Skelton happy with underdog status as Australia sole focus is on Test opener

Josephy Suaalii may be young but he marches to his own beat, even warming up before matches in bare feet to connect to the earth beneath him, and Will Skelton has every confidence in the Waratahs midfielder.

UNDERDOGS: Will Skelton may not think much of Henry Pollock’s bravado in expecting a 3-0 series victory for the British & Irish Lions on Australian soil over the next three weeks but the La Rochelle and Wallabies lock is relishing the underdog tag.

Will Skelton may not think much of Henry Pollock’s bravado in expecting a 3-0 series victory for the British & Irish Lions on Australian soil over the next three weeks but the La Rochelle and Wallabies lock is relishing the underdog tag.

Skelton’s Australia will welcome the Lions to Suncorp Stadium on Saturday as longshots on home turf following a less than stellar warm-up Test victory over Fiji a fortnight ago. Yet that suits the Aussie mindset and speaking at the start of Test week in Brisbane on Monday, Skelton said of the underdog status: “I love it. We love it, yeah.