Searle to join Biarritz after World Cup

Former Worcester Warriors and Wasps playmaker Billy Searle has signed a three-year deal to become the 28th player to join big-spending Biarritz after the World Cup later this year.

Fly-half Searle, 27, is playing for Top 14 champions Toulouse as a World Cup joker and will link up with former Premiership players Jonathan Joseph, Charlie Matthews, and Zach Kibirige at Biarritz.

The former Cornwall county cap, above, played for Bath last season after the demise of the Warriors and made 96 appearances in all competitions for Wasps, Worcester, Bath and Bristol before moving to France.