The Sharks are looking to tie down one of the biggest names, who was a 2019 Rugby World Cup runner-up and a 2021 British and Irish Lions tourist, before the 2024/25 Gallagher Premiership season kicks off next month after he recently returned from a career-saving hip operation.
Australia has only won 15 times in 81 matches and hasn’t won on Kiwi soil in 28 matches stretching back to 11 August 2001.
The Brumbies survived a late comeback from the Waratahs in their pre-season clash in Goulburn yesterday, but a number of their players could not escape the injury ward a week out from the opening round of Super Rugby.