Article 60K02 Injury-free Suliasi Vunivalu eyeing Wallabies debut against England

Injury-free Suliasi Vunivalu eyeing Wallabies debut against England

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Despite his limited pro rugby experience, Suliasi Vunivalu says playing in four NRL grand finals with Melbourne means he can handle the pressure of a Wallabies debut in the England Test series next month. The 26-year-old winger is finally injury-free and eager to get his international career started ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup in France.

With Marika Koroibete a Wallabies Test certainty, Vunivalu's selection would see the Fiji-born duo reunited as a wing pair for the first time since the 2016 NRL grand final which the Storm lost to Cronulla. Koroibete then switched to rugby union with Vunivalu following him at the end of 2020.

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