Suliasi Vunivalu

The Fijian winger arrived in Brisbane amid much hype after his NRL try-scoring heroics with the Melbourne Storm.

Joe Schmidt named a Wallabies squad containing just 14 survivors from the wreckage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The Reds will be without Suliasi Vunivalu for their penultimate Super Rugby Pacific home game after being dished a one-match ban.

The Reds winger had been excited to showcase his skills in his birth city but instead is making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Suliasi Vunivalu has been warned to expect some special attention when he plays his first Test match against his birth country.

Wallabies great Mat Rogers declared Eddie Jones now has three "world class" wingers at his disposal for the Rugby World Cup.

Australia, now 0-5 in 2023, were never seriously competitive against France, who were led superbly by star halfback Antoine Dupont.

Eddie Jones' selection of the former NRL star is a contentious one given he has mostly underwhelmed since switching codes in 2021.

Suliasi Vunivalu was left red-faced after a gag he made got him in trouble in front of the "headmaster" Wallabies coach.

It was Moana Pasifika's first ever game in Samoa and there were initially some ominous signs for the struggling Reds.