This is a list of player signings and releases involving Super Rugby teams prior to the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season. The release of a player that was included in a 2015 Super Rugby season squad, or the signing of a new player for the 2016 season is listed here regardless of when it occurred. Players that have been confirmed for the 2016 season are also listed, regardless of when they signed for the team.
Australian and New Zealand teams name their squads for the 2016 season – typically containing 32–35 players – in late 2015. Many sides also name additional players that train in backup or development squads for the franchises. These players are denoted by (wider training group) for New Zealand teams, or (extended playing squad) for Australian teams. In South Africa, all teams have affiliated provincial sides playing in their domestic Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup competitions.
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The Argentina national rugby union team represents Argentina in men's international rugby union; it is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union. Nicknamed the Pumas, they play in sky blue and white jerseys. They are ranked 6th in the world by World Rugby, making them the highest-ranked nation in the Americas.
The Argentine Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Argentina. It is a member of World Rugby, with a seat on that body's Executive Council, and a founding member of Sudamérica Rugby.
The South American XV is a rugby union team made up from the national rugby sides in the Sudamérica Rugby rugby federation.
Agustín Creevy is an Argentine rugby union player. He currently plays for the national Argentina team The Pumas and for London Irish in the Gallagher Premiership. Creevy is the most-capped Argentine rugby player of all-time, having played 98 tests, including 49 as captain, from 2014-2018.
Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.
The Jaguares was an Argentine professional rugby union team based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were founded in 2015 and are the first Argentine team to play in SANZAAR's Super Rugby competition, participating from the 2016 Super Rugby season onwards. They were the runners up during the 2019 Super Rugby season, losing to the Crusaders 19–3 in the Super Rugby Final, played on July 6, 2019. They participated in Super Rugby until the end of the 2020 Super Rugby season, before they departed the competition having not been named in any of the regionalised formats for the 2021 Super Rugby season. With no competition in sight, players moved to different clubs in Europe and the national group disintegrated. Jaguares disappears permanently in December 2022 due to the expansion of Super Rugby Americas, dividing into 2 new teams Dogos XV and Pampas XV.
The Sunwolves – previously known as the HITO-Communications Sunwolves for sponsorship reasons – were a professional rugby union team and Japan's representative team in SANZAAR's international Super Rugby competition. The team was based in Tokyo, Japan, but also played some home matches in Singapore. They made their debut in Super Rugby in 2016. In March 2019, it was announced that 2020 would be the final season for the Sunwolves, after failing to negotiate a contract due to financial considerations.
Felipe Ezcurra is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.
Enrique 'Kike' Pieretto Heiland is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the national Argentina team The Pumas and Scottish Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors.
Marcos Kremer is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for Top 14 team Stade Français. His playing positions are Lock and flanker.
Ignacio Larrague is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a lock. He currently plays for the Jaguares in the international Super Rugby competition and also for Club Atlético San Isidro in the Torneo de la URBA in his native Argentina.
Santiago Álvarez Fourcade is an Argentine professional rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Argentina club CASI. At international honors, he was capped three times in 2013 for the Argentina national rugby union team. In his early career, he was selected to play in the 2013, and 2014 IRB Junior World Championship for Argentina and took part in the Argentina XV, the second national team in Argentina.
The 2019 Super Rugby season was the 24th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. The 2019 season was the second season using the reduced 15-team format consisting of three geographical conferences since being reduced from an 18-team competition in 2017.
Franco Calderón is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Unión Santa Fe.
Cristian Bartoloni is an Argentinian rugby union player, currently playing for Top10 side Colorno. His preferred position is prop.