Things could get worse before they get better for the Waratahs with tough trips to Perth and Auckland over the next two Saturdays to face the Western Force and Blues.

Mathematically, the Waratahs are still a chance of making the playoffs, but in reality they are battling to avoid ending their Super Rugby campaign with a six-game losing streak.

On paper, the trip to Perth presents the best chance of doing this, although for senior Waratahs such as Andrew Kellaway, it also presents a chance to show some Wallabies form in the face of opposition in the west.

Kellaway has some capital in the bank after a good end-of-season tour during which he wore the Wallabies No.14 jersey in all four grand slam Tests, but he was already under serious pressure from the Force’s Harry Potter even before it was confirmed this week that Dylan Pietsch would be making his comeback for the Force on the left wing and that the Reds’ Filipo Daugunu had re-signed with Rugby Australia.

Potter is statistically the best Australian winger in Super Rugby Pacific due to his statistics across a number of key categories supplied by Opta.

He’s second in the entire competition for defenders beaten, with 45, behind the Highlanders’ Timoci Tavatavanawai.........

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