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{{Infobox national rugby team
| Name                  = Australia
| Nickname              = ''Wallabies''
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| Emblem                = [[Wallaby]]
| Union                 = [[Rugby Australia]]
| Confederation         = [[Oceania Rugby]]
| Coach                 = [[Joe Schmidt (rugby union)|Joe Schmidt]]
| Captain               = [[Harry Wilson (rugby union)|Harry Wilson]]
| Most caps             = [[James Slipper]] (140)
| Top scorer            = [[Michael Lynagh]] (911)
| Top try scorer        = [[David Campese]] ([[List of international rugby union tries by David Campese|64]])
| World Rugby Trigramme = AUS
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| World Rugby Rank      = 8
| World Rugby Rank date = 11 November 2024
| World Rugby max       = 2
| World Rugby max year  = 2004{{efn|2004–2005, 2007, 2010–2012, 2015–2016}}
| World Rugby min       = 10
| World Rugby min year  = 2023, 2024
| First game            = '''{{flagdeco|Australia|colonial}} Australia''' 13–3 [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} <br/>([[Sydney]], [[Colony of New South Wales|New South Wales]]; 24 June 1899)
| Largest win           = '''{{flagdeco|Australia}} Australia''' 142–0 {{ru-rt|Namibia}} <br/>([[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]; 25 October 2003)
| Largest loss          = {{nowrap|{{ru|South Africa}} 53–8 '''Australia {{flagdeco|Australia}}''' <br/>([[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]; 30 August 2008)}}
| World cup apps        = 10
| World cup first       = 1987
| World cup best        = '''''[[List of Rugby World Cup finals|Champions]]''''' ([[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991]], [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999]])
| Rugby Championship apps = 28
| Rugby Championship best = '''''[[Tri Nations Series champions|Champions]]''''' ([[2000 Tri Nations Series|2000]], [[2001 Tri Nations Series|2001]], [[2011 Tri Nations Series|2011]], [[2015 Rugby Championship|2015]])
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| website               = {{URL|https://www.rugby.com.au/teams/wallabies|rugby.com.au}}
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The '''Australia men's national rugby union team''', nicknamed the '''Wallabies''', is the representative men's 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 (rugby union)|test match]] against the touring [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] team.

Australia has competed in all ten [[Men's Rugby World Cup]]s, winning the final on two occasions and also finishing as runner-up twice. Australia beat [[England national rugby union team|England]] at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] in the final of the [[1991 Rugby World Cup]] and won again in [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999]] at the [[Millennium Stadium]] in Cardiff when their opponents in the final were [[France national rugby union team|France]].<ref name="Nick Farr-Jones">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/3109133.stm |title=World Cup 1991 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=21 May 2007 | date=18 November 2003 | location=London}}</ref>

The Wallabies also compete annually in [[The Rugby Championship]] (formerly the Tri-Nations), along with southern hemisphere counterparts [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]]. They have won this championship on four occasions. Australia also plays Test matches against the various [[List of international rugby union teams|rugby-playing nations]].

More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the [[World Rugby Hall of Fame]].

==History==
{{Further|History of rugby union in Australia}}

===Early years===
[[File:1899 Australian Team.jpg|thumb|left|The 1899 Australia team]]
Australia's first international match was played against the touring [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] team in 1899. The first Test was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and won 13–3 by Australia, but the tourists won the remaining three Tests.<ref name="BIL1899">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.lionsrugby.com/1899.htm
 |title=1899 – Australia
 |publisher=lionsrugby.com
 |access-date=25 July 2007
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200703/http://www.lionsrugby.com/1899.htm
 |archive-date=27 September 2007
 |url-status=live
}}</ref> The Australian team for the first match consisted of six players from Queensland and nine from New South Wales.<ref name = smh-1899>{{cite web
|date=24 June 1899
|title= The English Footballers. England v. Australia.
|work= The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date= 24 December 2013
|url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14250165?
}}</ref> The team wore the blue of New South Wales when playing in Sydney and the maroon of Queensland when playing in Brisbane, but with an Australian Coat of Arms in place of the usual emblems of each colony.<ref>{{cite web
 |title= History of the Australian Jersey
 |website= Australian Rugby Union
 |access-date= 24 December 2013
 |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/ARUHQ.aspx#History
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014215050/http://www.rugby.com.au/ARUHQ.aspx
 |archive-date= 14 October 2013
}}</ref>

The first Test between Australia and {{nrut|New Zealand}} was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1903, with New Zealand winning 22–3.<ref name = smh-17-3-03/> This tour improved rugby's popularity in Sydney and Brisbane and helped to boost club match attendances.<ref name = aru-hist/>

[[File:Australia squad 1908.jpg|thumb|left|The squad that went on tour in 1908–09]]
In 1907 the [[New South Wales Rugby League]] was formed and star player [[Dally Messenger]] left rugby union for the rival code.<ref name="dallym">{{cite web |publisher=BBC Sport | title=Australian rugby|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/scrumv/features/history/australianhistory.shtml| access-date=5 August 2006}}</ref> The next year the first Australian rugby team to [[1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain|tour the British Isles]] left Sydney. Newspapers in England initially gave the team the name 'Rabbits'.<ref name="aru-08"/><ref name="Reason58">Reason (1979), pg 58.</ref> The Australian players thought this nickname derogatory and replaced it with 'Wallabies'.<ref name="Wallabies">{{cite web|url=http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/origins.htm |title=Club Histories – New Speculations |access-date=25 July 2007 |last=Fagan |first=Sean |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021080342/http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/origins.htm |archive-date=21 October 2006 }}</ref>

In 1909, when the new "[[Rugby Football League|Northern Union]]" code was still in its infancy in Australia, a match between the [[Australia national rugby league team|Kangaroos]] and the Wallabies was played before a crowd of around 20,000, with the Rugby League side winning 29–26.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kangaroos v. Wallabies |work=West Coast Times |place=New Zealand |page=4 |date=6 September 1909 |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WCT19090906.2.33.3 |access-date=3 December 2009 }}</ref>

The First World War had a very negative effect on rugby union in Australia. All rugby union competitions in New South Wales and Queensland ceased after the state bodies decided it was inappropriate to play football when so many young men were fighting overseas. The sport of rugby union was all but closed down causing many players to switch to rugby league – which did not cease playing during the war.

In Queensland regular competitions did not commence again until 1929, and there was no official Australian team selected through most of the 1920s before the [[1929 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1929 All Blacks tour]]. The New South Wales Waratahs were re-formed in 1920, however, and played regularly throughout the decade including a series of matches against New Zealand and {{nrut|South Africa}} before their [[1927–28 Waratahs tour of the British Isles, France and Canada|1927–28 tour of the British Isles, France and Canada]]. Because these Waratahs teams were Australia's only representatives at the time, all international matches they played during this period were accorded retrospective Wallaby status.<ref name = aru-hist/>

War hero Sir [[Weary Dunlop|Edward "Weary" Dunlop]] also played for Australia before [[World War II]]. He played on the side that was the first to win the [[Bledisloe Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=1278 |title=278th All Black Game |publisher=rugbymuseum.co.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614234354/http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=1278 |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}</ref>

===Post-war: 1946–1959===
[[File:Solomon chaired 1953.jpg|thumb|upright|Wallaby captain Solomon chaired by the Springboks 1953]]The first Test to following World War Two was played at [[Carisbrook]], [[Dunedin]] between Australia and New Zealand in 1946, which New Zealand won 31–8. Australia did not win on the three match tour; beaten 20–0 by New Zealand Maori, and then losing 14–10 to the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]] the following week. Australia embarked on a [[1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America|tour of the home nations in 1947–48]]. The successful tour fell short of an undefeated run when the Australians lost to France in their last match, in Paris. Players on the rise included [[Trevor Allan (rugby)|Trevor Allan]], [[Cyril Burke]] and [[Nicholas Shehadie]].<ref name="Nicholas Shehadie">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/wallaby_hall_of_fame/sir_nicholas_shehadie_ac_obe,49730.html |title=Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE |publisher=Australian Rugby Union |access-date=22 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201075443/http://www.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/wallaby_hall_of_fame/sir_nicholas_shehadie_ac_obe%2C49730.html |archive-date=1 February 2008 }}</ref>

After returning from the successful European tour, Australia hosted the New Zealand Maori in a three match series in 1949; both sides winning once, with one draw. In September of that year, Australia played the All Blacks twice in New Zealand, winning both games and taking back the Bledisloe Cup for the first time on New Zealand soil. The 'Number 1' All Black side was touring South Africa at the time and the wins by Australia against the B-team have sometimes been downgraded. However, in deference to the apartheid system then in operation in South Africa, the NZRU did not select any Maori players for the tour. Many of those regular All Black Maori played against Australia instead and it could be said that the New Zealand team that played Australia was at least as good as the one on tour in South Africa. The British Isles toured Australia in 1950, and won both of the Tests against Australia. The following year Australia fell to a three Test whitewash to the All Blacks. Australia won in July 1952, defeating {{nrut|Fiji}} at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] – they then lost the second Test to Fiji by two points. Australia managed to beat the All Blacks at [[Lancaster Park]] after the Fijian series; however they lost the second Test.

On this tour they also drew against Rhodesia in Kitwe 8–8.

===1960s===
The first match of the new decade was the win over Fiji at the SCG in the first match of a three Test series during 1961. This was followed by a second win, but Fiji grabbed a draw in the third Test. Australia then headed to South Africa, where they lost to the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]] in [[Port Elizabeth]] and [[Johannesburg]]. After returning home, they faced France at the SCG, who beat them 15–8.

In 1962, Australia played the All Blacks five times and lost all but a 9–9 draw at Athletic Park. After defeating {{nrut|England}} 18–9 in 1963 in Sydney, Australia beat the Springboks in consecutive Tests in South Africa; the first team to do so since the 1896 British team.

Fewer tests were played throughout the mid-1960s, with Australia only playing a three Test series against All Blacks in 1964. They won the third Test after losing the first two. The following year Australia hosted the Springboks for two Tests, winning 18–11 and 12–8. This was their first ever series win over South Africa and first over a major nation since 1934.

The British Isles came the following year, beating Australia 11–8 at the SCG, before hammering them 31–0 in Brisbane. Australia left for Europe in that December where a 14–11 victory over Wales was followed by a slim 11–5 defeat of Scotland. The tour continued into the following year where Australia beat England 23–11 before losing to Ireland 15–8 and France 20–14. Australia then hosted Ireland, who beat them again in Sydney. This was followed by a 20-point loss to the All Blacks. The following year, Australia lost to the All Blacks by just one point after a dubious penalty try. Later that year they defeated France for the first time by the same margin from a long drop goal by John Ballesty for their last win of the decade. After losing to Ireland and Scotland on tour, Australia hosted Wales who also beat them.

===1970s===
Australia played Scotland in 1970 and won by 20 points. The [[1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia|1971 South African tour of Australia]] took place the next season. Protests were held around Australia and in Queensland a [[state of emergency]] was issued in advance of one of the Tests. Australia toured France in November of that year; defeating France in Toulouse, but losing the second Test in Paris. France then visited Australia in June 1972 and played a two Test series where they won one and drew one. Australia then played three Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand—losing all three. They then stopped over in [[Suva]] to play Fiji on their return, where they won their only Test of the year.

The following year, Australia hosted Tonga, and after winning the first Test, they lost 11–16 at Ballymore in their second. Australia also had a [[1973 Australia rugby union tour of England and Wales|short tour of the United Kingdom]] in November 1973 where they lost 24–0 to Wales, and 20–3 to England. In 1974, Australia hosted the All Blacks for a three Test series—losing two, but drawing in Brisbane.

In 1974, former Wallaby [[Dick Marks]] was appointed as the inaugural National Director of Coaching, commencing a period of systematic improvement of Australian rugby coach and player development under the National Coaching Scheme. A turn around in performance of the national side soon followed, leading to outstanding international successes through the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>Meares and Howell; Wallaby Legends; Lothian Books, 2005</ref>

In 1975 Australia defeated England in a two Test series at home. Australia then played Japan for the first time; beating them by 30 points in the first of two matches, and then winning 50–25 in the second. They then travelled to the Northern hemisphere for matches against Scotland and Wales where they were not able to score a try in either of their losses. [[1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland|The tour of Britain and Ireland]] continued into 1976, and Australia lost to England at Twickenham, but were able to defeat Ireland at Lansdowne Road. On their way home Australia played one more match—in Los Angeles against the United States. Australia won 24–12. In June of that year, Australia hosted Fiji for a three Test series and won all three. Australia finished the year with their [[1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|tour of Europe]] where the team played two Tests against France in France, but lost both of them. There were no Wallaby tests played in 1977.

Wales toured Australia in 1978, and Australia beat them 18–8 at Ballymore, and then again by two points at the SCG. This was followed by a three match series with the All Blacks. Although New Zealand won the first two, Australia defeated them in the last Test at Eden Park with [[Greg Cornelsen]] scoring four tries. The following year Ireland visited Australia and defeated Australia in two Tests. Following this Australia hosted the All Blacks for a single Test at the SCG which Australia won 12–6. Australia then left for Argentina for two Tests. After going down 24–13 in the first, Australia finished the decade by beating Argentina 17–12 in [[Buenos Aires]].

