Joseph Sua’ali’i has been fast-tracked into the Australia side amid coach Joe Schmidt’s search for a spark in four Tests across the UK and Ireland
Australia have named a 34-man Wallabies squad including Joseph Sua’ali’i for the rugby Spring Tour as coach Joe Schmidt has an eye on the 2025 Lions series.Australia have named a 34-man Wallabies squad including Joseph Sua’ali’i for the rugby Spring Tour as coach Joe Schmidt has an eye on the 2025 Lions series.
Sua’ali’i, whose 196cm frame and 100kg heft now carries the weight of a nation, was the human headline of a 64-man touring party announced by coach Joe Schmidt. In truth, the 21-year-old schoolboy star had scooped both his coach and the media by naming himself for the tour last month, a gambit Schmidt described as “interesting”.Supreme self-confidence will be needed if Australia are to pull off a grand slam heist for the first time since 1984.
In parachuting Sua’ali’i onto the frontline, Australia has broken the emergency glass in preparation for the British & Irish Lions tour in July 2025 and a home World Cup in 2027. It’s also why Rugby Australia has taken the unprecedented step of naming two touring parties, with the 30-man Australia XV squad to play Bristol Bears and England A.
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