There have been few Wallabies training session that attracted so much media attention, but Joseph Suaalii was a picture of calm.
It’s not often the first day of a new job comes with so much attention and scrutiny. But then again, there is only one Joseph Suaalii.
Dressed in a Waratahs training kit, Suaalii happily mixed with his new colleagues, then took a brief break before addressing how he has dealt with the criticism that has come his way for taking the big money in union. There were no nerves, just a belief in what he is doing. “I’m just keeping everything simple, just sticking to the process of chatting every day, getting better every day, and just learning from my teammates and just trying to be the best player I can be.
“ I needed rest from that NRL season,” Suaalii said .“I think it’s a long, brutal season that was the first thing, just rest, and then now it’s just about learning each day... But I’ve played the game before, and I’m very confident in my abilities.”He is desperate to be thrown into the deep end, be it with the second string group or the full Wallabies side and in any position that Schmidt wants to utilise him in.
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