===1980s===
In 1980 Australia won the [[Bledisloe Cup]] for only the fourth time—defeating New Zealand 2–1 in a three match series in Australia. This was the start of a successful era for Australia. In 1984 [[1984 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland|Australia toured]] the [[Home nations]] with a young side and new coach [[Alan Jones (radio broadcaster)|Alan Jones]]. The 1984 Wallabies became the first team from Australia to achieve a [[Grand Slam (Rugby Union)|Grand Slam]] by defeating all four Home Nations: England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and a strong [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]] side. The tour signalled the emergence of Australia as a serious force on the world stage. Many records were established on the tour including; 100 points being scored in the four Tests—the most scored by a touring team to the United Kingdom and Ireland, the first ever push-over try conceded by Wales in Cardiff, [[Mark Ella]] scoring a try in each match – a feat never before achieved.

[[File:Argentina australia 1987.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Australia playing {{nrut|Argentina}} at [[José Amalfitani Stadium|Vélez Sarsfield stadium]], 7 November 1987]]
In 1986 Australia toured New Zealand in a three match series for the [[Bledisloe Cup]]. New Zealand rugby was in turmoil as an unofficial team named [[New Zealand Cavaliers|The Cavaliers]] that contained the bulk of the All Blacks players toured South Africa. On return those All Blacks who had toured with The Cavaliers were banned from selection for the first Bledisloe Test. Australia went on to win the first match by 13–12. The ban on players was lifted for the second Test which was played on 23 August 1986 at Carisbrook. New Zealand squared the series 1–1 by winning the match 13–12. The match included controversy when Welsh referee Derek Bevan disallowed a try by Australia [[Number eight (rugby union)|number eight]] [[Steve Tuynman]]. The final match was played on 6 September 1986 at Eden Park. Australia beat a full strength New Zealand team 22–9 to secure their first series win on New Zealand soil.

Australia went into the inaugural [[Rugby Union World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] in [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]] confident. However, the semi-final against France at Sydney's [[Concord Oval]], was lost 30–26. Australia then lost the 3rd/4th play-off match against Wales. While Australia's performances over the three years under coach Alan Jones were of a high standard, Jones had a polarising effect on the team with many players unhappy with his management style. Mark Ella, who retired after the 1984 season, stated that he might not have retired had Jones not been coach. Notably, there were deep ructions between coach Alan Jones and influential [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|half-back]] Nick Farr-Jones. Before and during the 1987 World Cup Alan Jones increased his activities outside coaching Australia, including radio broadcasting. Following the World Cup Jones was removed as coach and [[Bob Dwyer]]—who had coached Australia in 1982 and 1983—returned to coach in 1988.

In 1989 the [[British & Irish Lions|British Lions]] toured Australia for the first time since 1966. After winning the first Test, Australia lost the second and third matches to lose the series 2–1. Bob Dwyer identified a lack of forward dominance as a major factor contributing to the loss and entered the 1990s with an aim to improve this facet of the Wallaby game.

[[John Egan Moulton|John Moulton]] was the Wallabies team doctor during the 1986 Bledisloe Cup win in New Zealand and the Rugby World Cup in 1987 and the Rugby World Cup victory in 1991.<ref>[http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/7753/ARU-pays-tribute-to-former-Wallaby-Doctor-Dr-John-Moulton-OAM.aspx ARU PAYS TRIBUTE TO FORMER WALLABY DOCTOR, DR. JOHN MOULTON OAM] Retrieved 19 May 2014</ref>

===1990s===
The team regrouped and then went into the [[1991 Rugby Union World Cup|1991 World Cup]] with a renewed attitude. In the pool games they beat Argentina, cruised to a 38–3 win over Wales, and beat Samoa 9–3 in a rain soaked game. During the quarter-final match against Ireland, Australia were never able to pull away from them. With literally seconds remaining on the clock, Ireland were up 18–15 before [[Michael Lynagh]] scored in the corner to break the hearts of the Irish and qualify for the semi-final against New Zealand. In the first half they raced to a 13–3 lead and then showed they could defend as the All Blacks pounded their line. They faced England in the final at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]. England changed their usually forward-dominated game plan and attempted to play more of a running game. It was unsuccessful and Australia battled out a 12–6 win. David Campese was named player of the tournament having scored six tries in a series of outstanding performances. Victory parades were held back in Australia for their national team.

The decade was one of the most important in the creation of the modern game. Australia's defence of the [[1995 Rugby Union World Cup|World Cup in South Africa]] in 1995 opened with defeat by the home side. Pool play was followed by an exit in the quarter-final against England courtesy of a long-range drop-goal from the boot of Rob Andrew. This was Australia's second worst World Cup result, on a par with Australia's unexpected exit from the 2007 campaign at the quarter-final stage, also against England. The [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri-Nations]] and [[Super 12]] tournaments were established that year, and started in 1996. This pushed the game into [[professionalism]]. In response to rugby's move to professionalism, the [[Rugby Union Players Association]] (RUPA) was established in October 1995 to safeguard the interests of Australia's professional rugby players.

[[Greg Smith (rugby coach)|Greg Smith]] was national coach in 1996 and 1997 when Australia only won two of their eight Tri-Nations Tests, both over South Africa in Australia, and suffered record-margin Test defeats by the All Blacks and Springboks. [[Rod Macqueen]] was appointed as Smith's successor and in 1998 Australia won both their Tests over the All Blacks to gain the Bledisloe Cup. They retained the Bledisloe in 1999 when they defeated the All Blacks by a record 28–7 in Sydney.

In the [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999 World Cup]] Australia won their pool and conceded only 31 points before facing Wales in their quarter-final. They won 24–9 before winning the semi-final 27–21 against defending champions South Africa. The semi-final was won after a memorable drop goal in extra time by [[Fly-half (rugby union)|fly-half]] [[Stephen Larkham]] (his first drop goal scored in a Test match). The final against France at [[Millennium Stadium]] was easily won by 35–12; with the majority of points courtesy of [[Fullback (rugby union)|fullback]] and goal-kicker [[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Matt Burke]].

In 1999, five Australian players won their second Rugby World Cup: Phil Kearns, John Eales, Tim Horan, Jason Little and Dan Crowley.

===2000s===
[[File:Australia - Ireland 15-11-2006-2.jpg|thumb|right|A line-out during {{nrut|Ireland}} against Australia in 2006.]]
In 2000 Australia retained the Bledisloe Cup, and won the Tri Nations for the first time. They repeated this in 2001 and also achieved their first ever series win over the [[British & Irish Lions]]. MacQueen, and captain [[John Eales]] both retired soon after this. They were replaced by coach [[Eddie Jones (rugby union)|Eddie Jones]] and captain [[George Gregan]]. This period also saw big-money signings of top-level [[rugby league]] footballers [[Mat Rogers]], [[Wendell Sailor]], and [[Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)|Lote Tuqiri]]—all of whom went on to represent Australia. This was a contrast to much of the previous century where many Rugby union players were lured to league with large salaries.

After not retaining the Tri-Nations in 2002, and losing the Bledisloe Cup in 2003 Australia made a strong start to their [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]] campaign with a 24–8 win over Argentina, and two large victories over Namibia and Romania. They then narrowly defeated Ireland 17–16 and Scotland 33–16, in the quarter-final. They claimed one of their greatest victories over New Zealand when they upset them in the semi-final winning 22–10, prompting [[George Gregan]] to taunt the New Zealanders with the words "Four more years boys, four more years".<ref name="1995Favourites">{{cite news| url= http://worldcupweb.com/WCrugby/donews.asp?ID=1634| title= All set for World Cup semis| publisher= worldcupweb.com| date= 14 November 2003| access-date= 15 November 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061111001951/http://www.worldcupweb.com/WCrugby/donews.asp?ID=1634| archive-date= 11 November 2006| url-status= dead}}</ref> They played England in a thrilling [[2003 Rugby World Cup Final|final]] and were finally beaten after England's [[Jonny Wilkinson]] kicked a [[drop goal]] in extra time.

In 2005 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the professionalism of rugby union the [[Wallaby Team of the Decade]] was announced. John Eales being named captain by a selection panel of 30. Following the 2005 European tour, media outlets such as the Daily Telegraph called for the sacking of both Eddie Jones and George Gregan. Former coach Alan Jones also called for their sacking. The record of eight losses from their last nine Tests resulted in Jones being fired by the Australian Rugby Union.

[[John Connolly (rugby)|John Connolly]] was named as the head coach of Australia in early 2006. Australia won both of two Tests against England in 2006, as well as a subsequent win over Ireland. Australia lost by 20 points in their opening Tri-Nations fixture against the All Blacks. They then beat South Africa in Brisbane by 49–0. They won one of their remaining four matches of the tournament. Following defeat by England in the quarter-finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Connolly announced he was resigning as head coach.

Robbie Deans was appointed head coach in early 2008 as the Wallabies began their preparations for the 2008 Tri-Nations series. After the retirement of George Gregan and Stephen Larkham after the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Deans had the task of choosing a squad minus some of its most experienced players. The Wallabies had mixed results in the [[2008 Tri Nations Series]], defeating New Zealand in Sydney and beating South Africa twice, in both Perth and Durban. However, the Wallabies suffered the worst defeat in their history, going down 53–8 to South Africa in Johannesburg.

2009 was not a good year for the Wallabies. It was a good start for them as they defeated the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]] 55–7 and then beat {{nrut|Italy}} in both tests and finishing off the Mid year test series with a 22–6 win over {{nrut|France}}. It went downhill from there as they finished 3rd in the Tri Nations with three losses to the All Blacks (22–16, 19–18 and 33–6) and two losses to the World Champion Springboks (29–17 and 32–25). Their only win in the [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri Nations]] was a 21–6 win over South Africa. In the [[2009 end of year rugby tests|Autumn Internationals]] of 2009, they lost to New Zealand 32–19, they beat England 18–9 on [[Jonny Wilkinson]]'s return in the English jersey. The Wallabies then drew with Ireland 20–20 after [[Brian O'Driscoll]]'s last minute try to give [[Ronan O'Gara]] a relatively easy conversion to draw level. They then lost to Scotland for the first time in 27 years. The final score was 9–8 despite the 3–3 score at half time. The Wallabies only won 7 out of their 14 games in 2009 but were still [[IRB World Rankings|ranked]] 3rd in the world.

===2010s===
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2010 saw improved results in the Tri Nations series, with a very rare away win against {{nrut|South Africa}} awarding Australia the Mandela Plate and ensuring they retained second place both in the 2010 Tri Nations competition as well as the IRB World Rankings. However, they suffered their tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of {{nrut|New Zealand}}, an all-time record. Later that year however, Australia finally beat the All Blacks in a thrilling game that was played in Hong Kong. It was their first win against New Zealand in close to three years. However they suffered losses against {{nrut|England}} and [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] on their end of year European tour.

Australia's 2011 season began with a shock loss to {{nrut|Samoa}} in Sydney, (23–32) but they would go on to win that year's Tri Nations series; a tournament which they had not won since [[2001 Tri Nations Series|2001]]. They however failed the following season in their attempt to win the expanded version of the competition in 2012 called [[The Rugby Championship]].

Australia also won their first match against {{nrut|Italy}} in the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]], but lost their second 2011 World Cup match, 6–15 against {{nrut|Ireland}}. Injuries to crucial players [[Digby Ioane]] and [[Stephen Moore (rugby union)|Stephen Moore]] influenced the results, alongside poor line-out throwing. In their third [[2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C|Pool C]] match, against the {{nrut|United States}}, the Wallabies eventually won 67–5, with [[Rob Horne]], [[Rocky Elsom]], [[Kurtley Beale]], [[Drew Mitchell]], [[Pat McCabe (rugby union)|Pat McCabe]] and [[Radike Samo]] all scoring a try, while [[Anthony Fainga'a]] scored two tries and [[Adam Ashley-Cooper]] scored three. The Wallabies won their last pool match against {{nrut|Russia}}, 68–22. The Wallabies beat the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]] 11–9 to progress into the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/the-wallabies-still-have-a-quarter-final-spot-to-earn-deans/story-fn8ti7yn-1226154412297|title=The Wallabies still have a quarter final spot to earn: Deans - thetelegraph.com.au<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> However a week later the Wallabies were knocked out of the 2011 World Cup after being defeated 6–20 by the All Blacks in the second semi-final match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/5793924/All-Blacks-out-muscle-Wallabies-reach-final|title=Rugby World Cup - All Blacks out-muscle Wallabies,... |website=Stuff.co.nz|date=17 October 2011 }}</ref> They then faced {{nrut|Wales}} in the bronze medal final, narrowly winning 18–21.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/9620926.stm|title=Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales 18-21 Australia - as it happened |date=21 October 2011 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Following the Wallabies' defeat to the [[British & Irish Lions]] in their [[2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia|2013 tour]], and with a winning rate of 58.1%, a poor 3–15 record against the All Blacks, Deans came under increasing pressure to keep his coaching position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-06/lions-roar-past-wallabies-to-break-tour-drought/4803966 |title=Lions Tour 2013: British and Irish Lions break tour drought with third Test rout of Wallabies |date=2013-07-06 |website=[[ABC Online]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709073954/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-06/lions-roar-past-wallabies-to-break-tour-drought/4803966 |archive-date=2013-07-09 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8685921 |title=Deans seems resigned to dark fate |date=2013-07-06 |first=Jim |last=Morton |work=[[Nine's Wide World of Sports]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711083542/https://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8685921 |archive-date=2013-07-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/secret-talks-replace-deans-after-wallabies-collaps/1935467/ |title=Secret talks to replace Deans after Wallabies collapse |date=2013-07-07 |first=Gregor |last=Paul |newspaper=[[Sunshine Coast Daily]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708234759/https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/secret-talks-replace-deans-after-wallabies-collaps/1935467/ |archive-date=2013-07-08 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Deans resigned in July 2013, ending his six-year tenure as head coach of the Wallabies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23222989|title=Australia coach Robbie Deans resigns following Lions defeat|work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1516/ArticleID/9768/Default.aspx|title=Robbie Deans steps down as Wallabies coach}}</ref> During his tenure, Deans coached the Wallabies on 74 occasions winning 43 times, losing 29 and drawing twice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lassen.co.nz/pickandgo.php?fyear=2008-01-01&teama=AUS&head=Coaching%20Record%20-%20Robbie%20Deans|title=Robbie Deans Statistics}}</ref> He had won just three times against their main rivals, the All Blacks, with one draw in 2012. However, he left with a good record against the Springboks, with 9 wins from 14. Highlights during his tenure as coach included leading the Wallabies to a Tri Nations championship in 2011 and to a 3rd-place finish in the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]].

