Wales and Lions prop forward, Gethin Jenkins, will rejoin Cardiff Blues from Heineken Cup quarter-finalists, Toulon, at the end of the current season.;
Jenkins left the region at the end of last season to join Toulon for whom he has started twice in this season's Heineken Cup. The double British and Irish Lion, who won the Amlin Challenge Cup with the Blues in 2010, first joined Cardiff in 2004 and will link up with fellow Lion, Matthew Rees, who has signed from the Scarlets.
Speaking of the signing, Cardiff Blues Director of Rugby, Phil Davies, said: "I am really pleased to have re-signed Gethin. We started the year knowing we had a young squad and it has been a massive season of progression, sometimes the results have not gone our way.
"Gethin will be coming back to an environment that is a little different from the one he left and I think, hopefully, he will enjoy it and I know that he will add a massive amount to the group."
Cardiff Blues CEO, Richard Holland, added: "Gethin is undoubtedly a quality player having played for Wales for a decade and toured with the Lions twice. A lot of hard work has gone on behind the scenes to bring Gethin back to Wales and we are delighted that he has signed with the Cardiff Blues."