Promising Manly NRL half Tom Wright will play Super Rugby next season after signing a two-year deal with the Brumbies.
Tom Wright has decided to quit NRL club Manly and return to rugby union, signing a two-year deal with the Brumbies.
The 21-year-old was a promising schoolboy rugby union player and was on target for the Rio Olympics sevens team.
But his electric pace caught the eye of nine NRL clubs and he elected to knock back a lucrative Rugby Australia sevens contract and join the Sea Eagles in 2015, as their long-term replacement for Kieran Foran.
He made his NRL debut in 2018, scoring one try in his four appearances, but with his contract ending he has chosen to return to his first love.
Wright had an increased role at the Sea Eagles during the second half of 2018 thanks to an injury crisis in the halves at the Sea Eagles, which saw both Dylan Walker and Lachlan Croker spend time on the sidelines.
Tom Wright with his first #NRL try!#NRLDragonsManly #WeAreManly pic.twitter.com/VfVgRGV2nc
— Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (@SeaEagles) June 16, 2018
“Tom has genuine X-factor in attack with ability to create something out of nothing,” Brumbies coach Dan McKellar said.
“He also possesses very good skill and we have said for some time now that to play our style of rugby we need to recruit players with good skill and Tom has that.”
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