Suaalii resists settling on one position for Wallabies
Ahead of the home Rugby World Cup, Suaalii says he wants to keep playing multiple roles, while Slipper argues the priority is freeing him up with the ball.
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has ruled out settling on a single position ahead of next year's home Rugby World Cup, telling reporters at an NFL fan festival in Melbourne on Thursday that switching roles is part of who he is.
«My personality and me as a human, I’ve always loved trying to master different positions,».
He named centre, wing and fullback as positions he can already play, and said he expects to add fly-half once he is older.
James Slipper, who stays on as an emergency Wallabies option for the tournament despite retiring from international rugby, said Suaalii could fill almost any back-line role bar fly-half, but that the priority should be finding him room with the ball in hand, whether at fullback or on the wing.
Coach Les Kiss has a year to settle that question along with the rest of his selection puzzle before the World Cup kicks off on home soil.
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