On 9 July 2013, [[Queensland Reds]] coach [[Ewen McKenzie]] was officially named Wallabies coach to replace [[Robbie Deans]].<ref>{{cite news|author=ABC News|title=Australian Rugby Union confirms Robbie Deans 'stood down' from Wallabies job on Monday|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-09/ewen-mckenzie-unveiled-as-wallabies-coach/4808328|work=ABC|date=9 July 2013 |publisher=News|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref>
McKenzie's first match in charge was a 47–29 loss to New Zealand in the opening fixture of the [[2013 Rugby Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/the-rugby-championship-2013/rugby/story/194955.html|title=All Blacks put Wallabies to the sword|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> In this match he gave five debutants their first cap. The 27–16 loss a week later, meant the Bledisloe Cup would stay with New Zealand for the 11th year in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/the-rugby-championship-2013/rugby/story/195639.html|title=All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> In addition to this, McKenzie led to team to a 38–12 loss to South Africa, the biggest ever winning margin by South Africa over Australia in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/the-rugby-championship-2013/rugby/story/197175.html|title=Springboks embarrass Wallabies|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> The 14–13 win over {{nrut|Argentina}} was McKenzie's first victory as an international coach, but the scoreless second half was the first time Australia had failed to score points in the second half since the home test v New Zealand in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/the-rugby-championship-2013/rugby/story/198427.html|title=Wallabies finally win under Ewen McKenzie|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> Australia's poor form in the Championship continued against South Africa, where Australia lost 28–8 in Cape Town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/the-rugby-championship-2013/rugby/story/200019.html|title=Springboks too good for Australia|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> However, Australia's final fixture of the Championship saw the Wallabies earn their first bonus point win in the Championship and saw them score the most points in either the Rugby Championship / Tri Nations. During the Championship, McKenzie made several bold moves as a coach. He dropped star player [[Will Genia]] for [[Nic White]], who at the time had only three caps, and named [[Ben Mowen]] as captain in his first year as a test player.

During the Bledisloe 3, New Zealand won 41–33 to win the Bledisloe series 3–0. During their [[2013 Australia national rugby union team tour of Great Britain, Ireland and Italy|2013 end of year tour]], McKenzie led the team to four consecutive wins (50–20 win over Italy, 32–15 win over Ireland, 21–15 win over Scotland and a 30–26 win over Wales) which was the first time Australia has done this since 2008. But Australia lost 20–13 to England in the opening match of the tour. However, during the tour Australia did retain the [[Lansdowne Cup]], reclaimed the [[Hopetoun Cup]] and claimed the [[James Bevan Trophy]] for the 6th time in a row.

In 2014, their four consecutive wins were increased to seven for the first time since 2000. They earned a 3–0 test series win over {{nrut|France}} during the [[2014 mid-year rugby union internationals|June International Window]], which included a 50–23 win in Brisbane, a 6–0 win in Melbourne and a 39–13 win in Sydney. The series win meant Australia reclaimed the [[Trophée des Bicentenaires]] for the first time since 2010, after losing it in 2012. The Wallabies' unbeaten run stretched to eight matches with a 12–12 draw with New Zealand, prompting optimism that Australia could finally reclaim the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2002, in addition to ending their 28-year winless run at [[Eden Park]]. However, Australia came crashing back to earth, suffering a 51–20 defeat during the second Bledisloe test, staged at the venue, stretching Australia's Bledisloe Cup drought to a 12th year. Australia managed to bounce back from that defeat, with hard fought 24–23 and 32–25 wins over South Africa and Argentina, with the latter win ensuring that Australia retained the [[Puma Trophy]]. However, Australia was unable to reclaim the [[Mandela Challenge Plate]], suffering a 28–11 loss to South Africa, after conceding three tries and a drop goal in the final 11 minutes of the match. A week later, Australia suffered a 21–17 loss to Argentina, their first loss to Argentina in 17 years. This loss meant that Australia became the first country to lose to Argentina in the Rugby Championship since Argentina's admittance in 2012. For the second consecutive year, Australia finished in third place in the Rugby Championship. On 18 October 2014, McKenzie resigned as the head coach of Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-18/all-blacks-sink-wallabies-with-victory-after-the-siren/5824558|title=All Blacks score last gasp win over Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup; Ewen McKenzie resigns|newspaper=ABC News|date=18 October 2014 |location=Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/story/244599.html|title=Australia: Ewen McKenzie resigns from Wallabies role - Live Rugby News - ESPN Scrum|author=ESPN Staff|work=ESPN scrum}}</ref> He left the Wallabies with 11 wins in 22 tests coached, for a winning percentage of just 50%. McKenzie left with a good winning record against European opposition, winning seven of eight tests played, the sole loss coming against England in November 2013. He also left with a good winning record against Argentina, with a 3–1 win–loss record. However, he left with a poor record against Rugby Championship opponents, failing to win a match against New Zealand and leaving with a 1–3 win–loss record against South Africa. On 22 October 2014, [[New South Wales Waratahs]] head coach [[Michael Cheika]] was appointed the new head coach of Australia, becoming Australia's third head coach in two years. In his first match as coach of Australia, Australia defeated [[Barbarian F.C.|the Barbarians]] 40–36 at [[Twickenham Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-02/wallabies-hold-barbarians-in-40-36-thriller/5860448|title=Wallabies beat Barbarians 40-36 to kick off European Rugby Tour and Michael Cheika's tenure|newspaper=ABC News|date=November 2014 |location=Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-match-report/wallabies-hang-on-to-beat-barbarians-at-twickenham-to-start-michael-cheikas-tenure-with-a-win-20141101-11fld9.html|title=Wallabies hang on to beat Barbarians at Twickenham to start Michael Cheika's tenure with a win|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=November 2014 }}</ref> On the 2014 end of year tour, Australia defeated Wales at the [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]] 33–28, delivering the Wallabies a 10th straight victory over the hosts in Michael Cheika's first Test as coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-match-report/bernard-foley-leads-wallabies-to-tight-win-against-wales-20141108-11j7qx.html|title=Bernard Foley leads Wallabies to tight win against Wales|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 November 2014 }}</ref> The Wallabies, though, were outscored by four tries to three, with fly-half [[Bernard Foley]] kicking a late drop goal and three second-half penalties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-09/wallabies-post-10th-straight-win-over-wales-with-33-28-triumph-/5877378|title=Wallabies post 10th straight win over Wales with 33-28 triumph at Millennium Stadium|newspaper=ABC News|date=8 November 2014 |location=Australia}}</ref> The Wallabies lost the other three test matches on the tour against France, Ireland and England which dropped them to sixth place on the world rankings.<ref name=WorldRank>{{cite news | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company |title=Wallabies fall to lowest-ever ranking of sixth ahead of Rugby World Cup |newspaper=ABC News |date=16 March 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/wallabies-fall-to-lowest-ever-world-ranking-of-sixth/6324482 |access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref>

2015 was a good year for the Wallabies, they won the Rugby Championship defeating South Africa (24-20), Argentina (9-34) and New Zealand (27-19). They failed to claim the Bledisloe Cup, however losing to their Trans-Tasman rivals the following week in Auckland 41-13. Then it was time for the Rugby World Cup. Australia was in "the pool of death" alongside Wales, Fiji, England and Uruguay. The Wallabies first match was against Fiji which Australia won 28–13. Then Australia slaughtered Uruguay 65–3. In the third round Australia defeated England at Twickenham 33–13, eliminating the host nation from their own World Cup. In the last pool match Australia luckily defeated Wales 15–6. In the quarter-finals they scraped a "controversial" win<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/19/craig-joubert-mistake-penalty-australia-scotland-world-cup |title=Craig Joubert 'made mistake' awarding Australia penalty against Scotland |date=2015-10-19 |first=James |last=Riach |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> over Scotland by 35–34. They then defeated Argentina in the semi-finals which took them to the Grand Final against New Zealand, which they lost 34–17.

2016 went badly for the Wallabies, the beginning of a severe downward trend in their results. In June the Australians hosted a [[2016 England rugby union tour of Australia|three-test series]] against Six Nations winners England, coached by former Wallabies overseer Eddie Jones. England won all three games, by 39–28, 23–7 and 44–40 respectively. Although they finally finished in 2nd place, with two wins over Argentina and one over South Africa, they lost both games against New Zealand in the [[2016 Rugby Championship|Rugby Championship]] plus the third Bledisloe test that year, continuing a miserable run against their trans-Tasman rivals. In the end of year internationals, Australia managed wins against Wales (32–8), Scotland (23–22) and France (25–23), but lost to Ireland 27–24 before losing a fourth game against England by 37–21.
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2017 saw little improvement. In the [[2017 June rugby union tests|2017 June internationals]] Australia secured wins against Fiji (37–14) and Italy (40–27), but lost against a Scotland side missing a number of players on duty for the [[2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand|British & Irish Lions]]. Their form continued into the [[2017 Rugby Championship]] where, despite again finishing 2nd in the table, they only won their two games against Argentina, lost both matches against New Zealand and struggled to two draws against a poor South Africa. Although they pulled off a surprise 23–18 win in the third Bledisloe test that year, in their autumn test season they only achieved wins against Japan (63–30) and Wales (29–21) before suffering a fifth straight defeat to England 30–6 and a crushing, record-setting loss to Scotland by 53–24.

2018 was one of the worst years ever for Australian rugby.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-year-in-review-wallabies-suffer-tough-year-on-and-off-the-field-20181216-p50mkd.html |title=Rugby year in review: Wallabies suffer tough year on and off the field |date=2018-12-22 |first=Georgina |last=Robinson |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> In the June series against Ireland, Australia won the first test 18–9, but lost the remaining matches 21–26 and 20–16 despite outscoring the [[2018 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations Grand Slam]] holders by five tries to three. The home series loss to Ireland was Australia's first since 1979. In that year's [[2018 Rugby Championship|Rugby Championship]] Australia again lost both matches against arch-rivals New Zealand. Although they secured a hard-fought 23–18 victory against South Africa in Round 2, they subsequently lost to Argentina at home for the first time since 1983, as well as the return fixture to South Africa 23–12. Their third win of the year was against Argentina where, despite losing the first half 31–7, the Wallabies pulled off an astonishing second-half comeback to win the match 45–34. In the final Bledisloe test, played at Yokohama stadium in Japan, the Wallabies were again trounced by New Zealand 37–20. That autumn, Australia suffered their first defeat to Wales in 10 years by 9–6. The scoreline of the Welsh game, as well as the result, exactly mirrored that of the first meeting between the sides 110 years earlier. They defeated Italy 26–7 the following week, before falling to a sixth defeat in a row to England by 37–18 the week after. The Wallabies finished 2018 having won only four games from thirteen tests played, marking that year as their direst run of results in the professional era, and their worst calendar year since 1958.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/26/rugby-australia-must-act-as-wallabies-worst-calendar-year-finishes |title=Rugby Australia must act as Wallabies' worst calendar year finishes |date=2018-11-25 |first=Bret |last=Harris |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

2019 saw some improvement from the previous year. Despite losing to South Africa 35-17 in Johannesburg, they defeated Argentina 16-10, and then Australia surprised New Zealand with a thumping 47–26 win in Perth, equalling the largest margin of defeat for the All Blacks in a test match, tied with Australia's 28–7 victory in 1999. New Zealand reversed the result in the return match in Auckland, however, with a comprehensive 36–0 win to retain the Bledisloe Cup. At the [[2019 Rugby World Cup]] Australia won three of their four pool matches, but a close loss to Wales led to a quarter-final fixture with England. Yet another defeat to the English, by 40–16, ended the Australian campaign and the following day Cheika announced that he would resign as head coach by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Decent |first1=Ton |title=Cheika quits: Wallabies coach falls on sword after World Cup exit |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/cheika-quits-wallabies-coach-falls-on-sword-after-world-cup-exit-20191020-p532h2.html |access-date=20 October 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191020143051/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/cheika-quits-wallabies-coach-falls-on-sword-after-world-cup-exit-20191020-p532h2.html |archive-date=20 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> His contract had been due to expire following the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael Cheika will see out Wallabies contract, says Rugby Australia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/28/michael-cheika-will-see-out-wallabies-contract-says-rugby-australia |access-date=20 October 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> The Wallabies ended the decade placed 6th in the international rankings, a fall of 3 places from the beginning of the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=world.rugby|title=Men's Rankings {{!}} World Rugby|url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.world.rugby}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
2020 saw mixed results. Cheika was replaced by [[Dave Rennie]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-19|title=Rugby Australia appoint New Zealander Dave Rennie as Wallabies coach|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/20/rugby-australia-appoint-dave-rennie-as-new-wallabies-coach|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> as head coach and due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] the [[2020 Super Rugby season]] was suspended<ref>{{Cite web|title=Super Rugby 2020 suspended for foreseeable future|url=https://www.superrugby.co.nz/news/super-rugby-2020-suspended-for-foreseeable-future/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=superrugby.co.nz|date=15 March 2020 |language=en-GB}}</ref> after only 1 month of playing. This forced the cancellation of many fixtures against northern hemisphere teams, limiting Australia to playing New Zealand and Argentina in a reverted Tri-Nations outfit. In the first match of the Bledisloe Cup in Wellington, Australia tied 16–16 with New Zealand, the closest they had come to winning a match in New Zealand for 20 years. Critics praised Rennie for his replacement of departed players such as [[Will Genia]] and [[Kurtley Beale]]. However, they criticised utility back [[Reece Hodge]] for missing a 50-metre penalty goal to win the match. In the second match, New Zealand played a tougher game, with Australia having to try to break their 35-year drought at [[Eden Park]]. They were outclassed 27-7 despite being 3 points down at halftime. The third leg played in Sydney was a horror match, with the Wallabies going down 43–5 to the Kiwis,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-31|title=Ruthless All Blacks score record victory over Wallabies to retain Bledisloe Cup|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-31/all-blacks-thrash-wallabies-to-retain-bledisloe-cup-in-sydney/12831976|access-date=2021-04-08|website=abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> a record loss and the largest win in Bledisloe Cup history. Australia next played New Zealand at [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]] in Brisbane, where they finally notched a 24–22 win, thanks to debutant winger [[Tom Wright (rugby, born 1997)|Tom Wright]] scoring in the first 10 minutes. They next played Argentina, where they drew 15-all and Hodge once again missed a penalty goal to seal the match. They played the Los Pumas once more, and the result was the same result as Wellington, a 16-all draw. The Wallabies finished 2020 by bumping up to sixth in the world rankings behind Ireland.

