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Rugby to re-sign Wallabies bolter Wright as Suaalii slips away – Sydney Morning Herald
Not all schoolboy stars stay with rugby, but some come back. Brumbies winger Tom Wright is surging toward a Wallabies debut after impressive form in Super Rugby.
But with RA boss Rob Clarke lifting the game-wide contracting freeze last Monday, talks have resumed and the 15-player code is confident it can fend off interest from his former NRL club.
It is a rare bit of good news for rugby, which was rocked last week by a damaging burst of publicity around its efforts to retain Suaalii, the Year 11 King’s School student described by Wallaby Rod Kafer as a “once-in-a-generation” talent.
RA officials continued to rubbish a report claiming it had offered the…
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