Flying Fijians lock Leone Nakarawa could be a shock signing by the Waratahs for the 2020 Super Rugby season after he was sacked by Racing 92 for returning late from the Rugby World Cup.
Nakarawa who was a member of the gold-medal-winning Fiji 7s team in Rio Olympics in 2016, got back to Paris two weeks late after taking a holiday in Fiji and was sacked Racing 92 owner Jacky Lorenzetti for "insubordination".
Multiple clubs in England and Scotland have been mentioned as being keen to sign the 31-year-old but media reports in France also included the Waratahs as a potential new club for Nakarawa.
RUGBY.com.au reports that Nakarawa is keen to test himself in Super Rugby and the Waratahs have been in contact with his management team.
The Waratahs would not be able to match the huge money that Nakarawa will be offered by European clubs but in their favour is Nakarawa's interest in Super Rugby, and that a neat window of opportunity has now opened up for him to play a season of Super Rugby before returning to Europe in August for the following 2020-21 season.
New Waratahs coach Rod Penney has spoken about being on the lookout for damaging ball-runners, and they don't come much more damaging than Nakarawa; who plays lock but has the handling and athleticism of a backline player.
Nakarawa has played 57 times for Fiji, at three World Cups, and routinely gets listed as a World XV player.
He won the Europe best player award in 2018.
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