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| Walter Ardone | In 1998 he moved to Sydney United for a season before a move to Parramatta Power. |
| Nathan Fien | This request was initially turned down by the Warriors due to the earlier release of Grant Rovelli, however on 30 June 2009 it was announced that Fien would transfer to the St. George Illawarra Dragons for the remainder of the season. |
| James Holland (footballer) | In October 2007 he signed a full-time 2 year professional contract with the Newcastle Jets, despite interest from his home town club and Newcastle's rivals the Central Coast Mariners. |
| Syed Nabi | After the 2012 -- 13 season ended, Nabi signed with IMG-Reliance to join their Indian Super League but due to objection from the I-League clubs in which they said they would not sign any players who joined the ISL it meant that Nabi would be without a club for a long period of time. |
| Trent Sainsbury | In 2010, Sainsbury was signed by the Central Coast Mariners where both he and fellow Central Coast Mariners team mate Marc Warren were selected to spend two weeks at Sheffield United's Academy as part of the two clubs' partnership. |
| Gordon Guasco | After recapturing his form while back in Australia, Guasco negotiated for a return to England in 1969 with the Poole Pirates, who with'' Horse'' leading the way, were British League Champions in 1969. |
| Sammy Omollo | Omollo would sign a professional contract with Indian side East Bengal FC in 1996. |
| David Lemi | In 2012, Lemi signed a contract with Worcester Warriors and was reunited with former coach Richard Hill. |
| Rico Gear | In June 2007 Gear was signed by Guinness Premiership side Worcester Warriors. |
| Shakib Al Hasan | For the 2011 Indian Premier League, held in April and May, Shakib was contracted by Kolkata Knight Riders for US$ 425,000. |
| Sebastian Ryall | Ryall later played for the AIS in the Victorian Premier League before signing for Melbourne Victory on a 2-year contract in August 2007. |
| Jonas Salley | As Gold Coast struggled with injuries leading up to their game against Melbourne Heart in February 2012 it was revealed Salley had defected, signing a lucrative contract with a Chinese Super League team. |
| Chamara Kapugedera | Chennai Super Kings put him on sale for the 2009 Indian Premier League, but no team came forward to bid for him despite the very low starting price. |
| Robbie Fowler | On 27 April 2010, it was announced that Fowler had agreed to become part of Glory's squad for the 2010 -- 11 A-League season. |
| Luke Watson | Watson expected to play out the remainder of his Sharks contract in the Currie Cup until the Stormers' started their Super rugby training in December 2004. |
| Luke Ronchi | Luke Ronchi was also recruited by the Mumbai Indians team in 2007, one of the eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises. |
| Scott Wilson (footballer born 1977) | Wilson joined Australasia n A-League team North Queensland Fury for the 2009 -- 10 season after agreeing to a two-year contract on 6 March 2009. |
| Grayson Hart | He impressed the NSW coaching staff with his play for Souths and signed on for the 2012 Super Rugby season. |
| Des Foy | In 1989 he signed for Newcastle Knights in Australia, and in the same year returned to England to play again for the Roughyeds and for Huddersfield. |
| Paul Roos (rugby player) | This led to Roos refusing to play for the Western Province team in the Currie Cup of 1904 as it would mean he would need to travel on a Sunday. |
| Ben Cohen (rugby union) | Following his release from contract from Northampton RFC in 2007, other English and French rugby union clubs and a switch of codes to rugby league at Harlequins or Wigan. |
| Paul Henderson (footballer) | He played in the New South Wales Premier League for Sutherland before signing for NSL club Northern Spirit until the club became defunct in 2004. |
| James Grindal | On 25 June 2009 it was confirmed that he would return to his former club from the Newcastle Falcons to replace the departing Julien Dupuy. |
| Parvez Rasool | He made his IPL debut on 9 May 2013 for Pune Warriors against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune. |
