The ACT Brumbies will today unveil South African teenage giant Etienne Oosthuizen as the last man on their full-time roster.
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As revealed in the The Canberra Times two weeks ago, Brumbies coach Jake White found Oosthuizen after returning to his home country following the Super Rugby season.
The 19-year-old is 198 centimetres and will fight for a position in the forward pack as a lineout specialist.
He is a junior Springbok and played for the Johannesburg Lions at the end of the Super Rugby campaign.
But Oosthuizen has been recruited by White with the view of developing him into a potential future Wallaby.
The Brumbies have two foreign player spots available on their roster.
Prop Ruaidhri Murphy fills one and Oosthuizen will fill the other after signing a two-year deal. Fijian-born winger Henry Speight will be eligible to represent the Wallabies next year and therefore won't be considered a foreign-contracted player.
The Brumbies are the only Australian Super Rugby franchise who do not have a lock in the Wallabies squad.
But their big-man stocks are strong, with Oosthuizen to join Sam Carter and Leon Power as specialists while Peter Kimlin and Scott Fardy are versatile second-rowers.
The Brumbies' attention will now turn to signing their five extended player squad representatives.
Their deals have to be finalised in the coming weeks.