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Ian Chadband

BIZARRE: So much fun for suaalii as he s hailed by wallabies - What They Never Told You

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been hailed as "freak" and "great" with his Wallabies' squadmates in awe of his striking debut in the gold shirt following the gilded code-hopper's man-of-the match display against England at Twickenham.

The modest 21-year-old sounded as if being thrust into the international cauldron before he's even played a game of senior club rugby was just child's play as he put on a show for his folks and was left smiling: "Honestly, I had so much fun out there."

Suaalii made it seem absurd that he'd not played a game of rugby union for five years as, for the most part, he looked as if he'd never been away from the sport he had lit up as a schoolkid.

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