Coach Darren Coleman intends to play Kurtley Beale at fullback subsequent season because the Waratahs ponder find out how to take the subsequent step in the direction of Tremendous Rugby title competition.
Beale is again in Australia for a fourth stint on the Waratahs in a serious increase to his Wallabies probabilities, after beforehand being topic to guidelines capping the variety of gamers in a position to be chosen from worldwide golf equipment.
He performed inside centre, fullback and off the bench in his most up-to-date season with French Prime 14 outfit Racing 92 and has a wealth of expertise as a five-eighth, together with for the Wallabies.
Whereas the Waratahs will not have their full complement of gamers again at coaching till their Wallabies representatives return within the new yr, Coleman has already hatched plans for the way finest to make use of his star recruit.
“I believe primarily he’ll play 15 however he has the flexibility to play 12 (inside middle),” Coleman stated.
“We have a couple of of our facilities, Lalakai Foketi, Izaia Perese and now Joey Walton, carrying some accidents, so he could even discover himself at middle slightly bit as nicely earlier than we get these guys again.”
No matter transpires, Coleman stated Beale had been a “nice” addition to the squad.
“He is joyful, he is injury-free and he is tremendous excited to have an enormous Tremendous season and hopefully catapult himself into the Wallabies,” the coach stated.
After hoisting themselves from the underside of the ladder into the finals final season, the Waratahs are decided to disregard key personnel absences and make one of the best of the 2023 pre-season.
To maintain issues contemporary, Coleman invited the St George Illawarra NRL facet to coaching on Monday for a cross-code hit-out.
A World Cup camp within the new yr will preserve the Wallabies from returning till the Waratahs’ third week again after Christmas, giving Michael Hooper, Jake Gordon, Angus Bell and extra simply over a month to organize for the brand new season.
“It isn’t best for us,” Coleman admitted.
“However the fantastic thing about all our Wallaby contingent… is that every one of them had been right here final yr.
“We have not re-invented the wheel so that they’ll be capable to soar again in fairly seamlessly I would think about.”
