Tuipulotu signing 'just makes sense' to Everitt

Signing Mosese Tuipulotu "just makes sense", according to Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt.

The capital club have secured the 23-year-old centre - brother of Scotland star Sione - on a two-year deal starting this summer, just a year after he rejected the advances of Glasgow Warriors.

"It was just coincidence really," Everitt said of Glasgow's interest in the younger Tuipulotu.

"Mosese had made a decision that he was going to continue his rugby in Australia. Clearly he's had a change of mind, and therefore he became an option for us and a very good option.

"A guy like Mosese, who has got a future in Scottish rugby, it just makes sense that we sign him."

The head coach also confirmed that Edinburgh were actively looking to strengthen their pool of centres.

"If you look at the numbers that we have within the club, we don't have another centre of that age.

"Chris Dean and Mark Bennett, they're just past 30. I wouldn't say they're coming to the end of their careers but we need to plan ahead and try to build within the club.

"We've got Matt Currie, who's done incredibly well for us this season, been consistent, whether it be at 12, 13 or 14."

However, Everitt insists Tuipulotu will not be an automatic starter when he arrives from New South Wales.

"Mosese is not going to walk into the team here. We've got to see how he goes, how he fits in.

"We've still got the really good centres within our club - they're not going to give up their places that easily, because they're serious competitors."