Worcester Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan has hailed new singing Ben Te'o as "one of the best players in England" ahead of his summer switch from Leinster.
Te'o's decision to swap the RDS Arena for Sixways has seen him earn a place in Eddie Jones' squad for the tour of Australia, and Ryan believes the hype is justified.
"Ben's arrival will be huge for us," Ryan told the club's website. "The lad is a superstar and we're going to see one of the best players in England at Sixways.
"For him to go straight into the England squad gives you an indication of what he's got and he's going to be playing here in a Warriors shirt, which is just fantastic."
The capture of Te'o is a considerable coup for Worcester, but Ryan has revealed the former rugby league star's appearance in a B&I Cup tie in March 2015 gave the Warriors a head start on their competition.
"We saw Ben when he played for Leinster A at Sixways and we saw he could do things that other people can't.
"All of a sudden others are wondering how they missed him and that's the challenge of this club.
"We're a club that has to see players before anyone else does. The reality of the recruitment table means that the top six or seven teams will have their pick first and we don't want to be dealing with seventh or eighth choice players."