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Alex Mitchell

How NRL's Manly helped make Wallabies fullback Wright

Brumbies fullback Tom Wright (l) hopes club form will seal his Wallabies spot for the World Cup. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia's leading contender to wear the No.15 jersey at the Rugby World Cup later this year might have the potential to be the "world's best fullback", but still credits his three-year stint with the Manly Sea Eagles for making him the player he is.

Brumbies and Wallabies star Tom Wright, who's penned an extension with both organisations until the end of 2025, says he literally grew up rubbing shoulders with Daly Cherry-Evans and Tom Trbojevic on a deal he signed while still at high school.

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