Schmidt has faith in debutant Sua’ali’i ahead of Australia clash with England

Joe Schmidt spoke on Joseph Sua'ali'i's ability to adapt to a new code after his time in rugby league.

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00:00Yeah, they are big collisions in State of Origin. It is a different game. Ball carrier

00:10tends to carry a lot more upright. Contact tends to be a lot more upright. There's an

00:18adjustment there. But as I said, in everything Joseph has done, his ability to very much

00:28stay in a rugby union mode and drop his height and punch through the tackle really well has

00:36impressed us. So, you know, from whatever perspective, we've got a confidence that he'll

00:44adapt really well. If it's not well enough, well, at least it's a first step toward him

00:52becoming more comfortable and adapting to a slightly different sort of code.