{"id":547646,"date":"2026-03-18T04:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T04:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:35:11","slug":"wallabies-winger-and-giant-lock-headline-waratahs-side-for-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547646\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies winger and giant lock headline Waratahs side for Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Towering lock Miles Amatosero<\/a> and winger Harry Potter<\/a> have come into the NSW Waratahs<\/a> starting side for this weekend\u2019s clash with the Blues<\/a> in Sydney, which will be a milestone fixture for inside centre Joey Walton.<\/p>\n

Coach Dan McKellar has made just the two changes to the First XV, as the Tahs look to bounce back from the round five defeat to the Queensland Reds<\/a> in Brisbane. Charlie Gamble<\/a>, Andrew Kellaway<\/a> and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii<\/a> are among those currently sidelined due to injury.<\/p>\n

Tom Lambert will pack down alongside Ehtna Dobbins and Daniel Botha<\/a> in the front row, while Matt Philip<\/a> lines up next to Amatosero as the two locks. Former Crusaders<\/a> hooker Ioane Moananu<\/a> and Queensland Reds lock Angus Blyth<\/a> have been named in the reserves.<\/p>\n

Clem Halaholo starts at blindside flanker, with Englishman Jamie Adamanson holding onto the starting spot at openside, following an injury to Gamble. Wallabies enforcer Pete Samu<\/a> rounds out the forward pack as the No. 8.<\/p>\n

In the backs, Jake Gordon<\/a> and Jack Debreczeni<\/a> will form an experienced halves partnership yet again. Walton has been named for his 50th Super Rugby Pacific appearance, selected in the centres along with Triston Reilly.<\/p>\n

In-form flyer Max Jorgensen<\/a> starts on the left wing, with Potter on the right and Sid Harvey<\/a> retaining the starting spot at fullback. Teddy Wilson<\/a>, Lawson Creighton<\/a> and George Poolman<\/a> will provide backline cover off the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve trained and prepared well this week having reviewed our performance against the Reds,\u201d McKellar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Blues are a good side and come here off the back of some positive results. It\u2019s going to be a challenge but one that our players are up for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted for Joey to reach 50 caps after the injury run he had. He\u2019s an important part of the group and an excellent rugby player.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Head-to-Head <\/p>\n

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Last 5 Meetings<\/p>\n

Average Points scored<\/p>\n

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The Waratahs haven\u2019t beaten the Blues since 2015 at the Sydney Football Stadium, losing the last 11 head-to-head matches on the bounce.<\/p>\n

This round six fixture at Sydney\u2019s Allianz Stadium will kick off at 7:35 pm AEDT on Saturday.<\/p>\n

NSW Waratahs to take on Blues<\/p>\n

Tom LambertEthan DobbinsDaniel BothaMatt Philip \u00a9Miles AmatoseroClem HalaholoJamie AdamsonPete SamuJake GordonJack Debreczeni\u00a0Max Jorgensen\u00a0Joey Walton\u00a0Triston Reilly\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0Sid Harvey<\/p>\n

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Ioane MoananuIsaac KaileaSiosifa AmoneAngus BlythLeafi TalatainaTeddy WilsonLawson CreightonGeorge Poolman <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Towering lock Miles Amatosero and winger Harry Potter have come into the NSW Waratahs starting side for this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-547646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547646","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=547646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}