WASPS have agreed to sign Scarlets prop Pieter Scholtz who moved to South Wales from the Southern Kings last December.
Wasps boss Lee Blackett moved for Scholtz, 27, who weighs in at 20 stone, to replace Toulon-bound former England tighthead Kieran Brooks.
Blackett has, however, been unsuccessful in his bid to bring another South African to Coventry with lock Bobby de Wee set to stay at Ealing Trailfinders.
Wasps wanted De Wee, a Southern Kings teammate of Scholtz, but he is under contract to the Championship promotion hopefuls for another 12 months.
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