The rebuilding NSW Waratahs person taken an educated punt with the signing of Manly Sea Eagles extracurricular backmost Tevita Funa connected a one-year deal.
The 23-year-old has played 16 NRL games and was named Manly's rookie of the twelvemonth past play aft scoring 5 tries successful his 12 outings.
But opportunities dried up successful a beardown Sea Eagles broadside this twelvemonth and caller Waratahs manager Darren Coleman pounced.
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"First and foremost, helium ticked each the boxes from the quality checks that we did connected him," said Coleman, who has taken the reins aft NSW failed to triumph a crippled successful 2021.
"Tevita's a precise dedicated and focused subordinate which is truly important.
"As a subordinate he's a bully all-round package, he's a large body, gangly and bully successful the air, bully velocity and large footwork.
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"He's got a rugby inheritance which should instrumentality him little clip to accommodate and coming retired of a bully programme astatine Manly we cognize he'll acceptable successful arsenic a professional."
Funa volition besides correspond the Western Sydney Two Blues successful the Shute Shield.
The Waratahs person a agelong past of luring NRL players to their nine with mixed results.
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Israel Folau was a smash deed earlier his off-field issues but Tepai Moeroa failed to marque an interaction and has since returned to the NRL with the Melbourne Storm.
"I'm truly excited astir the situation of changing codes and the accidental for a caller start," Funa said.
"I played rugby erstwhile I was younger truthful americium hoping that volition assistance maine with the adjustment.
"The Waratahs are 1 of the astir iconic teams successful rugby and I'm thankful for the accidental they person fixed me.
"I'd emotion to accidental my limb astatine fullback, but arsenic americium blessed to play connected the helping oregon successful the centres, I conscionable emotion to get the shot successful hand."
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