Folau overcomes his anxiety to to make new wing post a winner Feeling comfortable: Wallabies' winger Israel Folau in a training session on Friday before Saturday's game against the British and Irish Lions. Six weeks and two Tests after making the switch from fullback to wing, Israel Folau says he would not want to play anywhere else. The dual international, who will play in front of a sold-out home crowd that will include 30 of his family members at ANZ Stadium on Saturday, said he was anxious about the position change after spending the season at fullback for NSW. "I was a bit nervous coming into [Wallabies] camp, my first preference was to play fullback because that's where I've played all of my rugby with the Waratahs," Folau said. But after training for a couple of weeks before the first Test I actually felt really comfortable, knowing the role and the structures of how Robbie [Deans] wants us to play. Obviously in that first Test I felt really good after the game and I was just glad I got through it, so now I feel really comfortable on the wing and at this stage I wouldn't want to play anywhere else. Folau's two-try effort in Brisbane gave way to a quieter but still effective performance in a muted back line during the second Test in Melbourne. Despite the stated objective of getting the ball into the wingers' hands more often, Folau's partner Joe Tomane saw more of it. "The second game was a lot tighter in terms of the way we played rugby, compared with the expansiveness we played with in the first Test," he said. We didn't see much of the ball out wide but that's the way the game turned out to be and I think it might be the same [on Saturday] as well. The team the Lions have chosen looks like they're going to play really direct and narrow, so we have to front up early in the game and hopefully that will open up some opportunities out wide. The rookie winger's comments echoed those of his vice-captain, Will Genia. The Wallabies halfback said it was time to stop "chasing" and make a statement early. "We have been chasing a bit too much in the last two Tests and just playing off the back foot," Genia said. If we can start well and give ourselves the opportunity to get into the game, we will definitely back ourselves to play some good running rugby and really have a go. Genia backed the Wallabies' new five-eighth James O'Connor, who has been under immense pressure to ignite the back line, praising his confidence under scrutiny. To his credit he has worked incredibly hard and he is a confident guy and backs his ability 100 per cent. That's what you want, the guys around him, the forwards, myself, you want someone who is confident and will make the calls. And that's what he does. Genia also deflected questions about his knee, which he twinged in the first Test and played with it heavily strapped last weekend. "It gave me a bit of trouble after a knock in that first Test and I had a lot of time leading up to the second Test to get a lot of rest and physio and to get it right," he said. It all paid off, and I don't have any issues with it. Genia will reunite with Lions halfback Mike Phillips, who sat out the second Test with a knee niggle. "He likes to get his hands on the ball and run and I guess get stuck in," Genia said. He's abrasive and he's physical and that's what he brings to the game.