Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has lifted the lid on his 10-year friendship with controversial code-hopper Israel Folau as he prepares for his first taste of Test rugby.
On the eve of the Wallabies’ departure for their spring tour of Great Britain and Ireland, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has revealed he is being mentored by one of rugby’s most successful – and controversial – code-hoppers, Israel Folau.
Watching the former NRL and AFL star shine in that game planted the thought in the mind of the nine-year-old Suaalii that, maybe, he could represent the Wallabies one day. On the field, there are distinct similarities between Folau and Suaalii, most notably in their physical size and explosiveness. Folau started his Test career as a winger, before eventually finding his position as a world-class fullback, and debate has raged as to where“I’ve been training everywhere,” Suaalii said. “I’ve been training at wing, centre, fullback. But just like league, I did play centre fullback, wing, so I’ve no clarity of what position I’ll be playing.
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