2021 brought both highs and lows. The [[2021 France rugby union tour of Australia|July internationals series]] saw France touring Australia, and as Sydney went into lockdown due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the first 2021 test was rescheduled to be played at [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-27|title=Changes to 2021 Test calendar|url=https://wallabies.rugby/news/2021/06/27/changes-to-test-calender|access-date=2021-10-11|website=wallabies.rugby|language=en-AU}}</ref> The Wallabies opened with a 23—21 win, leapfrogging both France and Wales up to fifth in the world rankings,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-12|title=Wallabies rise from seventh to fifth in World Rugby rankings after beating France in Brisbane|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/wallabies-climb-world-rugby-rankings-australia-vs-france-2021-series-news/c32148b4-e6c5-48ad-ac4b-4e68b12d56c6|access-date=2021-10-11|website=wwos.nine.com.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> and the [[France national rugby union team|Les Bleus]] responded with a 28—26 win at [[Melbourne Rectangular Stadium|AAMI Park]] in Melbourne, their first win in Australia since 1990. Play returned to Suncorp Stadium for the decider with the cumulative scores of the first two games 49—49. With 5 minutes remaining and the scores tied at 30-all, the series was on a knife's edge, but the final points were notched up with a penalty kick by [[Noah Lolesio]], giving a 33—30 win and series win to the Wallabies. The massive challenge of back-to-back games at [[Eden Park]] for the Bledisloe Cup brought two losses, 25—33 for the first game, and a heavy 22—57 defeat in the opening [[2021 Rugby Championship|Rugby Championship]] match. With New Zealand having already secured the cup for the 19th consecutive year, the All Blacks remained undefeated in the 2021 Bledisloe series as the Wallabies again went down 21—38 in Perth. However, things started to improve for the Wallabies for the rest of the Rugby Championship. [[Quade Cooper]] made a much-anticipated return to the Wallabies against South Africa at fly-half and produced a stellar performance, leading the Wallabies to a 28—26 win after kicking 8 from 8 off the tee. Australia followed this up with an even more convincing 30—17 win over the Springboks, launching them to third in world rankings behind the world champions South Africa, and New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-18|title=Wallabies chalk up back-to-back wins over Springboks with 30-17 Rugby Championship Test triumph|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-18/rugby-championship-wallabies-beat-springboks-in-brisbane/100473692|access-date=2021-10-11|website=abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> Back-to-back wins against Argentina put the Wallabies second on the final table behind the All Blacks, with 4 consecutive wins in the Rugby Championship for the first time ever. During the [[2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals|Spring Tour]], the Wallabies called up [[Tolu Latu]], [[Will Skelton]] and [[Rory Arnold]] to help boost their forward pack.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williamson|first=Nathan|date=2021-10-08|title=Overseas trio called up as Wallabies name squad for Spring Tour {{!}} Latest Rugby News {{!}} Wallabies Rugby|url=https://wallabies.rugby/news/wallabies-name-squad-for-spring-tour-will-skelton-rory-arnold-2021107|access-date=2021-11-22|website=wallabies.rugby|language=en}}</ref> A surprise addition was [[Kurtley Beale]], who was called in after an injury to [[Reece Hodge]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-04|title='It's still a goal': Recalled Wallaby targets fourth RWC as Beale credits Quade for 'motivation'|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/wallabies-2021-kurtley-beale-targets-rugby-world-cup-2023-australia-vs-scotland-team-news-dave-rennie/news-story/2e691f3a51190dbaced76ee6dd8867ed|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Fox Sports|language=en}}</ref> Though the Wallabies won against Japan, they lost all their games in Britain, with close losses against Scotland and Wales, and a comprehensive defeat to England. This was the first time in 45 years that the Wallabies lost all games in a European tour.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-21|title='Horrendous': Rennie rips into officials after 14-man Wallabies fall to Wales|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300459372/horrendous-rennie-rips-into-officials-after-14man-wallabies-fall-to-wales|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> Australia finished the tour by falling to sixth in the world rankings, from a mid-year high of third in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=England, Ireland and France climb World Rugby rankings|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-ireland-and-france-climb-world-rugby-rankings/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=www.rugbypass.com|date=22 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

2022 was a hard year for the Wallabies. In the July test series against England, they won the opening game in Perth 30-28, their first victory against the English since 2015, but went on to lose the series losing 17-25 in Brisbane and 17-21 in Sydney. In their opening Rugby Championship match against Argentina, they were down 16-10 at halftime but made an astonishing comeback to win 26-41 in Mendoza, only for them to get thumped by the Pumas 48-17 the next week. They then dominated the Springboks 25-17 in Adelaide, but got stunned the next week in Sydney by the Boks (8-24) Then, in September 2022, the Wallabies dropped to their lowest-ever World Rugby ranking after losing to the All Blacks in Melbourne. The team fell to ninth on World Rugby's rankings ladder.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-16 |title=Wallabies to sink to record-low ranking |url=https://www.aap.com.au/uncategorised/wallabies-to-sink-to-record-low-ranking/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Australian Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> They sunk even lower after losing 40-14 to the All Blacks at Eden Park. The Wallabies then managed a close win against Scotland at Murrayfield (15-16), but went on to lose to France (30-29), a stunning loss to Italy (28-27) and to world no. 1 Ireland (13-10). The Wallabies were down 34-13 to Wales after 58 minutes of their last game of the season, but pulled off an amazing comeback to finish a woeful season on a high (34-39)
In 2023, Eddie Jones was back for another stint as coach. It was a slow start as they failed to regain the Bledisloe Cup for yet another year and finished last in the Rugby Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/jul/29/bledisloe-cup-2023-live-wallabies-vs-all-blacks-australia-v-new-zealand-score-aus-nz-rugby-union-championship-scores-results-lineup-kick-off-time-mcg-melbourne-latest-news-updates| title =Bledisloe Cup: Wallabies 7-38 All Blacks – as it happened|website=Guardian|date=30 July 2023 }}</ref>
The [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] was a disaster for the Wallabies as they failed to make it past the group stage for the first time. A loss to Fiji was followed by a record loss to Wales. Even though Australia finished level on points with Fiji, Fiji advanced due to winning the match between the two.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/67021813| title =Australia out of Rugby World Cup - what went wrong for Wallabies?|website=BBC|date=11 October 2023 }}</ref> 

2024 started well for Australia, who beat [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] 25-16 in their first match of the year under new coach [[Joe Schmidt (rugby union)|Joe Schmidt]], who gave 7 debutants their first cap. [[Liam Wright]] was named the captain for this match, becoming the most inexperienced Australian captain since [[Ken Catchpole]] captained Australia in his debut against Fiji in 1961. In the second match, they won 36-28, and thus retained the [[James Bevan Trophy]]. The Wallabies then went on to beat Georgia 40-29, giving the team a 100% record in the [[2024 mid-year rugby union tests]] for 2024. The [[2024 Rugby Championship]] saw the Wallabies finish at last place - they lost to South Africa twice in a row at home, with both results being highly in favour of the visitors, despite improvements from the team in each match. They beat Argentina in a close victory in [[La Plata]], but were destroyed 27-67, this result being the most points Australia had ever conceded in a rugby union match. The next match against the All Blacks was a tight affair - they were down 21-0  after 20 minutes, but the Wallabies had a spirited comeback that saw them fall just short of victory at 28-31 for [[James Slipper]]'s 139th test match, on par with [[George Gregan]]. The next match in Wellington saw the Wallabies take a rare lead in New Zealand, leading 13-12 just before the break but the All Blacks scored on halftime to go into the sheds 19-13 - unfortunately, Australia fell apart after the break and lost 13-33. 

== Jersey ==
{{Commons|Australia national rugby union team kits}}

The Wallabies play in [[National colours of Australia|Australia's traditional sporting colours]] of green and gold. Before there was a national jersey in place, the Wallabies would play in the jersey of the state the game was being held.<ref name="jerseyinfo">{{cite web
 |url = http://aru.rugby.com.au/about_the_aru/history_of_the_aru/history_of_the_aru,183.html |title= History of the Australian Jersey |access-date = 14 August 2007 |publisher = Australian Rugby Union |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070807135510/http://aru.rugby.com.au/about_the_aru/history_of_the_aru/history_of_the_aru%2C183.html |archive-date = 7 August 2007 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The [[Coat of arms of Australia|Australian Coat of Arms]] would often replace the state logo on the jersey, and a variety of these colours were used in a number of matches in the early 1900s.<ref name="jerseyinfo"/>

During their first years, the colours of the ''Wallabies'' changed depending on the place where they played. Between 1899 and 1904, the team wore sky blue jersey in Sydney and maroon during their games in Brisbane. During 1905–07, their switched to a maroon and light blue striped shirt, then returning to the sky blue (1908–1928).<ref name=roar/> In 1928 governing bodies agreed that "the Australian amateur representative colours of green and gold, should be adopted".<ref name="jerseyinfo"/> The following year the All Blacks came to Australia, and the jersey worn was emerald green with the Australian Coat of Arms; with green socks with bars on the top.<ref name="jerseyinfo"/> The jersey remained mainly the same, with a few variations, throughout the 1930s.<ref name="jerseyinfo"/> In the [[1961 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1961 tour of South Africa]], Australia wore the gold and green jersey for the first time, to avoid confusion with the ''Springboks'' colors.<ref name=roar>[https://www.theroar.com.au/2016/09/08/great-history-green-gold-wallabies-springboks-jerseys/ The great history of Green and Gold: The Wallabies and Springboks jerseys] by Harry Jones on Roar Guru website, 7 September 2016</ref>

[[File:Australia - Ireland 15-11-2006-1.jpg|right|thumb|An Australian national rugby union team jersey used in the 2000s]]
The away jersey usually is green or white, although in the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]], the Wallabies wore in the match against [[Romania national rugby union team|Romania]] a green and gold hooped jersey, with green shorts and socks.

Canterbury's design for Australia's 2007 World cup jersey was controversial, featuring a curved tan-coloured panel across the chest resembling the shape of a [[bra]].<ref name="RWC07Jersey">{{cite web |url=http://www.rucksandrolls.com/larkham-gregan-giteau-wallabies-rwc-07-jersey/ |title=The Wallabies New World Cup Jersey...ouch... |publisher=rucksandrolls.com |access-date=26 July 2007 |date=25 June 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070627154006/http://www.rucksandrolls.com/larkham-gregan-giteau-wallabies-rwc-07-jersey/ |archive-date= 27 June 2007|url-status= dead}}</ref> This led the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'s'' chief rugby correspondent to include a satirical piece in his column comparing it to [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]] and [[Frank Costanza]]'s infamous [[The Doorman (Seinfeld)|man bra]] from ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name=growden-2007>{{cite news |url=http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/12/1183833690325.html |title=Just one big Boks of contradictions |first=Greg |last=Growden |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=26 July 2007 |publisher=rugbyheaven.smh.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715064706/http://rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2007/07/12/1183833690325.html|archive-date=15 July 2007}}</ref>

In 2010, [[KooGa]] became the apparel sponsor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rugby.com.au/news/article,134179.html |title=KooGa appointed apparel sponsor for Qantas Wallabies from 2010 |access-date=28 November 2009 |publisher=Australian Rugby Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030052448/http://rugby.com.au/news/article%2C134179.html |archive-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead
}}</ref> The first KooGa jersey for the Wallabies under KooGa was used from 2010 through to the conclusion of the 2012 season, however, a different set of shorts and socks were made for the 2012 season. A new kit designed by KooGa was revealed in 2013 for the series against the British & Irish Lions. BLK Sport, previously the Australian subdivision of KooGa, became the apparel sponsor after that tour, with the BLK logo replacing the KooGa logo on the kit for the 2013 Spring Tour.

