Rugby-Toomua re-signs with Wallabies through to 2023 World Cup


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 14 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Quarter Final - England v Australia - Oita Stadium, Oita, Japan - October 19, 2019 Australia's Matt Toomua in action REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Wallabies centre Matt Toomua has extended his national contract through to the 2023 World Cup in France in a deal that keeps the 31-year-old at Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels.

The versatile playmaker will also remain captain of the Melbourne Rebels through the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition after replacing injured regular skipper Dane Haylett-Petty in the domestic season.

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