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Wallabies centre Kuridrani re-signs with Brumbies
By Dejan Kalinic
Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani signed a two-year deal with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and the Brumbies.
The Fiji-born Kuridrani, who picked up his 50th Test cap against South Africa on Saturday, made his Super Rugby debut in 2012, and featured for the first time for the Wallabies the following year.
Kuridrani, 26, will remain with the Brumbies and the ARU until the end of 2019 after confirmation of his re-signing on Wednesday.
"I'm really excited to stay with the Brumbies and Australian rugby and know the future has lots in store," he said.
"When I moved to Australia from Fiji, it was my dream to just play one time for the Wallabies, so to now have done it 50 times is amazing.
"Australia has been very good to me and my family, so while I had some offers to go overseas, I just didn't want to leave.
"I really believe in what we're building here at the Wallabies but also at the Brumbies and I hope I can be a big part in that."
#BREAKING l Tevita Kuridrani has signed with Australian Rugby until the end of 2019. #Wallabieshttps://t.co/I618I5PEt0
— Qantas Wallabies (@qantaswallabies) September 12, 2017
The Wallabies have made a slow start to this year's Rugby Championship, winless in their opening three matches and sitting third in the table.
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Nice! Should be an even more exciting season that last year. Who have Verblitz got to replace Beauden Barrett? They should be a lot better this year. Tiaan Falcon might be able to run the ship.
Is Ben Herring still their coach? I was hoping he would return to NZ with Fosters addition to the team but a recent article seemed to suggest he was still just an assistant.
Appreciate the player insights for the up and commers. Been a bit dreary watching Champions Cup rugby so can't wait for it to start.
Go to commentsThru 2021 I naively became optimistic, not before that.
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The problem was that the All Black coach didn't even realise this fact, and continually included Cane, because he was skipper, as soon as he was back from injruy. When he should have helped develop some more 7s and only playing Cane with some came time under his belt. He wasn't Riche McCaw after all, though he did play pretty well in that Irish series after coming straight back in. Hell everyone was getting critized by everyone for the fact Foster SUBBED him after 60. It was a ridiculous period as Yeow mentioned.
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