WARATAHS ADD TWO FOR REBELS CLASH

Feb 17 • General News, Super Rugby • 1300 Views • Comments Off on WARATAHS ADD TWO FOR REBELS CLASH

NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has named the squad to take on the Melbourne Rebels in their Round 2 clash in Melbourne this Friday, February 20, at 7:30pm.

Pat McCutcheon and Peter Betham join the otherwise unchanged line-up to travel south, with the bench to be named closer to the game.

Fly-half Bernard Foley will celebrate his 50^th Super Rugby cap this week, while teammates Adam Ashley-Cooper and Stephen Hoiles will notch their 50^th Waratah Super Rugby caps in the same match.

This match also marks the following milestones:

Benn Robinson equals Phil Waugh as most capped NSW player ever (136)
Tatafu Polota-Nau becomes the third most capped Waratah in Super Rugby (122)
Wycliff Palu equals Chris Whitaker as fifth most capped Waratah in Super Rugby (107)

	Position	Name
1	LOOSEHEAD PROP	Benn Robinson
2	HOOKER	Tatafu Polota-Nau
3	TIGHTHEAD PROP	Sekope Kepu
4	LEFT LOCK	David Dennis (C)
5	RIGHT LOCK	Will Skelton
6	LEFT FLANKER	Jaques Potgieter
7	RIGHT FLANKER	Michael Hooper (VC)
8	NUMBER EIGHT	Wycliff Palu
9	SCRUMHALF	Nick Phipps
10	FLYHALF	Bernard Foley
11	LEFT WING	Rob Horne
12	INSIDE CENTRE	Kurtley Beale
13	OUTSIDE CENTRE	Adam Ashley-Cooper (VC)
14	RIGHT WING	Taqele Naiyaravoro
15	FULLBACK	Israel Folau
Replacements:
	RESERVE	Tolu Latu
	RESERVE	Jeremy Tilse
	RESERVE	Paddy Ryan
	RESERVE	Sam Lousi
	RESERVE	Mitchell Chapman
	RESERVE	Stephen Hoiles
	RESERVE	Brendan McKibbin
	RESERVE	Matt Carraro
	RESERVE	Pat McCutcheon
	RESERVE	Peter Betham