Australia winger Taqele Naiyaravoro to join Northampton next season

Northampton Saints have confirmed that Australia international Taqele Naiyaravoro will join the Aviva Premiership club ahead of the next season.

Fiji born Naiyaravoro made his professional rugby debut with Parramatta Two Blues in 2011 and switched to Waratahs in 2014 before making a move to Glasgow Warriors in 2015. He is currently in his second stint with Waratahs and will leave them at the end of the 2018 Super Rugby season.

“Taqele is an immense talent and we feel that he can really fulfil his sizeable potential at Saints,” technical coaching consultant Alan Gaffney said.

“He clearly boasts the physical attributes to cause teams a lot of problems in the Aviva Premiership and in Europe and he showed that during his time with Glasgow.

“Taqele already has a relationship with Rob Horne having played with him at the Waratahs and I’m sure he will make a massive impact.”

Naiyaravoro, a rugby league convert, also featured for the rugby union Australia team in two Tests and scored two tries as well but his last appearance for the Wallabies came in June 2016.