Wallabies coach Eddie Jones cagey on reported bid to lure NRL star Joseph Suaalii

19-year-old was a schoolboy rugby star before moving to NRL

HOT PROPERTY: Joseph Suaalii of the Roosters. Pic: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has dodged questions about Joseph Suaalii amid reports Rugby Australia has lured the rugby league star to the 15-man code from 2025 on a $1.6m contract.

An elite rugby talent in his junior years, Suaalii re-signed with the NRL’s Sydney Roosters through to 2024 earlier this month after starring for Samoa during last year’s Rugby League World Cup in England.