Rugby-O'Connor elects to stay in Australia for another two years

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Sale Sharks vs Wasps - AJ Bell Stadium, Sale, Britain - April 6, 2018 Sale Sharks' James O'Connor (C) in action with Wasps' Jake Cooper-Woolley (L) and Danny Cipriani Action Images/Craig Brough/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Wallabies playmaker James O'Connor has committed to staying in Australia with the Queensland Reds until the end of the 2023 season after reviving his career over the last two years in Brisbane.

Eight years after he was sacked by Rugby Australia for off-field indiscretions, the former teenage prodigy has inked a deal that will keep him at home until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.