The injury will see a shuffle to the backline, with Kurtley Beale to now start at inside centre, Israel Folau moves to full back and Curtis Rona, (who was to be rested), is back on the wing.
The NSW Waratahs travel to Canberra later today ahead of the Aussie derby against the Brumbies tomorrow night.
NSW Waratahs Vs Brumbies
Fri 15 Mar
Brumbies 19 – 13 NSW Waratahs
GIO Stadium
1 Harry Johnson-Holmes
2 Damien Fitzpatrick
3 Sekope Kepu
4 Jed Holloway
5 Rob Simmons
6 Ned Hanigan
7 Michael Hooper
8 Jack Dempsey
9 Jake Gordon
10 Bernard Foley
11 Alex Newsome
12 Kurtley Beale
13 Adam Ashley-Cooper
14 Curtis Rona
15 Israel Folau
16. Tatafu Polota-Nau
17. Rory O’connor
18. Chris Talakai
19. Ryan Mccauley
20. Lachlan Swinton
21. Nick Phipps
22. Mack Mason
23. Cameron Clark
Curtain Raiser:
NSW Emerging Waratahs vs Brumbies Runners
Friday 15 March
Kick off: 5:00pm AEDT
Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra
1. Cody Walker
2. Andrew Tuala
3. Rob Lugudi
4. Tom Staniforth
5. Le Roux Roets
6. BJ Edwards
7. Adrian Musico
8. Hugh Sinclair
9. Mitch Short
10. Harry Burey
11. Jaline Graham
12. Ned Yeomans
13. John Folau
14. Ricahrd Wolf
15. Sam Giltrap
16. JP Sauni
17. John Bosco
18. George Francis
19. Nathan De Hoedt
20. James Hassan
21. Jake Kay
22. Jack Grant
23. Tane Edmed
24. Yool Yool
