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VIDEO: Veteran Wallabies lock rejects overseas deals

CONTRACT NEWS: Wallabies and Waratahs lock Rob Simmons has opted to remain in Australia after he signed a new two-year deal.

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Unlike his fellow Australian teammates, who are heading for the exit door following the World Cup, the 94-Test lock will stay with Rugby Australia and the Waratahs until the end of 2021.

The 30-year-old joined the Waratahs in 2017 after being released from the Reds squad.

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Commenting on his move from the Reds to Waratahs, Simmons said: “It was 100 percent worth it, I’ve loved the move,” he said.

“Once I came down here I felt a little bit like maybe I could’ve done with some change a bit earlier on to an extent.”

Simmons is currently in Queensland with the wider Wallabies squad preparing for the Rugby Championship.

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The team’s opening match is against South Africa on July 20 in Johannesburg before their first match on home soil of 2019 against Argentina on July 27 in Brisbane.

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