| Trent McClenahan | However, as a result of Sydney FC failing to qualify for the A-League finals, McClenahan, along with teammates Paul Reid, Krunoslav Lovrek, Nathan Sherlock, Adam Griffiths and Jarrod Kyle were released by Sydney FC at the conclusion of the 2012 -- 13 A-League season. |
| Abhishek Nayar | Nayar was bought by the lucrative Indian Premier League's Mumbai franchise in early 2008 and enjoyed regular playing time as the tournament kicked off. |
| Brett Finch | After his two-year stint at Wigan, Finch returned to the Melbourne Storm for the 2013. |
| Michael Lipman | In 2011 Lipman joined the Melbourne Rebels for team's inaugural season in Super Rugby. |
| Lisa-Marie Woods | After a successful season in Denmark in the 3F league, ending in November 2011, Woods signed to start playing immediately with Perth Glory in the Westfield-W league in Australia. |
| Mike Hercus | He returned to the USA for the start of the 2007 U. S. Rugby Super League season, where he played for Belmont Shore and was in the US Falcons NA4 squad. |
| Che Bunce | In April 2006 he signed for New Zealand Knights where he was captain for the A-League 2006-07 season. |
| David Williams (Australian association footballer) | On 16 February 2011, Sydney FC signed Williams on a short-term deal from the Fury for the AFC Champions League 2011 campaign. |
| Kosta Barbarouses | On 7th of August 2013, Kosta signed a 3-year deal at Melbourne Victory under Ange Postecoglou for the second time. |
| Paul Reid (Australian association footballer) | In early 2011, Reid had asked former club Adelaide United for a release to join hometown club Sydney FC for their 2011 Asian Champions League campaign, resulting in a bitter fallout between himself and then manager Rini Coolen who would not release him until season's end. |
| Hale T-Pole | In June 2012, it was announced that T-Pole had signed for Northland for the 2012 ITM Cup season. |
| Fadhil Noh | On 2 January 2013, Woodlands Wellington announced that Fadhil had agreed to terms and will join them for the 2013 season. |
| Robbie Fowler | On 15 June 2010, Fowler confirmed that he is taking legal action over the ending of his playing contract with North Queensland Fury. |
| Andy Goode | He spent the early part of 2010 on loan to South African Super 14 franchise, the Sharks. |
| Jacob Holmes | At the end of the 2007 -- 08 season, Holmes decided to return home to Adelaide and re-joined the 36ers. |
| Brett Kimmorley | He had an unhappy season, however, and when the merged entity split at the end of the season, he decided to follow his former Melbourne Storm coach Chris Anderson to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (the club where he would spend the majority of his career, playing seven seasons between 2002 -- 08) after being linked with a move to recently promoted English Super League club Widnes Vikings. |
| Mark Ioane | Ioane signed for the Gold Coast Titans in 2013 on a one season deal and played for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup. |
| Tanya Oxtoby | Oxtoby, who has dual English -- Australian citizenship, joined Glory team mate Katie Holtham at Doncaster Rovers Belles for the 2012 FA WSL season. |
| Andy Lynch (rugby league) | Lynch signed for Bradford Bulls in 2004, following Castleford's relegation from the Super League. |
| Mark Williams (Australian footballer born 1958) | A contract dispute at the end of the 1986 season saw Williams reluctantly make the move north to join the fledgling Brisbane Bears. |
| Jebb Sinclair | At the end of the 2012 Super Rugby season, it was announced he would stay on in South Africa to play for in the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division. |
| Peni Tagive | It was revealed on 3 August 2011 that Tagive had signed a two year deal with the Sydney Roosters after the Dragons had released him from the final year of his contract. |
| Dylan Macallister | Having won the 2001 -- 02 National Soccer League with the Sharks, Macallister proceeded to join another club from Sydney, the now defunct Northern Spirit. |
| Craig Field | On his return to Australia in May, 2003, Field joined the Newtown Jets in the premier-league competition, captaining the side for the remainder of the season. |
