Bernard Foley and Nick Phipps insist "age is just a number" after answering an SOS call to return to the NSW Waratahs seven years after last playing together with the Wallabies. After missing consecutive finals, the Waratahs have ventured back to the future in pursuit of Super Rugby Pacific success, signing the two experienced playmakers for the 2027 season. Sure to raise eyebrows, 36-year-old Foley and Phipps, 37, were the halves in the Waratahs' one and only Super Rugby championship-winning team way back in 2014 under Michael Cheika. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"The fact that age is a number and how you manage yourself and get yourself through a pre-season and then a season. Michael Cheika's Waratahs were celebrated in Sydney after their thrilling Super Rugby final success.