"Australian Wallabies" redirects here. For other uses, see Wallaby (disambiguation).
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Australia women's national rugby union team.
Australia
Nickname(s)
Wallabies
Emblem
Wallaby
Union
Rugby Australia
Head coach
Joe Schmidt
Captain
Will Skelton
Most caps
George Gregan (139)
Top scorer
Michael Lynagh (911)
Top try scorer
David Campese (64)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current
9 (as of 18 March 2024)
Highest
2 (2004)
Lowest
10 (2023, 2024)
First international
Australia 13–3 British Isles (Sydney, New South Wales; 24 June 1899)
Biggest win
Australia 142–0 Namibia (Adelaide, Australia; 25 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 53–8 Australia (Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 August 2008)
World Cup
Appearances
10 (First in 1987)
Best result
Champions (1991, 1999)
Tri Nations/Rugby Championship
Appearances
28
Best result
Champions (2000, 2001, 2011, 2015)
Medal record
Men's rugby
1908 London
Team
Website
rugby.com.au
The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team.
Australia have competed in all nine Rugby World Cups, winning the final on two occasions and also finishing as runner-up twice. Australia beat England at Twickenham in the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and won again in 1999 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff when their opponents in the final were France.[1]
The Wallabies also compete annually in The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri-Nations), along with southern hemisphere counterparts Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. They have won this championship on four occasions. Australia also plays Test matches against the various rugby-playing nations.
More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
^"World Cup 1991". London: BBC Sport. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
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Australia 13–3 British Isles 
Australia 142–0 Namibia 
South Africa 53–8 Australia 
