Cornish Pirates have agreed a deal to sign prop Alfie Petch from Gloucester on a permanent basis for the 2025-26 season.
The 25-year-old played three times for the Championship side on loan earlier this season.
The former England Under-20s player is in his second spell at the Mennaye, having played 23 times in the 2021-22 season while on loan from Exeter.
Since leaving the Devon club in 2022, he has had season-long deals at Northampton, Biarritz and Gloucester.
Petch played eight times for the Cherry and Whites this season, featuring in six of their seven Premiership Rugby Cup matches and also facing Vannes and Bayonne in the European Challenge Cup.