Rugby: Joseph Suaalii has made his official Wallabies debut and produced an incredible highlight moment.
Australia coach Joe Schmidt hailed Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii as an “ aerial freak ” after the cross-code capture marked his first senior game of rugby union by starring in theThe 21-year-old Suaalii, a multi million-dollar convert from rugby league , was named player of the match after posing problems for England under the high ball, with the outside centre’s sublime pass also sending in full-back Tom Wright for the first of the Wallabies’ five tries.
“Joseph obviously got a few kick-offs back for us. He’s a bit of an aerial freak, but at the same time, it was a good learning experience for Joseph as well.” Concerns had been expressed about whether pitching Suaalii into the cauldron of a Twickenham crowd of over 81,000 was a wise move. “Three tries in the last five minutes to win it, lose it and win it, it was so up and down, but one thing that stayed up was the effort from our team,” said Schmidt.
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