The Australian Rugby Union has agreed in principle to a new rule that will allow their Super 14 sides - currently Western Force, Queensland Reds, ACT Brumbies and New South Wales Waratahs - to sign overseas stars.
The deal could see overseas players joining the Super 14 set-up as early as next year.

Details on the number of foreign players each side will be permitted to recruit have not yet been decided.

And it could signal the start of a trend reversal, following a mass influx in recent seasons whereby top southern hemisphere imports have arrived in the Guinness Premiership, Magners League and French rugby's Top 14.

Meehan, an Australian, said: ''It is quite possible we will see players go.

''From an Australian point of view, they might decide to target a couple of uncapped props with great potential, for instance.

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