Brumbies winger Henry Speight says that he is ready to make the transition from Super Rugby winger to Wallabies international winger.
Speight wants to make a push for Wallabies selection as he became eligible last year having waited to become eligible.
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The Brumbies winger has dreamt of playing for the Wallabies ever since he watched tapes on the Wallabies winning the 1991 Rugby World Cup when he was growing up in Fiji.
Speight turned down the opportunity to train with his country of birth and the end of last year as he is confident that he has what it takes to become a Wallaby winger.
Even though he has been one of Australia’s form wingers he has had to sit back and watch his Brumbies team mates Joseph Tomane and Jesse Mogg being called up for the Wallabies.
However Speight says that he is using Mogg and Tomane’s rise from obscurity to the Wallabies as inspiration for his international ambitions.
“The huge confidence booster for me was watching Joe and Moggy and knowing my fellow back-three teammates could get there,” Speight told The Canberra Times.
“It has given me the confidence that if I can do the same or better than what I did last year, I can be pushing for a spot on that right wing.
“(Brumbies coach Jake White) told me he want(ed) to make me a Wallaby and my job is to believe in that 100 per cent.”
Speight’s form last year in 2013 was one of the reason’s that the Brumbies made a shock Super Rugby finals appearance.
The winger scored eight tries last season despite being troubled by a knee injury for much of the Super Rugby season.
Twenty-four-year-old Speight has been easing back into training and says that he is on target to play in the Brumbies first Super Rugby season warm up in Darwin on February the 1st.
Speight played for Fijian national junior team in 2008 but drew inspiration from his fellow Fijians Julian Savea and Joe Rokocoko create successful careers in New Zealand while waiting three seasons in Australia before being eligible for the Wallabies.
Now that he is eligible to for play the Wallabies playing at international level is his goal for 2014.
“My first goal for this year is to be in the starting team each week and from that score more tries and try to get a championship with the Brumbies – that’s the ultimate goal,” Speight said.
“I would love to lift the title this year and if we do everything right at the Brumbies, then higher honours with the Wallabies will take care of itself.”