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Glasgow Warriors sign Scotland international Huw Jones from Stormers

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 04:  Scotland player Huw Jones in action during the RBS Six Nations match between Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield Stadiu
Image: Huw Jones in action against Ireland

Glasgow Warriors have signed Scotland international centre Huw Jones ahead of the 2017/18 season.

Jones was born in Edinburgh but has played all his professional rugby in South Africa since moving there on his gap year.

He made his Scotland debut against Japan in 2016 and won his fourth cap in Saturday's win over Ireland in the Six Nations opener.

He will finish the season with the Stormers before moving to Glasgow in the summer.

Jones said: "It felt like the time was right to join Glasgow, having enjoyed my time in Cape Town playing Super Rugby. Obviously playing for Scotland, it makes a lot of sense to be playing in Scotland and I was ready to make the move.

Huw Jones has impressed for Scotland against Australia and Argentina
Image: Huw Jones has impressed for Scotland in his four caps

"Glasgow are doing very well this year and look like they could continue to do well over the next couple of years and the chance to be part of a successful club was a big factor when I was making my decision.

"Playing professional rugby in the Northern Hemisphere for the first time will be a great challenge. The Guinness PRO12 looks like an exciting championship with lots of strong teams and the European Rugby Champions Cup is obviously a massive competition too and one I'm looking forward to competing in if Glasgow qualify."

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Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "It's great news that a player of Huw's ability and versatility will be joining the club next season.

"We first made contact with Huw three years ago when he was playing Varsity Cup rugby in Cape Town and it's been great to see how much he has developed at both Currie Cup and Super Rugby level."

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