In October 2013, the ARU announced that Asics would be the apparel sponsor beginning in 2014. In the third 2017 Bledisloe Cup test, for the first time, the Wallabies played with an indigenous jersey. [[Cadbury]] became the major sponsor of the Wallabies in 2021, replacing Qantas as the front of jersey sponsor.<ref name=snt-2021>{{cite news |last1=Tahiri |first1=Quinton |title=Rugby Australia announces Cadbury as major Wallabies sponsor |url=https://sydneynewstoday.com/rugby-australia-announces-cadbury-as-major-wallabies-sponsor/182299/ |work=Sydney News Today |date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706040214/https://sydneynewstoday.com/rugby-australia-announces-cadbury-as-major-wallabies-sponsor/182299/ |archive-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="text-align:center; display:inline-table;"
|+ Kit manufacturer
! scope="col" style="width:6.6em;"| Period
! scope="col" style="width:8.9em;"| Brand
|-
| 1975–1988 || [[Adidas]]
|-
| 1989–1996 || [[Canterbury of New Zealand|Canterbury]]
|-
| 1997–1999 || [[Reebok]]
|-
| 2000–2009 || [[Canterbury of New Zealand|Canterbury]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2010–2013 || [[KooGa]]
|-
| [[Beyond Limits Known|BLK]] {{refn|BLK brand apparel was supplied for the [[2013 end-of-year rugby union tests|2013 end-of-year tour]].|group=note|name=blk}}
|-
| 2014–present || [[ASICS|Asics]]
|-
|}

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{| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="text-align:center; display:inline-table;"
|+ Jersey sponsor {{refn|Sponsored logos appear on jerseys for matches other than the [[Rugby World Cup]] where branding, except for logos of equipment manufacturers, is not allowed.|group=note|name=brand}}
! scope="col" style="width:8.9em;"| Brand
! scope="col" style="width:6.6em;"| Period
|-
| None || to 1988
|-
| [[Ricoh]] || 1988-1989
|-
| [[Castlemaine XXXX]] || 1990–1994
|-
| [[Schweppes]] || 1995–1997
|-
| [[Vodafone]] || 1998–2003
|-
| [[Qantas]] || 2004–2020
|-
| [[Cadbury]]<ref name=snt-2021/> || 2021–present
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==Nickname and mascot==
[[File:Wallabies-mother-and-son.jpg|thumb|right|[[wallaby|Wallabies]] in the wild]]
The nickname "Wallabies" is in reference to the [[wallaby]]—a marsupial that is widely distributed throughout Australia. The name has its origins during first United Kingdom and North America tour by the Australian team in 1908. New Zealand had just completed a tour and the English press dubbed their team the "All Blacks". It was suggested that Australia should too have a nickname, and "Rabbits" was one of the names suggested by the English newspapers. The Australians rejected this, and did not want the national team to be represented by an imported pest. They opted for the native Wallaby instead. At first it was only touring parties that were nicknamed the Wallabies; when Australia played domestically, they were referred to as internationals.<ref name="aru-08">{{cite web |year = 2008 |title = Australian Rugby Union, Annual Report 2008 |publisher = Australian Rugby Union |url = http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/Images/ARUimages/2011/AnnualReports/ARU_Annual_Report_2008.pdf |page = 17 |access-date = 24 June 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150401201859/http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/Images/ARUimages/2011/AnnualReports/ARU_Annual_Report_2008.pdf |archive-date = 1 April 2015 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="wallabyinfo">{{cite web |access-date=14 August 2007 |url=http://aru.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/brief_history/who_are_the_wallabies,143.html |title=A brief history |publisher=Australian Rugby Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814162752/http://aru.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/brief_history/who_are_the_wallabies%2C143.html |archive-date=14 August 2007 }}</ref>

The team mascot is known as [[Wally (Wallabies mascot)|Wally]]. The [[Wallabies Nunataks]] are named for the team.

==Record==
{{World Rugby Rankings|Australia|Australia|1|10|10|short=yes|history=yes}}
{{main|List of Australia national rugby union team records}}

When the [[IRB World Rankings|World Rankings]] were introduced in 2003, Australia was ranked fourth. Since then, the highest ranking Australia has achieved is second, and the lowest is ninth.<ref name="WorldRank"/><ref name="RankingsArchive">Ranking archives can be found at the IRB website; [http://www.irb.com/ www.irb.com]</ref>

===Rugby World Cup===
{{Main|Australia at the Rugby World Cup}}
Australia has appeared at every [[Rugby World Cup]] since the first tournament in [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]]. Australia was the first nation to win two World Cups, with victories in 1991 and 1999. They have progressed to four Rugby Union World Cup finals (tied with South Africa), one behind New Zealand's record of five. 

In 1987, Australia co-hosted the inaugural Rugby World Cup with New Zealand. They were grouped with England, the United States and Japan in Pool A. In their first ever World Cup match, Australia defeated England 19–6 at Concord Oval in Sydney then went on to beat their other pool opponents to finish the top of their group and advance to the quarter-finals where they defeated Ireland 33–15. They were knocked out by France in the semi-finals, and then lost the third place match against Wales.

Coached by [[Bob Dwyer]] for the [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991 World Cup]] in Europe, Australia again finished at the top of their pool, defeating Western Samoa, Wales and Argentina during the group stages. They met Ireland in the quarter-finals, beating them by one point to go through to the semi-finals, where they defeated the All Blacks 16–6 to qualify for their first World Cup final. Australia beat England 12–6 at Twickenham in the [[1991 Rugby World Cup Final]] to become world champions.

Australia were again automatically qualified for the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995 World Cup]] in South Africa and finished second in their pool, losing one game to hosts South Africa. They were then knocked out in the quarter-finals by England. In the 2009 feature film ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]'' based on the story of the 1995 tournament, Australia can be seen playing South Africa in one of the scenes.

[[Rod Macqueen]] was the Australian head coach for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999 World Cup]] in Wales. The team beat Ireland, Romania and the United States during the group stages and, after defeated hosts Wales in the quarter-finals, they turned the tables on defending champions South Africa, beating them 27–21 to make it to the final. There they defeated France 35 to 12, in the [[1999 Rugby World Cup Final]] and becoming the first nation to win the World Cup twice.

Australia were the sole hosts of the tournament in [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]], and went undefeated in Pool A, beating Ireland, Argentina, Romania and Namibia. Australia defeated Scotland in the quarter-finals, and then the [[All Blacks]] in what was regarded as an upset in the semi-finals, to go to the final. England won the final in Sydney during extra time with a [[Jonny Wilkinson]] drop goal.

The [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007 World Cup]] in France was not a successful tournament for the Wallabies. While they finished on top of their group in the pool stages, Australia was knocked out by England 12–10 in their quarter-final, again largely due to Jonny Wilkinson's goal-kicking prowess. This loss was widely regarded as an upset, given England had only finished 2nd in their pool and were ranked 7th. Nevertheless, England went on to upset hosts France in their semi-final match, and advanced to the final where they were beaten by South Africa.

{{Australia Rugby World Cup record}}

===Rugby Championship===
Australia's main annual tournament is [[The Rugby Championship]] (formerly the Tri-Nations from 1996 to 2011), competing with New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina who joined in 2012. Australia has won the tournament four times; in [[2000 Tri Nations Series|2000]], [[2001 Tri Nations Series|2001]], [[2011 Tri Nations Series|2011]] and [[2015 Rugby Championship|2015]]. Within the Rugby Championship, Australia also competes for the [[Bledisloe Cup]] with New Zealand, the [[Mandela Challenge Plate]] with South Africa, and the [[Puma Trophy]] with Argentina.<!-- comment out blank line
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{{The Rugby Championship Aggregate}}

===Series played===
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|-
! rowspan=2 |Team
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! style="width:30px; padding:1px;"|{{tooltip|P|Series played}}
! style="width:30px; padding:1px;"|{{tooltip|W|Series won}}
! style="width:30px; padding:1px;"|{{tooltip|D|Series drawn}}
! style="width:30px; padding:1px;"|{{tooltip|L|Series lost}} 
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|{{nowrap|{{flag|British & Irish Lions}}}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|8|1|0|7}}
|[[1899 British Lions tour to Australia|1899]], [[1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand|1904]], [[1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|1950]], [[1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand|1959]], [[1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand|1966]], [[1989 British Lions tour to Australia|1989]], '''[[2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia|2001]]''', [[2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia|2013]]
|
|-
|{{ru|New Zealand}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|31|6|1|24}}
|[[1907 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1907]], [[1910 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1910]], [[1914 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1914]], '''[[1929 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1929]]''', [[1932 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1932]], '''[[1934 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1934]]''', [[1938 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1938]], [[1947 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1947]], [[1951 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1951]],  [[1957 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1957]], [[1962 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1962]], [[1968 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji|1968]], [[1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji|1974]], '''[[1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji|1980]]''', [[1984 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1984]], [[1988 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|1988]], '''[[1992 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and South Africa|1992]]'''
|[[1913 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1913]], [[1936 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1936]], [[1946 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1946]], '''[[1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1949]]''', ''[[1952 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1952]]'', [[1955 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1955]], [[1958 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1958]], [[1962 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1962]], [[1964 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1964]], [[1972 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand and Fiji|1972]], [[1978 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1978]], [[1982 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1982]], '''[[1986 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1986]]''', [[1990 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand|1990]]
|-
|{{ru|South Africa}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|12|2|2|8}}
|[[1937 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand|1937]], [[1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand|1956]], '''[[1965 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand|1965]]''', [[1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia|1971]], '''[[1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia|1993]]''', ''[[2022 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia|2022]]'', [[2024 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia|2024]],
|[[1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1933]], [[1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1953]], [[1961 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1961]], ''[[1963 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1963]]'', [[1969 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa|1969]]
|-
|{{ru|Fiji}} 
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|3|2|0}}
|''[[1952 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia|1952]]'', ''[[1954 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia|1954]]'', '''[[1961 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia|1961]]''', '''[[1976 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia|1976]]''', '''[[1985 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia|1985]]'''
|
|-
|{{ru|France}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|13|7|3|3}}
|[[1972 France rugby union tour of Australia|1972]], '''[[1981 France rugby union tour of Australia|1981]]''', '''[[1990 France rugby union tour of Australia|1990]]''', '''[[1997 France rugby union tour of Romania and Australia|1997]]''', '''[[2002 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia|2002]]''', '''[[2008 France rugby union tour of Australia|2008]]''', '''[[2014 France rugby union tour of Australia|2014]]''', '''[[2021 France rugby union tour of Australia|2021]]'''
|''[[1971 Australia rugby union tour of France|1971]]'',  [[1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|1976]], [[1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France|1983]], ''[[1989 Australia rugby union tour|1989]]'', ''[[1993 Australia rugby union tour|1993]]''
|-
|{{ru|Tonga}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|0|1|0}}
|''[[1973 Tonga rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji|1973]]''
|
|-
|{{ru|England}}{{efn|name=GBR|Early in the history between the [[Home Nations]] meetings with Australia and the southern hemisphere teams (typically Australia, [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]]), Australia would play a one-off match in a tour against one, two, three or all four Home Nations teams. These were considered a tour and not a series.}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|6|3|1|2}}
|'''[[1975 England rugby union tour of Australia|1975]]''', '''[[1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji|1988]]''', '''[[2006 England rugby union tour of Australia|2006]]''', ''[[2010 England rugby union tour of Australasia|2010]]'', [[2016 England rugby union tour of Australia|2016]], [[2022 England rugby union tour of Australia|2022]]
|
|-
|{{ru|Japan}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|1|0|0}}
|'''[[1975 Japan rugby union tour of Australia|1975]]'''
|
|-
|{{ru|Wales}}{{efn|name=GBR}} 
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|5|0|0}}
|'''[[1978 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|1978]]''', '''[[1996 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|1996]]''', '''[[2007 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|2007]]''', '''[[2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|2012]]''', '''[[2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia|2024]]''' 
|
|-
|{{ru|Ireland}}{{efn|name=GBR}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|4|2|0|2}}
|[[1979 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia|1979]], '''[[1994 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia|1994]]''', '''[[1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia|1999]]''', [[2018 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia|2018]]
|
|-
|{{ru|Argentina}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|6|3|2|1}}
|''[[1983 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia|1983]]'', '''[[1986 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia|1986]]''', '''[[1995 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia|1995]]''', '''[[2000 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia and England|2000]]'''
|''[[1979 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina|1979]]'' , [[1987 Australia rugby union tour of Argentina|1987]]
|-
|{{ru|Scotland}}{{efn|name=GBR}} 
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|4|1|0}}
|''[[1982 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia|1982]]'', '''[[1992 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia|1992]]''', '''[[1998 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania|1998]]''', '''[[2004 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania|2004]]'''
| '''[[2004 Australia rugby union tour of Europe|2004]]'''
|-
|{{ru|Canada}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|1|0|0}}
|'''[[1985 Canada rugby union tour of Australia|1985]]'''
|
|-
|{{ru|Italy}}
{{WDL|decimals=2|2|2|0|0}}
|'''[[1994 Italy rugby union tour of Australia|1994]]''', '''[[2009 June rugby union tests|2009]]'''
|
|-
!colspan=8|
|-
!Total
{{WDL|decimals=2|100|40|13|47}}
! colspan=2 style="font-size:85%; font-weight:normal;" |{{hlist|'''Bold text''' denotes series was won by Australia | ''Italic text'' denotes series was drawn }}
|}

