HIGHLY-RATED Wallaby back row Sean McMahon has signed a ‘lucrative’ two-year contract to play for an unnamed club in Japan.
The Melbourne Rebel, 23, is likely to miss the 2019 World Cup after he said that he did not have a clause in his favour to depart after one season.
“We’re done with the Rebels after this season,” McMahon said. “All I can say is I won’t be playing in Australia next year. I will be gone for two years.”
McMahon revealed that Wallabies coach Michael Cheika had tried to talk him out of leaving but he had already agreed to term...