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<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I sing the anthem, I always know where they\u2019ll be, because the day before, I always check where they\u2019re sitting, so I can see them. I think that\u2019s what gives you comfort in the sense of big crowds and going against England and all these different big nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suaalii has frequently referenced his love of travelling to different cultures and nations through playing for the Wallabies, but more importantly, he loves sharing these experiences with his parents after they gave him so much as a child.<\/p>\n
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Suaalii starred on his debut last year against England at Twickenham.Credit: PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cMy parents had my family quite young. I\u2019m one of eight, so they\u2019ve always been looking after kids and for them to come and travel the world and experience different things.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s the biggest kick I get out of it as well, just seeing them in the crowd and seeing them travel different places and send selfies to me of where they\u2019re at, I think that\u2019s the great thing about rugby brings as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rugby has also brought Suaalii treasured new friendships, with one of the closest being Max Jorgensen. Alongside dovetailing perfectly on the field together, Jorgensen has also helped to become Suaalii\u2019s expert tour guide abroad. On Wednesday, the two Wallabies visited Notting Hill.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to find something to do and explore the city, we are still quite young in that sense of we want to explore and see what\u2019s out and see what\u2019s around,\u201d Suaalii said.<\/p>\n
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Max Jorgensen of Australia celebrates as he scores the Wallabies match winning try last year in LondonCredit: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never watched the movie Notting Hill and Jorgo was trying to tell me I should watch it and he was showing me different things from it and that was cool to experience the different streets and even just the food, and it was exactly the same in Japan last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Given Jorgensen is off contract next year, Suaalii is keen for his friend to stay with him at the Wallabies for the home World Cup and beyond, but equally understands that he has many suitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cJorgo\u2019s going through his different contract situations, obviously, everyone wants him to stay, but at the same time, I\u2019m just being a mate, and whatever\u2019s best for him, is best for him, all we want to see him be the best player he can be,\u201d Suaalii said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big carrot the World Cup and what that can bring for all us players and what a special moment that can be … I\u2019m not sure what he\u2019s going to do, but, you know, I\u2019ve always wanted to play with someone like Jorgo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Jorgensen will be tasked with helping Suaalii to explore the Wallabies\u2019 next stops in Udine and Dublin, Paris is likely to be reserved for a special Roosters reunion.<\/p>\n
Suaalii has already been in touch with his former NRL teammate Joey Manu who will travel by Eurostar to London to watch the Wallabies play England, before getting his Paris apartment ready for a temporary visitor who is willing to work for his accommodation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve already texted him saying I\u2019m going to crash his house for the whole week. He\u2019s got another child on the way, so I\u2019m not sure how that\u2019s going to go,\u201d Suaalii joked. \u201cI\u2019ll probably be babysitting at his house, but I\u2019ll be definitely going to go see him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see someone who I was involved with at the Roosters and someone I idolised as a kid to go to Japan and then to Paris, and then killing it on the world stage. It\u2019s pretty cool to watch, as a fan as well. Hopefully one day, you know, we\u2019ll come back together or cross paths again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This week, Suaalii\u2019s focus remains on beating England. He believes he\u2019s a far more rounded footballer than the debutant who destroyed England aerially last year. After a year of studying the game of rugby on and off the field, Suaalii has far more weapons in his arsenal for Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the Test, Suaalii likes to think about the Wallabies jersey he will put on. He thinks specifically about the number 13. It is the same number of Wallabies great Jason Little, the father of his partner Audrey. It reminds Suaalii that wherever he travels across the world, there is always a strong connection to what matters to him back home in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means even more to me to know my missus\u2019 Dad, he played in the [Wallabies] number 13 jersey as well,\u201d Suaalii said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that in a jersey there\u2019s a DNA from everyone before you that bled in that jersey and who put everything into that jersey. So the support we\u2019re getting from all Australians, all the old boys, a lot of players have put, you know, blood, sweat, and tears into the jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo every time you put the jersey on, you\u2019ve got something to represent. You don\u2019t own it. It\u2019s always the next young kid coming through that wants to play for the Wallabies one day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen I sing the anthem, I always know where they\u2019ll be, because the day before, I always check…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-252438","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\/252438","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=252438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}