| Michael Bridges | Bridges signed a contract to play for the Jets for the remainder of the 2009 -- 10 season on 30 September. |
| Ivan Cleary | In 2005 Cleary re-joined the Warriors as an Assistant coach to Tony Kemp. |
| Kauko Nieminen | He joined Leicester Lions in July 2011, becoming the team captain and finishing third in the 2011 Premier League Riders' Championship. |
| Iain Balshaw | Following Leeds Carnegie relegation from the Guinness Premiership, in April 2006, Balshaw joined Gloucester Rugby in his debut against old club Bath after making 106 Premiership appearances for Bath and Leeds scoring 38 tries. |
| Nathan Blacklock | At the end of 2004, Nathan Blacklock left the NRL in order to play in Super League for English team Hull. |
| Sean Dougall | It was announced on 16 March 2012 that Irish province, and two-time European champions, Munster had signed Dougall on a one-year contract for the 2012-13 season. |
| Matthew Mayora | On 11 February 2010 announced his return to his former club Sydney Olympic. |
| Jeremy Van Hoof | On 19 January 2011 he signed for Guildford Flames in the English Premier League, however only lasted 21 days before swapping Guildford and the EPL for Nottingham Panthers in the Elite League. |
| Jonatan Germano | In July 2011, Germano traveled to Australia for a one-month trial with A-League club Melbourne Heart, where he' surprised' the team with his talent. |
| Billy Celeski | On 30 July 2013, just a few days after representing the A-League All Stars against Manchester United and representing Melbourne Victory against Liverpool, Billy Celeski transferred from Melbourne Victory to UAE Pro-League club Al-Shaab CSC. |
| Rocky Elsom | In 2013, Elsom signed with French Top 14 giants Toulon, following his release from the Waratahs and a prolonged legal battle with Japanese Top League with Kobe Steelers. |
| Phil Hawthorne | In 1968 Hawthorne accepted a then record $ 30,000 contract to switch to the professional code and join the St. George Dragons. |
| David Hodgson (rugby league) | On 18 July 2011, David Hodgson signed a three-year deal with his Hometown team Hull KR. |
| Phil Blake | In 1995 he joined the new Auckland Warriors franchise, and was in their inaugural run-on side. |
| Reece Robinson | His contract with the Brisbane Broncos was not renewed for the 2009 season, but Robinson was picked up by the North Sydney Bears, the feeder club for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, in the NSWRL Cup in 2009. |
| Sam Tagataese | On 11 June 2011, Tagataese announced he was leaving the Gold Coast Titans immediately to join the Cronulla Sharks on a three year contract. |
| Louis Magee | In 1898, while in London, Magee was approached by newly formed club, London Irish, to play for the first team. |
| Robert Cornthwaite (footballer) | Cornthwaite signed a new three-year contract with Adelaide United in October 2009. |
| Whetu Taewa | However in 1996 he was released from the club and he joined the North Queensland Cowboys. |
| Andrew McNeil | McNeil signed for New Zealand ASB Premiership side Waibop United in July 2013. |
| Ben Ellis (rugby league) | At the end of the 2008 season Ellis was released by the Dragons, and signed with the Cabramatta Two-Blues club in the Bundaberg Cup. |
| Stefan Wessels | On 27 January 2011, Wessels signed a one and a half year contract with Odense Boldklub, replacing Northern Irish goalkeeper Roy Carroll who left Odense in order to move back to Britain. |
| Filipo Levi | In November 2011 Nottingham signed him from Newcastle Falcons until the end of the 2011-12 RFU Championship. |
| Robert Bajic | The withdrawal of Adelaide City from the National Soccer League gave Bajic the chance to move into the top Australian league with new club Adelaide United FC for the 2003 -- 04 NSL season. |
| Victor Matfield | Matfield had been linked with a move to Leicester Tigers of the English Premiership after the 2007 Rugby World Cup. |
| Marcos Flores | It was revealed in June 2009, that Australian A-League club Adelaide United had approached Flores for the 2009 -- 10 A-League season, but the negotiations collapsed, citing Flores' desire to remain in South America. |
