WARRIORS’ loosehead recruit Ofa Fainga’anuku has set his sights on adding to his two caps for Tonga after agreeing a Sixways switch.

The 30-year-old front-rower, who is 6ft tall and weighs 19st 10, has spent this season playing for Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12, but will move south of the border this summer.

Having played Super Rugby for the Warratahs in Australia, as well as for the Central Coast Rays and Eastern Suburbs in the Australian domestic competition, Fainga’anuku comes to Sixways with a good pedigree and wants further international recognition.

“I would love to play for my country more and I feel coming to Worcester will help,” he said. “The experience of playing Aviva Premiership rugby will only help me develop.

“It’s a great set-up at Sixways. I played at the club before in the Churchill Cup against Italy ‘A’ so have lots of good memories and know what the fans are like. They are very loyal, make noise and get behind the team.”

A tough-tackling, ball-carrying loosehead, Fainga’anuku has been signed to replace Matt Mullan, who will be leaving for Wasps, and was impressed by what he saw when he was shown around Sixways.

He added: “I’m excited to be joining Worcester Warriors. I’m looking forward to joining the squad that Richard Hill and Nigel Redman are putting together.

“I spoke to the coaching staff about how they want to play and that is exciting too. They want to play attacking, running rugby and that suits me with my background.

“I’ve relished the chance at Glasgow and it’s been very good for me,” he said. “It’s been good to come over here and get real competition.

“The scrum is much more competitive and more of a focus than back in Australia. It’s very physical and the emphasis is on forwards in the game-plan so I have learnt a lot in the set-piece.”

On his hard-to-pronounce name, Fainga’anuku laughed: “I guess my surname is not easy for some, so where ever I’ve played before they have just called me Ofa.

“I’ve actually never played for a team with my name on the back – you might need a few more letters though!”