LONDON, England – Canadian rugby international Evan Olmstead has signed with England’s London Scottish for the rest of the season.

The 24-year-old forward had been playing for the Parramatta Two Blues in Australia.

London Scottish (6-8-0) currently stands eighth in the second-tier Greene King IPA Championship

The six-foot-five 247-pounder has won seven caps for Canada and played in two matches at last fall’s World Cup. He was to be part of the Canadian team at the Americas Rugby Championship, which kicks off Saturday. Instead he could make his London Scottish debut Saturday against London Welsh.

Olmstead was born in Canada but moved to Australia when he was three. The move was supposed to last two years but the family ended up staying.

His late father was a rugby player of some renown himself. A past president of the Capilano Rugby Football Club in North Vancouver, he is honoured when the Capilanos play UBC in the annual John Olmstead Memorial Cup game.

Evan’s great-uncle is Hockey Hall of Famer Bert Olmstead, who played for Chicago, Montreal and Toronto from 1948 to 1962.

Evan had interest from Australian age-grade selectors but played for Canada at the 2011 World Rugby Under-20 Trophy in Georgia.