This page contains a list of all trade transactions between clubs for the 2023 Major league Rugby Season. Please note that for the purposes of this Transaction list, the ‘season’ begins immediately after the 2022 Collegiate Draft (18th August 2022) and runs to the conclusion of the 2023 Collegiate Draft (17th August 2023).
The official MLR Trade Wire seems to run from one Championship Final to the next, so the Trade Wire begins with the Collegiate Draft. Please bear this in mind when comparing the two, although much of the information is the same.
A complete list of transactions between the 2022/2023 drafts is outlined in the table below, with the most recent transaction at the top. In the case that a draft pick was traded, the player selected with that pick is included in brackets, if known.
Transaction List
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 11th August 2023 |  Receives Seattle’s 2023 1st Rd Pick (Gabriel Mahu’inga) |  Receives Devin Short |
| 11th August 2023 |  Receives 2024 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |  Receives Te Rangatira Waitokia |
| 11th August 2023 | Receives Utah’s 2024 1st Rd Pick (TBD) |  Receives 2024 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) NOLA’s 2024 3rd Rd Pick (TBD)* |
| 31st July 2023 | Receives 1 2024 International Slot 2024 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives Rewita Biddle & Jordan Brown |
| 20th July 2023 |  Receives Toronto’s 2023 1st Rd Pick (Max Schumacher) | Receives Robbie Povey |
| 10th April 2023 | Receives Adriaan Carelse |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 27th March 2023 | Receives Kevin Morgan |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) Dallas’ 2023 2nd Rd Pick (Juan Pen) |
| 22nd March 2023 |  Receives Kyle Baillie |  Receives 2024 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 22nd March 2023 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives Chase Schor-Haskin |
| 22nd March 2023 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives NOLA’s 2023 2nd Rd Pick (Josh Halladay) |
| 4th January 2023 | Receives Taylor Krumrei | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 15th December 2022 | Receives Corey Thomas |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 7th December 2022 | Receives Michael de Waal | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 7th December 2022 | Receives Djustice Sears-Duru |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 7th December 2022 | Receives Old Glory’s 2023 1st Rd Pick (James Rivers) | Receives KoiKoi Nelligan |
| 6th December 2022 | Receives Sean Yacoubian | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 5th December 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives James Vaifale NOLA’s 2023 3rd Rd Pick (Ronnie McElligott) |
| 2nd December 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives JP Eloff |
| 2nd December 2022 | Receives Christian Poidevin | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 2nd December 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives Mason Koch |
| 2nd December 2022 | Receives Nathan den Hoedt | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 2nd December 2022 | Receives Lindsey Stevens | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 29th November 2022 | Receives Ronan Foley | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 22nd November 2022 | Receives 1 2023 International Slot | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 22nd November 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives JP Zeiss & Marcos Moroni |
| 11th November 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) Seattle’s 2023 3rd Rd Pick (Nathan Beil) | Receives Conner Mooneyham |
| 10th November 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) SaberCats’ 2023 2nd Rd Pick (Abe Turpen) | Receives 5th overall pick in 2022 Dispersal Draft (Hanco Germishuys) |
| 10th November 2022 | Receives 3rd overall pick in 2022 Dispersal Draft (Jordan Trainor) | Receives 4th (Michael de Waal) & 44th (Langilangi Haupeakui) overall pick in 2022 Dispersal Draft |
| 5th October 2022 | Receives Cael Hodgson | Receives Devereaux Ferris |
| 29th September 2022 | Receives Marcel Brache |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 29th September 2022 | Receives Luke Burton |  Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 28th September 2022 | Receives Old Glory’s 2023 2nd Rd Pick (Junior Gafa) 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives Quentin Newcomer |
| 25th September 2022 | Receives Cole Keith | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 21st September 2022 | Receives Dougie Fife | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 21st September 2022 | Receives Sean McNulty | Receives Ben Mitchell |
| 20th September 2022 | Receives Peter Malcolm | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |
| 19th September 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) |  Receives Brad Tucker |
| 15th September 2022 | Receives 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Receives Travis Larsen |
| 12th September 2022 | Receives Jonah Dietenberger 2023 Salary Cap Space (Unknown) | Received Mikey Te’o |
There is no significance to ‘Team 1’ or ‘Team 2’, it’s only for display purposes.
This list is updated as we learn about transactions. The ‘Date’ column reflects the date that the transaction appeared on the MLR Trade Wire, which is often up to a week after the actual transaction date, sometimes longer.
The ‘(Unknown)’ included in Salary Cap Space transactions reflects the fact that although we know that some cap space was included, we do not know the dollar amount or the percentage of cap space. In fact, we aren’t even certain what the MLR salary cap IS.
The ‘(TBD)’ included with some transactions including Collegiate Draft Picks reflects the fact that the Draft involving that pick has not yet taken place, so we do not yet know who was selected with that pick.