The NSW Waratahs have continued their low season signing spree by including yet one more Wallaby to their squad for 2025. Former Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels prop Taniela Tupou will put on sky blue in Tremendous Rugby Pacific subsequent season.
Tupou, 28, is the most recent Take a look at-level participant to signal with the Sydney-based membership. The world-class prop joins fellow Australian internationals Andrew Kellaway, Darby Lancaster and Rob Leota by signing with the Waratahs.
For a participant of Tupou’s class and status, there’s virtually no status wanted. The person is understood globally as ‘The Tongan Thor’ after having his rugby highlights go viral on-line whereas he was in highschool, after which he made a near-seamless transition to the professionals.
Since making the transfer throughout the ditch and signing with the Reds, Tupou has performed greater than 100 Tremendous Rugby matches throughout stints out of Ballymore and with the Rebels in Melbourne. Tupou has additionally represented the Wallabies in additional than 50 Take a look at matches.
Tupou is famend across the rugby world as a powerful scrummager who additionally boasts a dangerous working sport. What the prop can convey to the Tahs together with entrance rowers Angus Bell and David Porecki is little question extremely thrilling for the membership.”
“We’re completely thrilled that Taniela might be becoming a member of our membership in 2025,” Waratahs Director of Efficiency, Simon Raiwalui, mentioned in an announcement.
“Taniela is one in all Australia’s greatest rugby gamers and any membership on this planet could be joyful to have his companies.
“His signing is a portrayal of the optimistic route that the Waratahs are heading in, and I’ve little question that our members and followers might be eagerly anticipating seeing Taniela working out in sky blue subsequent season.”
Tupou additionally joins Sydney Roosters flyer Joseph Sua’ali’i in signing with the Waratahs. Together with the likes of Kellaway, Lancaster, Leota and new coach Dan McKellar, it appears to be an especially thrilling time at Tahs HQ out in Daceyville.
The Tahs confirmed moments of promise throughout this yr’s Tremendous Rugby Pacific season by recording two wins over then-defending champions the Crusaders, however these triumphs couldn’t save their season as they fell to a last-placed end.
It should be mentioned the Waratahs had a little bit of an harm disaster within the entrance row, however with Angus Bell returning in time for the Wallabies’ two Checks towards the Springboks this month, and Tupou inking a cope with the Tahs, it appears it’ll be a really completely different story for the NSW membership in 2025.
“The Waratahs are an enormous model in Australian rugby and have a proud historical past,” Tupou talked about.
“I’m actually trying ahead to becoming a member of the membership subsequent season. Waratahs followers are very passionate and I’m joyful that they’ll be cheering for me in 2025.
“I’ve performed with Stomach, Jake (Gordon), Langi (Gleeson) and Porecki for Australia and I’m excited to hitch forces with them for the Waratahs.
“With Andrew Kellaway and Joseph Sua’ali’i additionally becoming a member of the membership, I’m assured we’ll be in for an enormous yr.”
