NSWRU Media Release - After a long pre-season of hard training, the NSW Waratahs kick off the 2014 season with their first trial match against the Melbourne Rebels in Albury this Saturday, February 1. Lining up against his old team mates will be Kurtley Beale, back in the light blue for the first time since 2011, when he pulls on the No. 10 jersey on Saturday. Also starting are fellow newcomers Jono Lance, who joins the Tahs from the Reds, and Australian U20s and sevens player Tala Gray. Although technically a Rebels’ home game, the match takes place on NSW territory, just north of the Victorian border. NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has named a strong starting XV for the game, that he hopes will entice the country rugby community to get behind their state team. “A lot of the lads come from the country areas, like those