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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
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt.

Schmidt’s new coaching role in Australian rugby revealed

Joe Schmidt will finish up as Wallabies head coach in July, but he won’t be lost to Australian rugby, having agreed to a new role for later this year.

  • 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
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Kiwi counterpart Christopher Luxon traded light-hearted barbs in Noosa on Saturday.

CGT would be a ‘wrecking ball’ for Kiwi economy, NZ PM tells Albanese

The prime minister and his Kiwi counterpart have traded light-hearted barbs in Noosa, masking a deep divide over capital gains tax as both leaders face looming domestic battles.

  • Rob Harris
Lehopa Leota, who plays for Racing 92 in France.

How the French will be paying to develop the next generation of Wallabies

The niggly relationship between Australian and French rugby has taken another twist that could one day pay off for the Wallabies.

  • Paul Cully
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