The lure of the Wallaby jersey has won out over a truckload of Japanese Yen with the Australian Rugby Union confirming on Monday that exciting winger Digby Ioane will stay in Australia for at least another three years.
The 26-year-old flyer has turned his back on a reported $1m-a-season offer to play with Japanese club Kubota to re-sign with the ARU and Queensland Reds.
It's another massive boost for the Wallabies and coach Robbie Deans heading into 2012 with Ioane becoming the 21st player to re-sign with Australian Rugby this year.
While the signing has only become official on Monday, the destructive winger let slip he was going to stay in Australia in a tweet after the Wallabies' win over Wales at the weekend.
"4 got 2 tell u my friends! Gonna stay in australia for the next 3 years!!! God is good an we r #reds," Ioane tweeted on Sunday.
The signing brings to an end months of speculation and uncertainty surrounding Ioane's future after it was reported earlier this year he had have verbally agreed to take up the lucrative deal to play alongside former Wallabies team-mate Hugh McMeniman in Japan.
Ioane then denied it saying he'd make up his mind after the World Cup.
The innuendo dragged on through the World Cup and into the end-of-season tour of Britain before Ioane agreed to stay in Australia.
Ioane has played 21 Tests for Australia since making his debut against Wales in 2007 and would have won more caps but for a rash of injuries.
He played a leading role in Queensland's Super Rugby title in 2011 as well as helping the Wallabies to their first Tri-Nations title in a decade and a third place finish at the recent Rugby World Cup.
Reds coach Ewen McKenzie was always confident Ioane would stay in Australia and is delighted he will remain with the Queensland for the next three seasons.
"He's one of our most popular figures and he has the ability to change games with his enigmatic style of play," McKenzie said.
"Digby is a guy who gets a lot of touches every game."
"He always has the ball in his hands and he has a ridiculous number of game involvements. He gives us a real point of difference."