NSW Waratahs have suffered a late blow with in-form Karmichael Hunt ruled out of Friday night’s Super Rugby derby against the Brumbies with a hamstring injury.
Hunt’s scratching has forced coach Daryl Gibson into a backline reshuffle with Kurtley Beale reverting to the centres to partner Adam Ashley-Cooper and Israel Folau returning to fullback.
Having been rested under Gibson’s rotation policy when the Waratahs team was initially named on Thursday, Curtis Rona has earned a reprieve and will start on the right wing that Folau was to have occupied.