Test Duo sign for Toulon

Toulon have landed the signatures of two test stars that will join the club next year. The Top 14 side have been struggling recently winning just 4 of their opening 11 Top 14 matches but have added a Springbok and an All Black to their side for next season.

The All Blacks career of exciting winger Nehe Milner-Skudder is all but over after he signed a three-year French club rugby deal. Toulon has confirmed the 27-year-old's contract will join them in June next year before their Top 14 campaign, ruling him out of World Cup contention.

A scorer of 12 tries in 13 Tests, he burst onto the international scene in 2015 with his elusive running style and was named World Rugby's breakthrough player of the year.

His six tries at that year's World Cup included one in the final win over Australia at Twickenham.

Shoulder injuries and the depth in New Zealand's outside back stocks have forced Milner-Skudder to settle for sporadic appearances since, including two Tests this year, against Argentina and Japan.

Former Springbok captain Eben Etzebeth will also join Toulon at the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the club's president Mourad Boudjellal announced on Thursday.

Etzebeth, who has 75 Springboks caps, has signed a two-year deal with the Top 14 outfit and will join the side at the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup in Japan in next year.