FILE PHOTO - The back of Australia's Tatafu Polota-Nau is seen during their international Rugby Union match against England at Twickenham stadium in London November 17, 2012. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A transfer to an endangered provincial team in the rugby backwater of Perth has proved an unlikely catalyst for Tatafu Polota-Nau's return to the Wallabies front row after an injury-plagued season.
After 11 successive campaigns at Sydney-based Super Rugby side New South Wales Waratahs, the veteran hooker was poised to sign for English side Bristol last year, looking to rejuvenate a career he felt had grown stale.
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