===Overall===
{{main article|List of Australia national rugby union team test match results}}
Below is a summary of the Test Matches played by Australia up until '''17 November 2024''':<ref name="RugbyDataOverall">{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbydata.com/australia/teamsplayed |title=International Teams > Australia > Teams Played |publisher=rugbydata.com |access-date=26 May 2007 |date=26 May 2007 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092704/http://www.rugbydata.com/australia/teamsplayed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width:180px;"| Opponent
! style="width:50px;"| Played
! style="width:50px;"| Won
! style="width:50px;"| Lost
! style="width:50px;"| Drawn
! style="width:50px;"| Win%
! style="width:50px;"| For
! style="width:50px;"| Aga
! style="width:50px;"| Diff
|-
| {{ru|ARG}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Argentina and Australia|41]] || 29 || 9 || 3 || {{#expr:29/41*100 round 2}}% || 1,130 || 785 || +345
|-
| {{flag|British & Irish Lions}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and the British & Irish Lions|23]] || 6 || 17 || 0 || 26.09% || 248 || 414 || –166
|-
| {{ru|CAN}} || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 283 || 60 || +223
|-
| {{ru|ENG}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and England|56]] || 27 || 28 || 1 || {{#expr:27/56*100 round 2}}% || 1,197 || 1,067 || +130
|-
| {{ru|FIJ}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and Fiji|23]] || 19 || 3 || 1 || {{#expr:19/23*100 round 2}}% || 665 || 291 || +374
|-
| {{ru|FRA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and France|52]] || 29 || 21 || 2 || {{#expr:29/52*100 round 2}}% || 1,144 || 975 || +169
|-
| {{ru|GEO}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 102 || 52 || +50
|-
| {{ru|IRE}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland|37]] || 22 || 14 || 1 || {{#expr:22/37*100 round 2}}% || 746 || 548 || +198
|-
| {{ru|ITA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and Italy|19]] || 18 || 1 || 0 || 98.95% || 658 || 279 || +379
|-
| {{ru|JPN}} || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 315 || 111 || +204
|-
| {{ru|KOR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 65 || 18 || +47
|-
| {{ru|NAM}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 142 || 0 || +142
|-
| {{ru|NZL}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand|179]] || 45 || 126 || 8 || {{#expr:45/178*100 round 2}}% || 2,604 || 3,992 || –1,388
|-
| {{ru|NZL|name=New Zealand XV}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand#XV Results|24]] || 6 || 18 || 0 || 25.00% || 257 || 459 || –202
|-
| {{ru|New Zealand Māori|old}} || 16 || 8 || 6 || 2 || 50.00% || 240 || 203 || +37
|-
| [[Image:Flag of rugby Pacific Islanders.svg|24px|border|link=Pacific Islanders rugby union team]] [[Pacific Islanders rugby union team|Pacific Islanders]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 29 || 14 || +15
|-
| {{ru|POR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00%|| 34 || 14 || +20
|-
| {{ru|ROU}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 189 || 20 || +169
|-
| {{ru|RUS}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 68 || 22 || +46
|-
| {{ru|SAM}} || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 83.33% || 238 || 53 || +185
|-
| {{ru|SCO}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and Scotland|34]] || 22 || 12 || 0 || {{#expr:22/34*100 round 2}}% || 801 || 493 || +308
|-
| {{ru|RSA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa|95]] || 40 || 52 || 3 || {{#expr:40/95*100 round 2}}% || 1,672 || 1,923 || –251
|-
| {{ru|RSA|name=South Africa XV}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa#XV results|3]] || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0.00% || 30 || 69 || –39
|-
| {{ru|ESP}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 92 || 10 || +82
|-
| {{ru|TON}} || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 75.00% || 167 || 42 || +125
|-
| {{ru|USA}} || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 368 || 78 || +290
|-
| {{ru|URU}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 110 || 13 || +97
|-
| {{ru|WAL}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and Wales|49]] || 34 || 14 || 1 || {{#expr:34/49*100 round 2}}%  || 1,190 || 830 || +360
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total !! 695 !! 347 !! 326 !! 22 !! {{#expr:347/695*100 round 2}}% !! 14,784 !! 12,835 !! +1,949
|}

===Trophies===
Australia contests a number of other trophies against tier one teams from the Northern Hemisphere. The [[Trophée des Bicentenaires]] has been contested with France since 1989; the [[Ella-Mobbs Trophy]] (formerly the Cook Cup) with England since 1997; the [[Hopetoun Cup]] with Scotland since 1998; the [[Lansdowne Cup]] with Ireland since 1999; and the [[James Bevan Trophy]] with Wales since 2007.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=175px| Trophy
! width=175px| Played against 
! width=175px| First contested 
! width=175px| Holder 
! width=175px| Last won 
! width=175px| Trophy leader (wins)
|-
| [[Bledisloe Cup]]
| {{ru|New Zealand}}
| 2 July 1932
| {{ru|New Zealand}}
| 3 August 2002
| {{ru|New Zealand}} {{small|(51)}}
|-
| [[Trophée des Bicentenaires]]
| {{ru|France}}
| 4 November 1989
| {{ru|France}}
| 17 July 2021
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(14)}}
|-
| [[Ella-Mobbs Trophy]]{{efn|Formerly known as the "Cook Cup".}}
| {{ru|England}}
| 23 July 1997
| {{ru|Australia}}
| 10 November 2024
| {{ru|England}} {{small|(14)}}
|-
| [[Hopetoun Cup]]
| {{ru|Scotland}}
| 13 June 1998
| {{ru|Australia}}
| 29 October 2022
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(8)}}
|-
| [[Lansdowne Cup]]
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| 12 June 1999
| {{ru|Ireland}}
| 16 November 2013
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(8)}}
|-
| [[Mandela Challenge Plate]]
| {{ru|South Africa}}
| 8 July 2000
| {{ru|South Africa}}
| 3 September 2022
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(13)}}
|-
| [[Puma Trophy]]
| {{ru|Argentina}}
| 17 June 2000
| {{ru|Argentina}}
| 13 August	2022
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(13)}}
|-
| [[Tom Richards Cup]]
| {{nowrap|{{flag|British and Irish Lions}}}} 
| 30 June 2001
| {{nowrap|{{flag|British and Irish Lions}}}} 
| 14 July 2001
| align=center| ''draw''
|-
| [[James Bevan Trophy]]
| {{ru|Wales}}
| 26 May 2007
| {{ru|Australia}}
| 13 July 2024
| {{ru|Australia}} {{small|(12)}}
|}

==Players==

===Selection policy===
Up until 2015, to be selected for the Wallabies, eligible players had to play for an Australian [[Super Rugby]] franchise, and eligible players playing outside of Australia were not able to be selected.

On 16 April 2015, with the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]] approaching, the ARU announced that it would tweak their selection policy, so that certain players could ply their trade in the Japanese [[Top League]] competition from August to February, as long as they continued to play for a Super Rugby franchise from February to August, making them eligible for Wallaby selection as they would also be still playing in Australia.

However, this "flexible contract" would only be given to a select number of players considered by the head coach and the ARU board, which means not all players playing or transferring to Japan would be allowed to play in the Top League and the Super Rugby.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-22/aru-allows-senior-overseas-based-players-to-represent-wallabies/6412752|title=ARU allows senior overseas-based players to be considered for Wallabies|newspaper=ABC News |date=22 April 2015}}</ref> As the Top League competition clashes with some Wallaby test matches, Wallaby selectors would use [[World Rugby]]'s regulation 9 (clubs must release players within international windows) to select these players when the Top League clashes with the Rugby Championship in August through to October, and the end-of-year tour in November.

At this point, players playing in Europe were not considered for the flexible contract, as too much of the European season clashes with Wallaby test matches.

However, on 22 April 2015, [[Giteau's law|further changes were made to the original selection policy in order for some European based players to be selected]].

In addition to the flexible contract, Australian players playing anywhere in the world can be selected for the Wallabies as long as they fit a certain criteria – A player must have held a professional contract with Australian rugby for at least seven years, and have played 60 tests or more for an overseas based player to be selected.

Further more, if a player does not fit these criteria and plays overseas, but chooses to return to Australia, they become immediately eligible for selection as long as they have signed at least two years with the Australian Super Rugby franchise for the following season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/aru-will-select-overseas-players-meaning-matt-giteau-and-george-smith-are-in-line-for-wallabies-world-cup-selection/story-e6frf4pu-1227315482934|title=ARU will select overseas-based players for Wallabies and World Cup - Fox Sports|website=foxsports.com.au}}</ref> Like the flexible contract, Wallaby selectors would use World Rugby's regulation 9 to select overseas based players anywhere in the world.

===Current squad===
On 22 October, Australia named a 34-player squad ahead of the Wallabies [[2024 end-of-year rugby union internationals|2024 Grand Slam tour]].<ref>[https://www.rugby.com.au/news/wallabies-australia-xv-squads-named-for-grand-slam-uk-spring-tours-20241021 Wallabies, Australia XV squads named for Grand Slam, UK Spring Tours]</ref> 

'''Head coach''': {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joe Schmidt (rugby union)|Joe Schmidt]]
* Caps Updated: 9 November 2024 <small>(after game v England)</small>
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{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Will|Skelton}}|age={{Birth date and age|1992|5|3|df=y}}|caps=30|club=[[Stade Rochelais|La Rochelle]]|clubnat=FRA}}
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===Notable players===
{{see also|List of Australia national rugby union players|Australia rugby union captains}}
<!--Only include players here that have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame or IRB Hall of Fame; see whttps://www.worldrugby.org/halloffame/inductees for details.-->

{{As of|2018|August}}, the Wallabies have fourteen former players (and two former coaches) in the [[World Rugby Hall of Fame]], which was previously known as the IRB Hall of Fame prior to 2015.

'''Australians in the World Rugby Hall of Fame''' (year of induction in brackets):
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''Wallabies players'''
* [[John Eales]] <small>(2007)</small>
* [[Nick Farr-Jones]] <small>(2011)</small>
* [[Nick Shehadie]] <small>(2011)</small>
* [[David Campese]] <small>(2013)</small>
* [[Ken Catchpole]] <small>(2013)</small>
* [[Mark Ella]] <small>(2013)</small>
* [[George Gregan]] <small>(2013)</small>
|2=
'''{{0|Players}}'''
* [[Tom Lawton, Snr|Thomas Lawton, Snr]] <small>(2013)</small>
* [[John Thornett]] <small>(2013)</small>
* [[Michael Lynagh]] <small>(2014)</small>
* [[Tim Horan]] <small>(2015)</small>
* [[Tom Richards (rugby union)|Tom Richards]] <small>(2015)</small>
* [[Daniel Carroll (rugby union)|Daniel Carroll]] <small>(2016)</small>
* [[Stephen Larkham]] <small>(2018)</small>
|3=
'''Coaches and administrators'''
* [[Bob Dwyer]] <small>(2011)</small>
* [[Rod Macqueen]] <small>(2011)</small>
* [[Roger Vanderfield]] <small>(2011)</small>
}}

The two World Cup-winning captains, John Eales and Nick Farr-Jones, were among the first Australians to be inducted. Eales received this honour in 2007.<ref name="Eales IRB HOF">{{cite news |date=21 October 2007 |title=Habana named IRB Player of the Year |publisher=[[International Rugby Board]] |url=http://www.irb.com/history/awards/newsid=2020608.html |access-date=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023042904/http://www.irb.com/history/awards/newsid%3D2020608.html |archive-date=23 October 2007 }}</ref>
Farr-Jones and another former Wallaby captain, Nick Shehadie, were inducted in 2011. Shehadie was honoured not as a player but recognised, together with fellow Australian Rugby administrator [[Roger Vanderfield]], as one of four key figures in the creation of the Rugby World Cup.<ref name=irb-hof-2011>{{cite press release |url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2060049.html |title=RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=26 October 2011 |access-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027230745/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid%3D2060049.html |archive-date=27 October 2011 }}</ref> World Cup-winning coaches [[Bob Dwyer]] and [[Rod Macqueen]] were also inducted in 2011.<ref name=irb-hof-2011/>

Six former Wallaby greats with combined playing careers spanning almost nine decades – Tom Lawton Snr, John Thornett, Ken Catchpole, Mark Ella, David Campese and George Gregan – were added to the list of Australians in the IRB Hall of Fame in 2013.<ref name="2013 IRB HOF">{{cite press release |url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2069489.html |title=Legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=1 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011455/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid%3D2069489.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

Lawton, a fly-half whose international career spanned from 1920 to 1932, was noted for his ball-handling and kicking skills, and most notably led Australia to their first-ever clean sweep of the Bledisloe Cup series, in 1929. Thornett, a forward who played in four different positions for the Wallabies, made his international debut in 1955. He earned 35 caps in a 12-year Test career, and captained the Wallabies 15 times. During Australia's drawn 1963 Test series against South Africa, in which he served as captain, the Wallabies became the first team in the 20th century to win consecutive Tests over the Springboks.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2 December 2013 |url=http://www.irb.com/mm/document/unions/irbhalloffame/02/06/92/66/131021irbhalloffame2013inducteesbilandaustralia.pdf |title=IRB Hall of Fame 2013 Induction: "The British & Irish Lions and Australia" |publisher=International Rugby Board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185458/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/unions/irbhalloffame/02/06/92/66/131021irbhalloffame2013inducteesbilandaustralia.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>

Gregan, a World Cup-winning scrum-half whose Test career spanned the amateur and professional eras of the sport (1994–2007), is notable as having been the all-time caps leader in international rugby union, with 139 in all (a record since surpassed by [[Brian O'Driscoll]] of [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]]). He also captained the Wallabies in 59 Tests.

