When you have got international captains making midseason switches you know the rugby transfer market is in a frenzied state.
Free agents from Wasps and Worcester Warriors continued to get snapped up after both clubs went into administration and made their entire playing squads redundant meaning there has never been more free agents on the rugby transfer market.
As injuries bite around the Premiership, directors of rugby are moving to fill the holes in their squads with the quality players who find themselves out of work.