Wallabies coach Eddie Jones cagey on reports of $1.6m bid to lure back NRL star Joseph Suaalii
The Roosters’ decision to re-sign Tedesco through to 2025 last week has put Suaalii’s fullback hopes further in doubt. News Corp has reported that Roosters insiders are now “resigned to losing the talented outside back”.
Those alleged clauses may now backfire on the Roosters, as the Wallabies reportedly table a deal for Suaalii that will see him join the Wallabies for the 2025 season and put him in the frame to play the British & Irish Lions on that year’s tour of Australia. An additional incentive to join the Wallabies would be to play a home World Cup in 2027.
New Wallabies coach Eddie Jones is a lifelong rugby league fan. In his first stint as Wallabies coach he took Australia to the 2003 World Cup final with a team featuring former NRL stars Mat Rogers, Wendell Sailor and Lote Tuqiri. And in 2005, Jones went within a whisker of signing league’s greatest player Andrew Johns to the 15-man game.
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