A further two World Cup winners, Michael Lynagh and Tim Horan, were inducted in 2014 and 2015 respectively when the separate New Zealand-based [[International Rugby Hall of Fame]] was merged with the IRB's Hall of Fame.<ref name=Merger>{{cite press release |date=31 July 2014 |title=Rugby greats to join definitive Hall of Fame |url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2072560.html |publisher=International Rugby Board |access-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213421/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2072560.html |archive-date=12 August 2014 }}</ref>

Wallabies and Olympic gold medallists from the 1908 tour of the United Kingdom, Tom Richards and Daniel Carroll, were honoured with inductions in 2015 and 2016. Both of these men went on to become dual internationals in rugby with Richards playing for the [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|1910 British Lions]] and Carroll winning further Olympic gold playing for [[United States national rugby union team|United States]] in 1920. Both men also received awards for gallantry during their military service in [[World War I]].<ref name="adb" >{{cite book |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10410b.htm |title=Richards, Thomas James (Tom) (1882 - 1935) |publisher=adb.online.anu.edu.au|access-date=29 October 2010 }}</ref><ref name="TheRoar.com.au">{{cite web |first=Spiro |last=Zavos |title=Dan Carroll: rugby's greatest Olympian |url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2008/08/08/dan-carroll-rugbys-greatest-olympian/ |website=TheRoar.com.au |date=8 August 2008 }}</ref>

Fly-half [[Stephen Larkham]], a World Cup winner in 1999 and renowned for his drop goal to beat South Africa in the semi-final of that tournament, was admitted to the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018.<ref name=smh-11-08-2018>{{cite news |date=11 August 2018 |first=Eamonn |last=Tiernan |title=Wallabies great Stephen Larkham reflects on Hall of Fame induction |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/wallabies-great-stephen-larkham-reflects-on-hall-of-fame-induction-20180811-p4zwxu.html |access-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812015930/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/wallabies-great-stephen-larkham-reflects-on-hall-of-fame-induction-20180811-p4zwxu.html |archive-date=12 August 2018 }}</ref>

===Individual records===
{{see also|List of Australia national rugby union team records}}
Prop [[James Slipper]] is Australia's most capped player with 142 Test caps. Former scrum half [[George Gregan]] was also the [[List of rugby union Test caps leaders|world's most capped player]] until being surpassed by Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll in 2014. Gregan also equalled the record for the most caps as captain with [[Will Carling]], 59 caps (a record later to be broken by [[John Smit]] of South Africa). [[David Campese]] scored 64 Test tries in his career, which was [[List of leading Rugby union Test try scorers|a world record]] until [[Daisuke Ohata]] of [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] overtook him with 69 tries, and [[Michael Lynagh]] was [[List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers|the highest Test points scorer]] in world rugby with 911 until [[Neil Jenkins]] of [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] overtook him with 1037 points. [[Rocky Elsom]] scored the fastest forward hat-trick in World Cup history.

The longest winning streak by Australia was produced in the early 1990s, and started at the [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991 World Cup]] in England, with three pool wins, and subsequent quarter-final and semi-final victories over Ireland and the All Blacks respectively. This was followed by the win over England in the final. The streak continued into the following year, for two matches against Scotland and the All Blacks, lasting in total, 10 games. Similarly, the Australian record for losses in a row is also 10 games, which was sustained from a period from 1899 to 1907, including two [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] tours, and losses to the All Blacks.

The largest winning margin for Australia was produced at the [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]], in which they defeated [[Namibia national rugby union team|Namibia]] 142 points to nil during the pool stages, the match is also the largest number of points scored by Australia. The largest loss was against South Africa, who beat Australia 53–8 in 2008.

===Award winners===
The following Australia players have been recognised at the [[World Rugby Awards]] since 2001:<ref name="World Rugby Award winners">{{cite news | url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/awards/past-winners | title=Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby | website=www.world.rugby | access-date=16 March 2024 | language=en}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year|World Rugby Player of the Year]]
|- 
!width=40| Year
!width=150| Nominees
!width=150| Winners
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2001
| [[George Gregan]]
|align=center rowspan=15| —
|- 
| [[George Smith (rugby union)|George Smith]]
|- 
|align=center| 2003
| [[Phil Waugh]]
|- 
|align=center| 2004
| [[Matt Giteau]]
|- 
|align=center| 2006
| [[Chris Latham (rugby union)|Chris Latham]]
|- 
|align=center| 2009
| [[Matt Giteau]] (2)
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2010
| [[Kurtley Beale]]
|- 
| [[David Pocock]]
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2011
| [[Will Genia]]
|- 
| [[David Pocock]] (2)
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2015
| [[Michael Hooper (rugby union)|Michael Hooper]]
|- 
| [[David Pocock]] (3)
|- 
|align=center| 2017
| [[Israel Folau]]
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2021
| [[Michael Hooper (rugby union)|Michael Hooper]] (2)
|- 
| [[Samu Kerevi]]
|- 
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year|World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year]]
|-
!width=40| Year
!width=150| Nominees
!width=150| Winners
|-
|align=center| 2021
| [[Andrew Kellaway (rugby union)|Andrew Kellaway]]
|align=center| —
|-
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year|World Rugby Dream Team of the Year]]
|- 
!width=40| Year
!width=40| {{abbr|No.|Numbers}}
!width=150| Players
|- 
|align=center rowspan=2| 2021
|align=center| 7.
| [[Michael Hooper (rugby union)|Michael Hooper]]
|- 
|align=center| 12.
| [[Samu Kerevi]]
|- 
|align=center| 2022
|align=center| 11.
| [[Marika Koroibete]]
|}
{{col-end}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[International Rugby Players Men's Try of the Year|World Rugby Try of the Year]]
|- 
!width=40| Year
!width=90| Date
!width=170| Scorer
!width=160| Match
!width=150| Tournament
|- 
|align=center| [[2011 in rugby union|2011]]
|align=center| 27 August
|align=center| '''[[Radike Samo]]'''
|align=center| vs. [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]]
|align=center| [[2011 Tri Nations Series|Tri Nations]]
|- 
|}

==Coaches==
{{see also|Australia national rugby union team coaches}}
===Coaching staff===
{{updated|November 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Coaches |url=https://wallabies.rugby/wallabies/coaches |website=Wallabies |publisher=Rugby Australia |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Joe Schmidt (rugby union)|Joe Schmidt]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Parling]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Laurie Fisher]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Mike Cron 
|-
| Skills Coach & Head of Analysis
| {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Eoin Toolan]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Name
!Tenure
!Tests
!Won
!Drawn
!Lost
!colspan="2"|Win Rate %
|-
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Bob Dwyer]]
| 1982–1983
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 41.67%
|rowspan="2"| 63.01%
|-
| 1988–1995
| 61
| 41
| 1
| 19
| 67.21%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Alan Jones (radio broadcaster)|Alan Jones]]
| 1984–1987
| 30
| 21
| 1
| 8
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 70.00%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Greg Smith (rugby coach)|Greg Smith]]
| 1996–1997
| 19
| 12
| 0
| 7
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 63.16%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Rod Macqueen]]
| 1997–2001
| 43
| 34
| 1
| 8
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 79.07%
|-
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Eddie Jones (rugby union)|Eddie Jones]]
| 2001–2005
| 57
| 33
| 1
| 23
| 57.89%
|rowspan="2"| 53.03%
|-
| 2023
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 22.22%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[John Connolly (rugby)|John Connolly]]
| 2006–2007
| 25
| 16
| 1
| 8
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 64.00%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Robbie Deans]]
| 2008–2013
| 75
| 44
| 2
| 29
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 58.67%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Ewen McKenzie]]
| 2013–2014
| [[Ewen McKenzie#Coaching statistics|22]]
| 11
| 1
| 10
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 50.00%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Michael Cheika]]
| 2014–2019
| [[Michael Cheika#International matches as head coach|68]]
| 34
| 2
| 32
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 50.00%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Dave Rennie]]
| 2019–2023
| [[Dave Rennie#International matches as head coach|34]]
| 13
| 3
| 18
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 36.40%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Joe Schmidt (rugby union)|Joe Schmidt]]
| 2024–present
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 5
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 54.55%
|-
|colspan="100%" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| Updated: 18 November 2024
|}

Prior to 1982, Australia did not select coaches as long-term appointments. Managers were appointed to handle the logistics of overseas tours and the assistant manager often doubled as the coach for the duration of the trip. Sometimes the team captain filled the Australian coaching role, particularly for home tests since the IRB had ruled that home teams could not be assembled until three days before a test match.<ref name = roar-coaches1-2012>{{cite web
 |date= 10 August 2011
 |author= Sheek
 |title= Wallabies coaches since 1962: Part I
 |work= The Roar
 |access-date= 19 January 2015
 |url= http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/08/10/a-look-at-wallabies-coaches-since-1962-part-1/
 |url-status= live
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063646/http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/08/10/a-look-at-wallabies-coaches-since-1962-part-1/
 |archive-date= 4 March 2016}}
</ref><ref name = roar-coaches2-2012>{{cite web
 |date= 10 August 2011
 |author= Sheek
 |title= Wallabies coaches since 1962: Part II
 |work= The Roar
 |access-date= 19 January 2015
 |url= http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/08/11/wallabies-coaches-since-1962-part-ii
 |url-status= live
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829015424/http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/08/11/wallabies-coaches-since-1962-part-ii
 |archive-date= 29 August 2012}}
</ref>

==Home grounds==
[[File:World Cup Telstra stadium.jpg|thumb|right|The opening match of the [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]] at Telstra Stadium.]]
The Wallabies play at a variety of stadiums around Australia. Some of these include [[Stadium Australia]] in Sydney, [[Lang Park]] in Brisbane, [[AAMI Park]] and [[Docklands Stadium]] in Melbourne, and [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]] and [[Perth Oval|nib Stadium]] in Perth.

A variety of venues were used around Australia for the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] matches.

Some of the earlier stadiums that were traditionally used for Wallabies matches, included Sydney's [[Concord Oval]] and the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] (SCG) and Sports Ground, as well as [[Ballymore Stadium|Ballymore]] and the [[Brisbane Showgrounds|Exhibition Ground]] in Brisbane. It was the SCG that hosted the first ever Australian international, against Great Britain, in 1899.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Venue !! City !! Capacity
|-
|[[ANZ Stadium]]
|[[Sydney]]
|82,500
|-
|[[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]]
|[[Perth]]
|65,000
|-
|[[Docklands Stadium|Marvel Stadium]]
|[[Melbourne]]
|56,347
|-
|[[Suncorp Stadium]]
|[[Brisbane]]
|52,500
|-
|[[Western Sydney Stadium|Bankwest Stadium]]
|[[Sydney]]
|30,000
|-
|[[AAMI Park]]
|[[Melbourne]]
|30,050
|-
|[[Perth Oval|HBF Park Stadium]]
|[[Perth]]
|20,500
|-
|}

===All time records at grounds===
{|
|-
| † || Demolished grounds
|-
| ‡ || Current grounds which no longer host Test Matches
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ground
! First Test
! 
! Last Test
! 
! width="2%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|P|Played}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|W|Won}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|Win %}}
! Last Loss
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]], [[Sydney]]
| 24 June 1899
| v British & Irish Lions
| 16 July 2022
| v England
{{WDL|decimals=2|68|30|3|35}}
| 16 July 2022
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Brisbane Showgrounds|Brisbane Exhibition Ground]], [[Brisbane]] ‡
| 22 July 1899
| v British & Irish Lions
| 31 July 1971
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|13|3|0|10}}
| 31 July 1971
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]] ‡
| 3 August 1907
| v New Zealand
| 27 July 2002
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|6|1|0|5}}
| 27 July 2002
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney Sports Ground]], [[Sydney]] †
| 18 July 1914
| v New Zealand
| 4 June 1963
| v England
{{WDL|decimals=2|7|1|0|6}}
| 13 June 1959
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney Showground (Moore Park)|Sydney Showground]], [[Sydney]] †
| 25 June 1921
| v South Africa
| 27 July 1926
| v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|15|4|0|11}}
| 27 July 1926
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University Oval, Sydney|University Oval]], [[Sydney]] ‡
| 2 July 1921
| v South Africa
| 2 July 1921
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|0|0|1}}
| 2 July 1921
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)|Olympic Park Stadium]], [[Melbourne]] †
| 1 July 1961
| v Fiji
| 25 June 1994
| v Italy
{{WDL|decimals=2|2|1|1|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Lang Park]], [[Brisbane]]
| 26 June 1965
| v South Africa
| 18 August 2024
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|39|28|1|10}}
| 18 August 2024
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Ballymore Stadium|Ballymore]], [[Brisbane]] ‡
| 22 June 1968
| v New Zealand
| 17 June 2000
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|41|30|2|9}}
| 8 July 1989
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Concord Oval]], [[Sydney]] ‡
| 25 May 1987
| v England
| 30 June 1988
| v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|8|4|0|4}}
| 30 June 1988
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)]], [[Sydney]] †
| 1 July 1989
| v British & Irish Lions
| 23 June 2018
| v Ireland
{{WDL|decimals=2|27|19|0|8}}
| 23 June 2018
|-
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]], [[Melbourne]]
| 26 July 1997
| v New Zealand
| 27 July 2023
| v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|4|2|0|2}}
| 27 July 2023
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Subiaco Oval]], [[Perth]] †
| 18 July 1998
| v South Africa
| 6 September 2014
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|14|10|1|3}}
| 29 August 2009
|- style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Parramatta Stadium]], [[Sydney]] †
| 18 September 1998
| v Fiji
| 18 September 1998
| v Fiji
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|1|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Canberra Stadium]], [[Canberra]]
| 22 September 1998
| v Tonga
| 16 September 2017
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|5|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Stadium Australia]], [[Sydney]]
| 26 June 1999
| v England
| 21 September 2024
| v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|40|23|1|16}}
| 21 September 2024
|-
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Docklands Stadium]], [[Melbourne]]
| 8 July 2000
| v South Africa
| 15 September 2022
| v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|14|11|0|3}}
| 15 September 2022
|-
| {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]]
| 25 October 2003
| v Namibia
| 27 August 2022
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|3|3|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Newcastle International Sports Centre]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
| 5 June 2012
| v Scotland
| 21 November 2020
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|2|0|1|1}}
| 5 June 2012
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Robina Stadium]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
| 15 September 2012
| v Argentina
| 2 November 2021
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|4|0|1}}
| 15 September 2018
|-
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne Rectangular Stadium]], [[Melbourne]]
| 18 June 2016
| v England
| 13 July 2024
| v Wales
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|2|0|3}}
| 13 July 2021
|-
| {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Perth Rectangular Stadium]], [[Perth]]
| 17 September 2016
| v Argentina
| 9 September 2017
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|2|1|1|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Perth Stadium]], [[Perth]]
| 10 August 2019
| v New Zealand
| 17 August 2024
| v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|4|2|0|2}}
| 17 August 2024
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Western Sydney Stadium]], [[Sydney]]
| 7 September 2019
| v Samoa
| 15 July 2023
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|4|2|0|2}}
| 15 July 2023
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[North Queensland Stadium]], [[Townsville]]
| 25 September 2021
| v Argentina
| 25 September 2021
| v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|1|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney Football Stadium (2022)]], [[Sydney]]
| 3 September 2022
| v South Africa
| 20 July 2024
| v Georgia
{{WDL|decimals=2|3|2|0|1}}
| 3 September 2022
|-
|}

