The NRL is like a game of touch footy compared to what the former Rooster is about to walk into in Test rugby.
The NRL grand final between Penrith and Melbourne was confirmation that rugby league has turned into a runners’ game.
The gap between the NRL and Test rugby has never been greater, and the task facing Suaalii in bridging that gap is so large that you’d feel sorry for him if he wasn’t being paid the GDP of a small nation. But the latter two games aren’t the “experiment Tests” they used to be. For example, when Israel Folau made the transition to rugby in 2013, Ireland were No.9 in the world, and the Scots were 10th.
And if the quality of a player’s collision work or ability to contest the ball isn’t at a very high standard on the defensive side of the ball, they’ll get eaten up in Test rugby.Getty That draw has widely been seen as sympathetic to the Waratahs, but if the Highlanders are at full strength their starting midfielders could well be Thomas Umaga-Jensen and Tanielu Tele’a at 108kg and 107kg respectively.
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