FORMER WALLABIES BERNARD Foley and Nick Phipps signed for the NSW Waratahs Thursday with the veteran duo returning home after long stints in Japan. The pair, who steered the Waratahs to their maiden Super Rugby title in 2014 under coach Michael Cheika, reunite seven years after they last took the field together. Their return to the Sydney-based side where both made their debuts in 2011 comes barely a year out from a home World Cup. Scrum-half Phipps, who has been capped 72 times, plied his trade with London Irish under current Australia coach Les Kiss when he left the Waratahs in 2019. The Waratahs are currently without a coach after Dan McKellar quit in June with a year left on his contract after two underwhelming Super Rugby seasons.