Scotland lock Craig joins Glasgow

Glasgow Warriors have signed Scotland lock Alex Craig for next season.

Craig, 27, has played with Scarlets for the last two campaigns and made 40 appearances having previously spent over four years with Gloucester.

He was voted as Scarlets' player of the season last year by his team-mates.

From Castle Douglas, Craig made the last of his six Scotland caps as a replacement in the win over Australia at Murrayfield in November last year.

"For me, coming back home is a massive opportunity and I'm looking forward to getting stuck in," Craig told Glasgow's website.

"I'm from Castle Douglas, and I've always kept a close eye on how Glasgow were doing as I supported the club when growing up. To see the club go from strength to strength in recent seasons has been so impressive, and they just keep getting better and better as a team.

"I know quite a lot of the boys from U20s and from Scotland duty; I grew up playing minis with Stafford [McDowall] too, his dad was my first rugby coach and we played together from when we were seven until about 14 or 15.

"Stafford's probably the one I spoke to the most when making the decision to move up here, but everyone I've spoken to has had nothing but good things to say about the club."