Rugby-England's Te'o to join Toulon as World Cup cover

Ben Te'o has agreed to a short-term deal with Toulon following his omission from England's Rugby World Cup squad, the French Top 14 club said on Wednesday. England coach Eddie Jones left the center out of his 31-man selection when the squad was announced last week.

The 32-year-old was excluded from the final week of England's training camp in Treviso following an altercation with teammate Mike Brown. New Zealand-born Te'o, a former rugby league player in Australia, was made to apologize to his teammates in March after a late-night drinking session at the end of the Six Nations.

He will bolster Toulon's ranks for the next three months, providing cover while the World Cup runs from Sept. 20-Nov. 2 The experienced center, who has been capped 18 times by England, will undergo a medical on Friday before joining the squad for training next week.

Te'o left English Premiership side Worcester Warriors at the end of the 2018-19 campaign season after three seasons at Sixways.