Rookie Folau can't wait for 'Origin' against All Blacks Instinctive: Israel Folau at Wallabies training this week. Israel Folau came off second best in some breakdown work at training this week but it doesn't seem to have put him off a future in rugby. A large gash down the left temple couldn't dim Folau's enthusiasm about being named Australia's Super Rugby rookie of the year on Thursday. Nor did it stop him from saying for the first time that he wanted to "get a signature on paper" and seal his medium-term future in rugby. "The discussions are really positive at the moment so things are looking pretty good," he said. We've just got to patch down a few things and then we'll hopefully get a signature on paper. Folau said it was pure enjoyment that had him on the verge of making what is believed to be a two-year commitment to the sport. "I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did, but with Michael [Cheika] coaching the side at the Waratahs, that different style of rugby, luckily enough it suited me, running with the ball and attacking," he said. We [the Wallabies] played a bit like that in the [British and Irish] Lions series, and hopefully we can try and do that through this [Rugby] Championship and Bledisloe. The Wallabies winger has acquired an unexpected ally along the way. After meeting All Blacks legend and his childhood hero Jonah Lomu a couple of years ago, the pair have kept in contact. "He just says to go out there and play to your instincts and the way you see the game pan out," Folau said. He's a perfect example of playing to your instincts. A certainty to make the final cut for the Wallabies squad when it is named on Friday, Folau likened a Bledisloe Cup Test to an Origin match. "Once they put that All Blacks jersey on, they grow another leg," he said. They're similar to maybe playing Origin in league, when the [Queensland] boys pull that maroon jersey on I guess that passion comes out. There have been no discussions between player and coach about which number Folau might wear on his back. He played his first three Tests on the wing after a season at fullback for NSW. With incumbent fullback Kurtley Beale injured and Brumbies left-footer Jesse Mogg in commanding form, new Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie may be able to experiment with a bit of both. Folau confirmed he had trained both positions this week after recovering from the hamstring injury that ended his Lions involvement early. "I've been enjoying his company and the way he's coaching the team, it's very simple," he said. The 24-year-old confessed to not feeling much like a "rookie" seven years into his professional career, but said being involved in the series was his only priority. "It doesn't get any bigger than playing the All Blacks, it's the ultimate," he said. I have always watched rugby since I was a kid and I have never been to a Bledisloe Cup game live. I always enjoyed watching the haka as they do it. Standing there in the line facing them would be very exciting.