'Special' teen set to win Beale's NSW jersey

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Schoolboys sensation Max Jorgensen volition get archetypal ace astatine replacing Kurtley Beale arsenic the Waratahs fullback aft being named to commencement against the Brumbies connected Saturday.

Jorgensen, who graduated from Sydney's St Joseph's College past year, was accelerated tracked into the Australia A squad conscionable 1 time aft turning down NRL advances and signing with NSW.

Waratahs manager Darren Coleman had planned to usage Beale arsenic his archetypal prime fullback this play earlier the Wallabies seasoned was charged with sexually assaulting a pistillate successful Bondi past year.

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Jorgensen volition articulation Fijian powerhouse Nemani Nadolo and erstwhile sevens prima Dylan Pietsch successful the backmost 3 for the opening proceedings crippled of the play successful Griffith.

The Waratahs and Brumbies besides quadrate disconnected successful Australia's Super Rugby Pacific opener astatine Sydney's Allianz Stadium connected February 24.

"I watched him play a batch of schoolhouse footy, there's ever a question people astir however they spell against men successful the aboriginal stages, but he's taken to it similar a duck to water," Coleman said of Jorgensen past month.

"He's a peculiar talent. He'll person a bully play this year, but much importantly person a large career. He came successful astatine 81kg, we've got him astatine 86kg now, he's not overly tall, and volition lone play astatine 92kg oregon 93kg erstwhile helium stops filling out.

"He's much than conscionable a runner, he's got large crippled sense, skills with some hands, helium kicks... he'll play a spot of helping aboriginal portion helium learns, and the program was for Kurtley to mentor him early. Looking astatine him, people he's a fullback."

With Wallabies manager Eddie Jones watching on, Ben Donaldson volition get archetypal ace successful the entity bluish No.10 jersey, with Tane Edmed interestingly starting the lucifer astatine wrong centre.

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The Waratahs said Donaldson would besides walk clip astatine fullback, and Edmed astatine five-eighth, arsenic they premix and lucifer their combinations.

"After 13 coagulated grooming weeks, the unit and players are ace excited to yet play immoderate rugby," Coleman said.

"I consciousness we're successful a antithetic signifier of our improvement than this proceedings past year, we've had a batch much clip unneurotic and boys person greater clarity successful however we privation to play.

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"These trials are a large accidental to reward the boys who person worked hard done the pre-season, get them immoderate crippled time, and let them to vie for circular 1 spots.

"The Brumbies arsenic ever volition beryllium a stern trial and a large mode to footwear disconnected our tally of pre-season fixtures."

Wallabies Michael Hooper, Jake Gordon, Jed Holloway, Izaia Perese, Lalakai Foketi, Dave Porecki, Angus Bell, Mark Nawaqanitawase and Harry Johnson-Holmes were not considered for the archetypal trial.

WARATAHS (15-1): Max Jorgensen, Nemani Nadolo, Harry Wilson, Tane Edmed, Dylan Pietsch, Ben Donaldson, Harrison Goddard, Will Harris, Charlie Gamble, Lachie Swinton, Taleni Seu, Ned Hanigan, Archer Holz, Mahe Vailanu, Te Tera Faulkner

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