Gibson close to lock in a new contract

Waratahs coach, Daryl Gibson, will coach the club in 2019 and he is confident that the Israel Folau back will be there too.

Gibson has just finished his third season as a Waratahs coach and led them to their first semifinal in 2015 after they were leading the Australian conference.

Although he has not yet officially signed an agreement, he said that he had agreed to stay at the club and was planning to soon obtain a two-year extension

. m) very close (to finalize this), "he said.

" Obviously, I agreed to stay, which is a good thing. (I am) true really happy – I see We have a lot of potential in our team and we want to maximize what we can do as a team.

"For the moment, we are considering a two-year agreement, which would be fine, I still have not made it clear, but I am certainly satisfied with the direction that will take the negotiations. "

The NSW Mentor had previously said that he wanted to stay one more season before moving away, but The Waratahs wanted a longer commitment from him.

This is a great endorsement of the turnaround that the team has suffered in 2018 after winning just four wins in 2017 and finishing 16th overall.

"I think the club was after one"

"My personal point of view was wanting one (one year) but I'm happy to stay and start building something special with NSW.

The Waratahs suffered a major club review after this sad year 2017 and turned into winners of the Australian conference and a real threat of competition.

All elements of this review were evaluated in the Gibson negotiations with CEO Andrew Hore. & # 39;

It's not Gibson whose contract is expected to be finalized soon – his three biggest stars in Israel, Folau, Michael Hooper and Bernard Foley have not yet announced new ones contracts.

Folau has been linked to a move to Queensland in recent months, but Gibson said he was confident the superstar was satisfied in Sydney.

"Many of these negotiations take place with Rugby Australia, but all indications are that Israel is very happy here," he said.

Foley said that he still had to come to an appeal on his future but thought that an agreement would come "soon".

"I focused on the Waratahs … Now it's over and the focus is directly on the Bledisloe Cup," he said .

"S o, everything is exciting and something like that will definitely be done soon."

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