Waratahs bring in Rona and Latu For Sharks clash
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Waratahs Head Coach Daryl Gibson has named his team to take on the Sharks on Saturday.
The Waratahs will play their first of three home games at the newly unveiled Bankwest Stadium this weekend.
After a solid win over the Melbourne Rebels last weekend, the Waratahs have named a relatively unchanged side with Curtis Rona to start on the wing, and Tolu Latu returning to the squad and set to come off the bench.
Gibson said the team is looking forward to taking Super Rugby to Western Sydney.
“We are very excited to be going to Western Sydney. The venue looks fantastic and we will have the opportunity to have our first real look at it for tomorrow’s [Friday’s] captain’s run,” he said.
Waratahs: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Cam Clark, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Karmichael Hunt, 11 Curtis Rona, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Michael Wells, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Jack Dempsey, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Jed Holloway, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Damien Fitzpatrick, 1 Harry Johnson-Holmes.
Replacements: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Rory O’Connor, 18 Chris Talakai, 19 Tom Staniforth, 20 Lachlan Swinton, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Lalakai Foketi, 23 Alex Newsome.
Date: Saturday, April 27
Venue: Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 19.45 (11.45 SA time; 09.45 GMT)
Referee: Nicholas Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: Damon Murphy (Australia), Amy Perrett (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
