{"id":245367,"date":"2025-10-28T02:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245367\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T02:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:27:19","slug":"rob-valetini-seeks-peak-form-for-twickenham-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245367\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Valetini seeks peak form for Twickenham Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI guess that\u2019s probably been one of my main focuses, just to consistently be out there on the training paddock and be available for games and selections. I\u2019ve sort of been in and out, so it\u2019s been hard to put games together and try to play to the best of my abilities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"England are well aware of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii\u2019s aerial threats after being caught out with his debut last year.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c0ab9b4e0c4fbcaaa50008be3153ad192cc413e9.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>England are well aware of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii\u2019s aerial threats after being caught out with his debut last year.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my body, I feel like I\u2019m 100 per cent. I think it\u2019s just trying to get the confidence back and to build momentum, so I can play my best and do my job for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies arrived at their previously used London base in the leafy suburb of Teddington on Sunday evening after flying from Japan, far from the bustle of central London.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the nine-hour time difference between Tokyo and London, the squad trained on Monday afternoon in autumn sunshine, with second-rower Lukhan Salakaia-Loto still a chance to play as he manages a rib injury suffered against Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Loading<\/p>\n<p>Thirty kilometres away at England\u2019s training base in the Surrey countryside, British and Irish Lions hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie recalled the hurt that the 42-37 loss last year against Australia caused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a tough game, of course. I felt when I came on (at 57 minutes), it was in the balance. They beat us which still hurts,\u201d Cowan-Dickie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always know when you play Australia it\u2019s going to be a tough game. They\u2019ve definitely improved since then (last November).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England are expected to start Tommy Freeman at outside centre on Saturday, a position he played once for his country last year in the Six Nations against Wales, after starting all three Lions Tests on the right wing. This gives Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii a new challenge against Freeman on his return to Twickenham after a stunning man of the match performance on debut last year.<\/p>\n<p>England halfback Alex Mitchell was full of praise for Suaalii after facing him in all three Tests for the Lions and also watching the chaos he caused aerially last year in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a massive threat, we need to appreciate that quality (he has) in the air &#8230; we obviously knew he was a quality player (last year), but you don\u2019t always get to know (how good) until they actually play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports news, results and expert commentary.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p56jal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI guess that\u2019s probably been one of my main focuses, just to consistently be out there on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-245367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}