol), Jeremy Manning (Munster), Tim Ryan (Toulon), Luke Fielden (Bedford), James Hall (Coventry), Glen Townson (Doncaster), James Fitzpatrick, Mark Wilson (both Blaydon), Joe Graham (Tynedale), Andrew Henderson (Montauban).

Players out: Carl Hayman (Toulon), Tom Biggs (Bath), Mark Sorenson (Northampton), Adam Balding (Worcester), Rob Miller (Sale Sharks), Peter Browne (Harlequins), Laurence Ovens (Bedford), Alex Walker (Esher), Spencer Davey (ret), Chris Micklewood.

NORTHAMPTON

Rugby director: Jim Mallinder

Last season: 2nd

Players in: Tom Wood, Ryan Powell (both Worcester), Calum Clark, Joe Ford, Scott Armstrong (all Leeds Carnegie), Tom Mercey (Saracens), Adam Eustace (Gloucester), Mark Sorenson (Newcastle), Matt Cornwell (Exeter), Greig Tonks (Nottingham).

Players out: Juandre Kruger (Blue Bulls), Neil Best (Worcester), James Cannon (Wasps), Jon Vickers (Exeter), Alan Dickens, Barry Everitt, Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, Mark Hopley, Scott Gray, Chris Mayor, Joe Gray, Darren Morris (all ret), John Brake.

SALE SHARKS

Head coach: Mike Brewer

Last season: 11th

Players in: Paul Williams (Auckland Blues), Rob Miller (Newcastle), Kareni Wilhongi (Bourgoin), Mikaele Pesamino (Auckland), Aston Croall (Harlequins), Mike Petri (New York Athletic Club), Iain Thornley (Wigan Warriors RL), Chris Brightwell (Birmingham and Solihull), Kyle Tonetti (Leinster), Apolosi Satala (Gloucester), Nic Rouse (Nottingham), Rhys Crane (Bath), Matty James (Tasman), Wame Lewaravu.

Players out: Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Dean Schofield (Toulon), Lee Thomas, Luke Abraham (both Lyon), Oriol Ripol (Worcester), Rob O'Donnell (Rotherham), Brent Cockbain (retired), Marika Vakacegu, David Tait (both released), David Doherty, Dafydd James.

SARACENS

Rugby director: Brendan Venter

Last season: 3rd (lost in play-off final)

Players in: Kelly Brown (Glasgow), Deon Carstens (Sharks, South Africa), David Strettle, Nils Mordt (both Harlequins), Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks), Petrus du Plessis, Matt Parr (both Nottingham), Matt Stevens.

Players out: Richard Haughton (Wasps), Tom Mercey (Northampton), Fabio Ongaro, Matias Aguero (both Aironi, Italy), Tom Casson (Harlequins), Glen Jackson, Justin Marshall, Kevin Sorrell, Moses Rauluni, Michael Owen (all ret).

WASPS

Rugby director: Tony Hanks

Last season: 5th

Players in: Riki Flutey (Brive), Andy Powell (Cardiff Blues), Richard Haughton (Saracens), Nic Berry (Racing-Metro), James Cannon (Northampton), Charlie Davies (Stade Francais), Seb Jewell (Esher).

Players out: Danny Cipriani (Melbourne Rebels), Paul Sackey (Toulon), George Skivington (Leicester), Lee Smith (Leeds Rhinos RL), Daniel Leo (Bordeaux), Warren Fury (Leeds Carnegie), Hugo Ellis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Lachlan Mitchell (released), Mark Robinson (retired), Eoghan Hickey, Gabriel Bocca.