Jason Tovey signs permanently from Dragons

Fly-half Jason Tovey has signed a two-year contract with Edinburgh until May 2018 after a loan spell from Newport Gwent Dragons.

The 27-year-old Welshman, who arrived in late March, scored 32 points in the last four Pro 12 games.

Tovey said: "Having the opportunity to come up to Edinburgh and play some rugby was definitely the right move for me and I'm loving it here.

"I couldn't have asked for more from the boys over the last six weeks."

After a winning debut against Zebre, Tovey was unable to prevent Edinburgh slipping to defeat in their final three matches against Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues to finish ninth, one place lower than the last two seasons.

"That's something we've got to look to bring into our game and start scoring a lot more tries," Tovey said.

"I think the last couple of weeks of the season we tried to change a bit, tried to play a different brand of rugby.