By the time Australia travel to Japan to take on Eddie Jones’s Brave Blossoms, a new coach will be in charge of the national side, preparing for the first 2026 Nations Championship between Europe and the Rest of the World, and the 2027 World Cup on home soil.
The most important Wallabies winter in two decades kicks off this weekend when Australia’s Super Rugby Pacific sides play their first games of the 2025 season.
A raft of law tweaks should suit the all-out attack of the Australian sides while the hunt for a new Wallabies coach adds a new level of intrigue.
The hunt for a new Wallabies coach adds a new level of intrigue to the Super Rugby Pacific season.
All Australia’s Super coaches are strong contenders for the top job with Les Kiss at the Queensland Reds, Dan McKellar at NSW Waratahs and Stephen Larkham at the ACT Brumbies the frontrunners, and each boasts a side studded with Wallabies.