Phil Waugh says NSW coach Michael Maguire should simply pick the best players available and he hopes Joseph Suaalii’s big-money move to rugby will not end his Blues dream.
Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh has urged NSW to pick Joseph Suaalii for this year’s State of Origin series, saying he hopes his big-money move to the Waratahs will not crush the Sydney Roosters star’s Blues dream.
Suaalii was criticised for signing a three-year, $5 million contract with Rugby Australia in 2023 to play for the Tahs from October this year. Phil Gould was one of many league luminaries who wanted him out of the NRL immediately. Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh has urged the Blues to pick Roosters winger Joseph Suaalii for this year’s Origin series.Players experiencing Origin for the first time are left physically and mentally jaded, but Waugh was all for Suaalii being unleashed against the Maroons, despite the outside back being groomed for the Wallabies’ busy European tour in November.
NSW Blues coach Michael Maguire has four NRL rounds remaining before he picks his line-up for the series opener.“It’s all about team first; it’s a grand slam tour , so it’s a big deal,” Waugh said. “A lot of it will have to do with form, the form of current players, and how the team is tracking. It’s an open book as to what it looks like for Joseph.”
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