Scrum-half signs new deal with Australian rugby

pulse 02:23 - 25 January 2017

Australia's scrum-half Nick Phipps passes the ball during a rugby union Test match against England, at Twickenham stadium in London, in December 2016

Phipps, 28, re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and his current New South Wales Waratahs team until the end of 2019.

Scrum-half

Phipps, 28, re-signed with the Australian RugbyUnion and his current New South Wales Waratahs team in Super Rugby until the end of 2019.

"The Wallabies squad is continuing to grow and I want to be playing some good footy for the Tahs so that I'll have the best chance to run out in the gold jersey later this year," the 52-Test veteran said.

He played in 13 of the 15 Wallabies Tests in 2016, sharing the number nine jersey with Will Genia.

"He played his 50th cap last year and he's just coming into his prime years as a rugby player so his best is yet to come," Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said.