| Pablo Contreras | On 22 September 2013, it was confirmed Contreras signed for Australian club Melbourne Victory. |
| Caleb Patterson-Sewell | In 2005 -- 06, Patterson-Sewell returned to Australia once his work permit ran out to sign a temporary contract with Toowoomba Raiders and Mt. Gravatt in the Brisbane Premier League. |
| Richie Pugh | Signed as a youth, he was released from the Ospreys regional side in 2008 and joined Exeter Chiefs. |
| Craig Watson (speedway rider) | He failed to agree terms with the Newport promotion for 2007 and was eventually signed up by former club Poole Pirates in the Elite League. |
| Jason Williams (rugby league born 1981) | In 2011 Williams returned to New Zealand and joined the Te Atatu Roosters in the Auckland Rugby League competition before leaving the club and joining the Glenora Bears. |
| Phil Mackenzie | On May 1, 2013, Phil MacKenzie would leave London Welsh to join Sale Sharks to stay in the Aviva Premiership for the 2013/14 season. |
| Johann Muller (rugby player) | He played lock for the Natal Sharks (Currie Cup), Sharks in (Super Rugby) and the Springboks, before a move to Northern Ireland to play with Ulster in 2010, where he is currently team captain. |
| Brent Sherwin | Brent has returned to Australia in 2011, playing in the Illawarra Carlton League which is an indirect feeder league to the St George Illawarra Dragons. |
| Josh Tatupu | It was announced on 31 March 2011 that Tatupu will join English side Exeter Chiefs. |
| Mohammad Kaif | Kaif was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore to play in 2011 Indian Premier League, in the third round of bidding. |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | On August 1, 2011 Fitzgerald signed a two-year deal with A-League side Brisbane Roar FC after a four-week trial period. |
| Stuart Kelly (footballer) | During season 2010 Kelly saw a move to the Israeli Premier League with Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F. C., collapse with him then rejecting terms with First Division club Hapoel Marmorek F. C. Kelly returned to New Zealand, signing for 1 season with Auckland City FC in September 2010. |
| Clayton Zane | On 9 August 2011 it was announced that he had signed a contract to be the coach at the Newcastle Jets W-League team. |
| Nikita Rukavytsya | After the last game of the 2008 -- 09 A-League season, it was announced that he would officially be transferring to FC Twente in a transfer deal rumoured to be worth A$ 1. |
| Shontayne Hape | He was signed by Montpellier Hérault Rugby in April 2012, and due to injury did not play for London Irish again. |
| Emile Heskey | Heskey signed for Australian A-League side Newcastle Jets on 21 September 2012 as their marquee player for the 2012 -- 13 season. |
| Robbie Fowler | His three-month deal at Blackburn expired on 12 December 2008, and after not being offered a new contract was released by the club, he entered talks with new Australian A-League club North Queensland Fury. |
| Panny Nikas | In 2009 he signed a contract with Sutherland Sharks. |
| Antonio Kaufusi | On the 25th of June 2010, Kaufusi was released from his contract with the North Queensland Cowboys to join the Newcastle Knights for the rest of 2010 and a further 2 years. |
| Liam Reddy | Brisbane Roar reported in December 2009 that Reddy would be released at the end of the season at his own request. |
| Mark Paston | Paston signed for Hyundai A-League club Wellington Phoenix in 2007 from the New Zealand Knights. |
| Gareth Thomas (rugby) | Thomas joined Crusaders in March 2010 on an 18-month deal. |
| Jeremy Brockie | He has since remained in Wellington, signing for Team Wellington for the 2008 -- 09 season. |
| Ben Cockayne | After impressing for Doncaster, especially against Hull KR in 2005 at Craven Park, Cockayne signed for Hull Kingston Rovers whilst they were in National League One. |
| Vince Mellars | Following the demise of the Crusaders, Mellars joined Wakefield Trinity on a three-year deal, starting in 2012. |
| Iain Fyfe | His farewell game for Adelaide was meant to be on 29 January 2011 against Central Coast Mariners at Hindmarsh Stadium, but due to a hamstring injury his last game was on 21 January 2011 against North Queensland Fury when they won 8 -- 1. |