coming from the XIII, Suaalii will make his XV debut with Australia against England

The Australian Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, from Rugby union and who has never played a single club match, was selected Thursday at the center of the Wallabies attack to face England on Saturday at Twickenham in the framework of fall tours. The 21-year-old is the only change from the Wallabies team that started their last test, in September in Wellington where they were beaten by the All Blacks 33-13.

Suaalii began his career at XIII with the Sydney Roosters before moving to XV, like his compatriot Israel Folau and New Zealander Sonny Bill Williams did before him, signing a multi-million dollar contract with Rugby Australia.

The Wallabies have lost five of their six matches this season in the Rugby Championship under the leadership of New Zealander Joe Schmidt who took over from Eddie Jones after the failure of the 2023 World Cup where Australia was eliminated in the tournament phase. chickens.

The composition of Australia:

Wright – Kellaway, Suaalii, Ikitau, Pietsch – Lolesio (o), Gordon (m) – McReight, Wilson (cap), Valentini – Williams, Frost – Tupou, Faessler, Bell

Substitutes : Paenga-Amosa, Slipper, Alaalatoa, Salakaia-Loto, Gleeson, McDermott, Donaldson, Jorgensen