Newcastle release 26 players in summer clear-out
With 23 players arriving for 2026-27, Newcastle Red Bulls announce the departures of 26 players from their first-team squad.
Elliot Obatoyinbo (left) and Sam Stuart have played a combined 202 games for Newcastle [Getty Images] Newcastle Red Bulls have announced that 26 players will leave the club this summer when their contracts expire. Scrum-half Sam Stuart is the most senior of those with the 34-year-old having played 134 times for the club over the past nine years. Winger Elliott Obatoyinbo and locks Seb de Chaves and Jamie Hodgson also depart, while Italy hooker Hame Faiva and Wales full-back Liam Williams announced their retirements earlier this season.
With two league matches left, Newcastle are set to finish bottom of The Prem, but they have recruited 23 new players for the 2026-27 campaign. Flanker Tom Gordon leaves after two years, while last summer's imports - Amanaki Mafi, Boeta Chamberlain, Stefan Coetzee and Fergus Lee-Warner - also exit Kingston Park as their one-year deals come to an end. Players to leave Newcastle this summer: Eduardo Bello, Tim Cardall, Boeta Chamberlain, Jamie Clark, Max Clark, Freddie Clarke, Stefan Coetzee, Luan de Bruin, Seb de Chaves, Jack Dickens, Connor Doherty, Bryn Gordon, Tom Gordon, Joel Grayson, Callum Hancock, Connor Hancock, John Hawkins, Ben Healy, Jamie Hodgson, Fergus Lee-Warner, Freddie Lockwood, Amanaki Mafi, Cameron Neild, Junior Newton, Elliott Obatoyinbo, Sam Stuart.