Cannon signs for new Super14 team Perth

AUSTRALIA hooker Brendan Cannon has become the first player to join new Super 14 team Perth after agreeing a two-year contract with Rugby WA.

Cannon, who has 33 Test caps, will relocate to Perth in the autumn for pre-season training ahead of the new campaign, which sees the current Super 12 competition expanded by two teams.

The 32-year-old, who currently stars for the Super 12 leaders NSW Waratahs, admitted the chance to be a part of a new and exciting development in Australian rugby was a challenge he could not turn down.