Rugby Transfer Rumours: Anglo-Welsh struggle for Lions stars

Round-up of rugby transfer rumours. All the latest online speculation linking players with moves. Please remember these are internet rumours, gathered in one place for your convenience, not RUCK stories.

Wasps have abandoned their persuit of fullback Leigh Halfpenny. Dai Young said they'd worked hard to try and persuade him to come but they couldn't get a decision out of him. - The Rugby Paper

British Lions flanker Ross Moriarty is out of contract at Gloucester at the end of the season and this looks to be his last season at Kingsholm after he rejected a new deal. - The Rugby Paper

Moriarty was the subject of interest from Northampton earlier in the summer after Louis Picamoles departed to join Montpellier but the Cherry and Whites refused to let their star man go.

Saints aren't the only Premiership side interested with Wasps and Leicester also reportedly looking at the Welsh powerhouse.

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Meanwhile, Cardiff Blues and Scarlets would also like to bring him to Wales.

According to reports in L’Equipe and Actu Toulouse, Glasgow Warriors captain Jonny Gray visited Stade Toulousain facilities last week in the South of France. - Rugby Pass

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Dan Biggar looks set to agree a deal that would see him leave Welsh rugby at the end of the coming season for a bumper deal worth at least £600,000 per year. - Numerous

The 27-year-old scorer of a mountainous 2,052 points for the Ospreys is under a national dual contract that runs until next May.

There is an option to stay at the Liberty Stadium through to the end of the 2018-19 campaign, but Biggar looks increasingly likely to reject it and instead commit to Northampton Saints.

Wasps could be about to make one of the signings of the summer following reports in South Africa that Lions and Springbok flanker Jaco Kriel is highly sought-after by the Premiership club.