Scotland's Kinghorn joins Toulouse after Jaminet departure

Scotland fullback Blair Kinghorn has joined Toulouse replacing France counterpart Melvyn Jaminet, the French Top 14 champions announced on Thursday.

The 26-year-old arrives from Scottish outfit Edinburgh on a three-year deal after it was announced that France's Jaminet would leave Toulouse for league rivals Toulon over the coming weeks.

Kinghorn can also feature on the wing and at flyhalf, helping Ugo Mola to deal with a lack of depth in the number 10 shirt.

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First-choice playmaker Romain Ntamack is out until at least next year with a serious knee injury with fullback Thomas Ramos and scrumhalf Antoine Dupont stepping into the role.

Les Bleus captain Dupont will also be unavailable for Toulouse during the season as he prepares to play seven-a-side rugby at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Kinghorn and Jaminet's mid-season moves are unusual in rugby with players preferring to respect their contracts, which normally finish at the end of campaigns.

South Africa's two-time Rugby World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe also changed clubs during a season, going from Toulouse to Toulon like Jaminet in 2021, for a reported fee of more than one million euros.

Kinghorn will arrive in Toulouse on 4 December, and could make his debut against Cardiff in the Champions Cup five days later.