Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has described Israel Folau as an idol and inspiration while pledging to tackle head-on the pressure of being Australian rugby's most prized signing in more than a decade.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii recalls being a boy and watching Israel Folau make his Wallabies debut. Folau is now a mentor to the player following in his footsteps.The Wallabies ' first Test of their British and Irish tour will be against England on Sunday, November 10, AEDT. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has described Israel Folau as an idol and inspiration while pledging to tackle head-on the pressure and expectation of being Australia n rugby's most prized signing in more than a decade.
"I don't see it as an expectation. I see it as kind of a privilege," Suaalii said at the unveiling of the Wallabies' jumper for next year's much-anticipated hosting of the British and Irish Lions. Suaalii vividly recalls being a wide-eyed 10-year-old and watching Folau make his Wallabies debut during the 2013 Lions series in Australia to become a dual international, before helping the Waratahs win the Super Rugby crown the following year and becoming a three-time John Eales medallist."I actually met Israel when I was 14," Suaalii said.
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