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RUGBY LEAGUE CONVERT Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i will make his Australia debut having yet to play a game of senior club rugby union after being named in the Wallabies team to play England at Twickenham on Saturday, with coach Joe Schmidt saying “if not not now, when?”.
But he has now switched codes, following former rugby league stars such as Israel Folau and Sonny Bill Williams, signing a multi-million dollar deal with Rugby Australia. “Everything’s a risk. The thing that I would have confidence around Joseph is how well he prepares himself. He’s a very professional young man. He’s had plenty of experience.”
“So if not now, when? It’s unlikely it’ll go perfectly, but it will be a benchmark that he can build from.”Former Ireland coach Schmidt, asked why Sua’ali’i was ready for international rugby union, replied: “He is a very humble young man, but he is very forthright about his preparation, and that gives us confidence.”
The New Zealander added: “I know the All Blacks were pretty nervous that day when we got close. We don’t want to make people nervous. We want to make them miserable because we got the result. But we’ll take nervous on the way there.”
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