Australia international scrum-half Nic White is to join Top 14 side Montpellier next season and be reunited with his former club coach in Australia Jake White, the French team announced on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Brumbies star -- capped 19 times -- has along with South African fly-half Demetri Catrakilis signed a two year contract with the option of extending it by a further year.
Catrakilis, 25 and who is also a player Jake White knows, is presently playing for the Stormers having previously been with Western Province.
He will ostensibly serve as back-up for first choice France international fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc.
Jake White, who guided South Africa to the 2007 World Cup trophy, replaced former France captain Fabien Galthie as coach at the end of last year after the latter was suspended by club president Mohed Altrad.  
He coached the Brumbies for the 2012/13 season.
Montpellier's season has been in decline since Trinh-Duc broke his leg in a Top14 match in early October.
They have been knocked out of the European Champions Cup and are presently eighth in the Top 14, two places outside the play-off spots.
Source: AFP