Springbok prop Louw joins Toulon as World Cup cover
Springbok prop Wilco Louw prop will join Toulon from Super Rugby outfit the Stormers as World Cup cover, the Top 14 club announced Monday.
The 25-year-old, capped 13 times for South Africa, comes in as a short-term replacement for France prop Emerick Setiano who will likely be away on international duty at the September 20-November 2 World Cup in Japan.
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Toulon last week also unveiled England international centre Ben Te'o as World Cup cover.
His signing brought an end to his current England career having been left out of Eddie Jones’s World Cup squad.