{"id":213837,"date":"2025-10-14T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213837\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:24:08","slug":"nsw-waratahs-snap-up-versatile-outside-back-poolman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213837\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Waratahs snap up versatile outside back Poolman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The NSW Waratahs are delighted to announce the signing of outside back George Poolman on a deal until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The 23-year-old is returning home to Sydney from Perth, having made 31 Super Rugby Pacific appearances for the Western Force across the last three seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Earlier this month Poolman was named in the Super Rugby AUS Team of the Tournament after scoring two tries and playing a key role as the Force progressed to the inaugural Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;We\u2019re thrilled to have secured George\u2019s services for next two seasons,&#8221; NSW Waratahs coach Dan McKellar said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;He performed well for the Force throughout the Super Rugby AUS competition and his spot in the Team of the Tournament was well deserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">&#8220;George is a quality young man with his best rugby still ahead of him and we look forward to seeing what he can deliver in Waratahs colours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Poolman\u2019s return to Sydney continues a strong off-season of signings for the Waratahs, headlined by the recruitment of Wallabies Folau Fainga\u2019a, Harry Potter, Pete Samu, Angus Blyth and Matt Philip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NSW Waratahs are delighted to announce the signing of outside back George Poolman on a deal until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,91528,760,85],"class_list":["post-213837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nsw-waratahs-men","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}