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Current Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt (L) and incoming Wallabies head coach Les Kiss.

The Wallabies are back, but incoming coach Les Kiss is nowhere to be seen. This is why

In an unusual mid-season baton change, Kiss will take over from Joe Schmidt at the end of July. The transfer plan is complex – and potentially contentious.

  • Iain Payten

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The Wallabies celebrate a remarkable victory against South Africa in 2025. The July Tests will be another huge test.

The credibility of the Wallabies and Super Rugby goes on the line in July

The stakes for Australia, New Zealand and Super Rugby Pacific will be very high during the opening clashes in the new Nations Championship.

  • Paul Cully
Edie Burke and father Matt

Why a Wallabies legend shed a tear watching his daughter follow in his footsteps

Matt Burke scaled the heights in rugby, playing for NSW and the Wallabies. But the pride in watching his daughter Edie debut for the Waratahs topped it all.

  • Iain Payten
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04: James Slipper of the Wallabies walks off the field for his final game through a guard of honour during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between Australia Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks at Optus Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Slipper to make Wallabies comeback amid front-row injury crisis

The Wallabies’ most-capped player in history farewelled international rugby last year in emotional scenes. Eight months later, he’s back.

  • Iain Payten
Australia’s Max Jorgensen, right, pounces on the ball to score a try during the rugby union Nations Series match between France and Australia in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘They’ll be sending their best’: Waugh confident of French force as demand for Wallabies rolls on

Australian interest in Super Rugby may be dwindling but public hunger to watch Test rugby shows no signs of abating, with another Wallabies Test already sold out.

  • Iain Payten
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has missed a lot of football in 2026.

Fewer Brumbies, only three Tahs and Suaalii on the bench. The Wallabies team I would pick on form

The outstanding form of Queensland Reds centre Filipo Daugunu means $5 million man Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii should not start for the Wallabies against Ireland in July.

  • Paul Cully
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Damian McKenzie in action for the Chiefs.

McReight’s heroics in vain as Kiss’ tenure ends valiantly at the Chiefs’ hands

Les Kiss’ time at the Reds is over, but the signs his outfit showed in their defeat to the Chiefs offers hope the Wallabies can become a juggernaut again. 

  • Nick Wright
The Brumbies look dejected in Wellington.

Brumbies thrashed by record margin, veteran star set to play on

James Slipper is in talks to postpone retirement plans and play on for the Brumbies - at least - next season.

  • Iain Payten
Fraser McReight will captain the Queensland Reds in 2026.

Wallabies legend breaks down what makes McReight so good

An Australian great who played during the Wallabies golden era has outlined why the Queensland superstar was on course to become the nation’s best.

  • Nick Wright
Tim Ryan at Allianz Stadium earlier this month.

The family ties which kept ‘Junkyard Dog’ from rugby league’s clutches

Ahead of the Reds’ Super Rugby quarterfinal clash with the Chiefs, a rising star also revealed how Max Jorgensen was inspiring him to new heights of his own.

  • Nick Wright