Canada prop Djustice Sears-Duru signs for Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Warriors have signed Canadian prop Djustice Sears-Duru until the end of the season.

The 21-year-old prop has signed on a short-term contract with the Warriors and began training with the squad this week.

Sears-Duru became the youngest prop and the third youngest player ever to represent Canada when he made his Test debut in November 2013 at the age of 19.

His second appearance for Canada was against the Warriors in a pre-season fixture in Nova Scotia last August where his performance impressed Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend.

"We're delighted to welcome Djustice to the club and we look forward to working with him," said Townsend.

"We came up against him in our pre-season fixture over in Canada and he impressed us that day with his raw strength and physicality.

"He is young, keen to learn and will be a great addition to our squad as we enter the final weeks of the season."

Sears-Duru has 16 caps for his country and featured in all four of Canada's pool matches at last year's Rugby World Cup in England. He was also one of only five players to play in all four of Canada's 2015 Pacific Nations Cup fixtures.

He previously spent a year in the Leicester Tigers Academy and is a graduate of Canada's age grade rugby programme.

"I'm excited to be in Glasgow and this is a great opportunity for me," said Sears-Duru.

"I talked to DTH [van der Merwe], Connor [Braid] and Taylor [Paris] and they all had good things to say about the club. Glasgow play a really good style of rugby and I'm glad to be a part of it.

"I'm still young, so hopefully I can learn a lot here and become a better player and continue to play for Canada and do well for Glasgow."