===All time records at locations and states/territories===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ground
! First Test
! Last Test
! width="2%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|P|Played}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|W|Won}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|Win %}}
! Last Loss
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Sydney]]
| 24 June 1899<br>v British & Irish Lions
| 21 September 2024<br>v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|173|85|5|83}}
| 21 September 2024<br>v New Zealand
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Brisbane]]
| 22 July 1899<br>v British & Irish Lions
| 18 August 2024<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|99|62|3|34}}
| 18 August 2024<br>v South Africa
|-
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne]]
| 1 July 1961<br>v Fiji
| 13 July 2024<br>v Wales
{{WDL|decimals=2|25|16|1|8}}
| 29 July 2023<br>v New Zealand
|-
| {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Perth]]
| 18 July 1998<br>v South Africa
| 17 August 2024<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|20|13|2|5}}
| 17 August 2024<br>v South Africa
|-
| {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Canberra]]
| 22 September 1998<br>v Tonga
| 16 September 2017<br>v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|5|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[Adelaide]]
| 25 October 2003<br>v Namibia
| 27 August 2022<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|3|3|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
| 5 June 2012<br>v Scotland
| 21 November 2020<br>v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|2|0|1|1}}
| 5 June 2012<br>v Scotland
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
| 15 September 2012<br>v Argentina
| 2 November 2021<br>v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|4|0|1}}
| 15 September 2018<br>v Argentina
|-
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Townsville]]
| 25 September 2021<br>v Argentina
| 25 September 2021<br>v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|1|1|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! State
! First Test
! Last Test
! width="2%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|P|Played}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|W|Won}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width="1%" data-sort-type="number" | {{tooltip|Win %}}
! Last Loss
|-
| {{flag|Australian Capital Territory}}
| 22 September 1998<br>v Tonga
| 16 September 2017<br>v Argentina
{{WDL|decimals=2|5|5|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flag|New South Wales}}
| 24 June 1899<br>v British & Irish Lions
| 21 September 2024<br>v New Zealand
{{WDL|decimals=2|175|85|6|84}}
| 21 September 2024<br>v New Zealand
|-
| {{flag|Queensland}}
| 22 July 1899<br>v British & Irish Lions
| 18 August 2024<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|105|67|3|35}}
| 18 August 2024<br>v South Africa
|-
| {{flag|South Australia}}
| 25 October 2003<br>v Namibia
| 27 August 2022<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|3|3|0|0}}
| N/A
|-
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| 1 July 1961<br>v Fiji
| 13 July 2024<br>v Wales
{{WDL|decimals=2|25|16|1|8}}
| 29 July 2023<br>v New Zealand
|-
| {{flag|Western Australia}}
| 18 July 1998<br>v South Africa
| 17 August 2024<br>v South Africa
{{WDL|decimals=2|20|13|2|5}}
| 17 August 2024<br>v South Africa
|-
|}

==Broadcasters==
{{Further|Anti-siphoning laws in Australia{{!}}Anti-siphoning laws, Australia}}
{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:96%" 
|+ Broadcasts of Rugby World Cups in Australia (by broadcaster)
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! width=75px| [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]]<br>{{small|([[Kayo Sports]])}}
! width=75px| [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]
! width=75px| [[Seven Network|Seven]]
! width=75px| [[Nine Network|Nine]]<br>{{small|([[Stan (streaming service)#Stan Sport|Stan Sport]])}}
! width=75px| [[Network 10|10]]
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! [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]]
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| {{ya}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118176313 |title=Rugby Union: Cup draw announced |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=60 |issue=18,328 |location=[[Australian Capital Territory]], Australia |date=5 December 1985 |accessdate=31 July 2024 |page=29 |via=[[National Library of Australia]] |quote=[[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC Television]] and [[TVNZ|Television New Zealand]] (TVNZ) had agreed to act jointly as host broadcasters and would provide coverage of all 32 matches.}}</ref>
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! [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991]]
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! [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]
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| {{ya}}<ref>{{cite news |quote=Rugby last screened on Ten in 1995 with the World Cup played in South Africa. |date=16 November 2006 |title=Network Ten bags Rugby World Cup rights |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/network-ten-bags-rugby-world-cup-rights-20061116-gdou4l.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] }}</ref><ref name=ten>{{cite news |date=23 October 2012 |title=Ten named rugby free-to-air broadcaster |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/ten-named-rugby-free-to-air-broadcaster/4328790 |url-status=live |work=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201012511/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/ten-named-rugby-free-to-air-broadcaster/4328790 |archive-date=1 February 2013 }}</ref>
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! [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999]]
| {{ya}}<ref name=smh>{{cite news |last1=McDuling |first1=John |last2=Duke |first2=Jennifer |date=18 February 2019 |title=Rugby facing TV test as World Cup rights still in play |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/rugby-facing-tv-test-as-world-cup-rights-still-in-play-20190214-p50xs8.html |url-status=live |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224111915/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/rugby-facing-tv-test-as-world-cup-rights-still-in-play-20190214-p50xs8.html |archive-date=24 February 2019 |quote=Foxtel, which has broadcast every Rugby World Cup since 1999, has been involved in the talks. Optus, which has pushed hard into live sport in recent years, has been linked in press reports with the rights, but would not confirm whether it would bid. }}</ref>
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! [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]]
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! [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]]
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! [[2011 Rugby World Cup|2011]]
| {{ya}}<ref name=smh/><ref name=tonight>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |date=12 October 2008 |title=Nine lands Rugby World Cup |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/nine-lands-rugby-world-cup.html |website=[[TV Tonight]] |publisher= }}</ref>
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! [[2015 Rugby World Cup|2015]]
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! [[2019 Rugby World Cup|2019]]
| {{ya}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bassam |first1=Tom |date=11 March 2019 |title=Fox OTT Kayo Sports at heart of Rugby World Cup rights deal |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/kayo-sports-ott-rugby-world-cup-tv-rights-fox/ |website=[[SportsPro]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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| {{ya}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Decent |first1=Tom |date=9 March 2019 |title=Network Ten to televise all Wallabies games at Rugby World Cup |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/network-ten-to-televise-all-wallabies-games-at-rugby-world-cup-20190309-p512xk.html |url-status=live |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315043139/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/network-ten-to-televise-all-wallabies-games-at-rugby-world-cup-20190309-p512xk.html |archive-date=15 March 2019 }}</ref>
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! [[2027 Rugby World Cup|2027]]
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Due to Australia's [[Anti-siphoning laws in Australia|anti-siphoning laws]] every [[Rugby World Cup]] (RWC) Australia has participated in has been held, exclusively or in part, on a [[free-to-air]] (FTA) broadcasting network.

Before the advent of professionalism, Australia's internationals and spring tours were televised by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (1957–1991). The first [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial broadcaster]] to partner with the Wallabies was [[Network 10|Network Ten]] in 1992. The partnership ran until 1995 and saw the broadcaster televise the third edition of the [[Rugby World Cup]] (RWC) ([[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]), held in [[South Africa]] for the first time.<ref name=ten/> In 1995 the [[SANZAAR|SANZAR]] unions ([[Rugby Australia|Australian Rugby Union]] (ARU), [[New Zealand Rugby|New Zealand Rugby Union]] (NZRU) and the [[South African Rugby Union]]) signed a [[U.S. Dollar|US$]]550 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|550|1995|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}), ten-year deal with [[News Corp]], to begin the following year. [[News Corp]] on-sold the Australian free-to-air broadcast rights to [[Seven Network]], with the [[Pay television|pay-TV]] rights being given to [[Foxtel]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stensholt|first1=John |date=4 April 2002 |title=Rugby's dream run |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/rugbys-dream-run-20020404-ka3ge |url-status=live |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=Fairfax Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628115125/https://www.afr.com/companies/rugbys-dream-run-20020404-ka3ge |archive-date=28 June 2022 }}</ref> Included in the deal were the broadcasting rights for the domestic [[Super Rugby|Super 12]] competition, the [[The Rugby Championship|Tri Nations Series]] as well as the [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999]] and [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]] Rugby World Cups. In December 2004, with the then-current deal coming to an end, all three SANZAR unions renewed their broadcasting relationship with [[News Corp]] for another five years (2006–2010), valued at [[Australian dollar|AU$]]423 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|AU|423|2004|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|AU}}).<ref>{{cite news |date=22 December 2004 |title=Rugby claims big win on broadcast deal |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-claims-big-win-on-broadcast-deal-20041222-gdkd6x.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media }}</ref> The Seven Network also renewed their free-to-air broadcasting partnership months later.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Peter |date=2 June 2005 |title=Fight for World Cup rights |url= |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher= }}</ref> In 2010 the SANZAR–News Corp broadcasting deal was once again renewed for another five years (2011–2015), totaling AU$437 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|AU|437|2010|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|AU}}).<ref>{{cite news |date=22 April 2010 |title=SANZAR secures lucrative TV deal |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-04-22/sanzar-secures-lucrative-tv-deal/406214 |work=ABC News }}</ref> In March 2010 it was reported that [[Network 10]] was believed to be no longer interested in the free-to-air rights.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Growden |first1=Greg |date=18 March 2010 |title=Lions tour the carrot for Nine TV deal |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/lions-tour-the-carrot-for-nine-tv-deal-20100317-qfll.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref> Subsequently, the Nine Network became the official free-to-air broadcast partner of the Wallabies for the first time.<ref name=twenty-twelve>{{cite news |date=23 October 2012 |title=Ten signs on as rugby broadcaster |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/ten-signs-on-as-rugby-broadcaster-20121023-28290.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref> In 2013 Network 10 picked up the FTA broadcast rights again, partnering until the end of 2015.<ref name=twenty-twelve/>

At the end of the 2011–2015 contractual deal, all parties renewed their broadcasting agreement for another four-year deal (2016–2020).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Max |date=16 December 2015 |title=ARU to announce $275 million TV deal |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/aru-to-announce-275-million-tv-deal-20151216-glp5tf.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mike |date=17 December 2015 |title=ARU seals US$275 million domestic broadcast deals |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/broadcast-ott/media-rights/aru_seals_us275_million_domestic_broadcast_deals/ |website=SportsPro }}</ref> The deal was reported to be AU$285 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|AU|285|2015|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|AU}}). Although all Wallabies home matches televised were available on Network 10, Spring Tour (November) matches for 2016, 2017 and 2018 were FTA on [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS).<ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2016 |title=Wallabies' spring tour Tests to air on SBS |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/wallabies-spring-tour-tests-to-air-on-sbs/m59na0hgv |work=[[Special Broadcasting Service]] |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Elena |date=6 November 2017 |title=Wallabies score double deal with SBS and Falken Tyres |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/sponsorship-marketing/sponsorship/wallabies-score-double-deal-with-sbs-and-falken-tyres/ |website=SportsPro }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 October 2018 |title=SBS to broadcast Wallabies Spring Tour Tests |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/10/29/sbs-spring-tour-rights |website=[[Rugby Australia|rugby.com.au]] }}</ref>

In November 2019 it was reported that Australian rugby's long-held broadcasting relationship with News Corp (1996–2020) would no longer continue, after Foxtel walked away from negotiations.<ref name=galloway>{{cite news |last1=Galloway |first1=Patrick |date=25 November 2019 |title=Australian rugby union may hit troubled waters with TV broadcast rights in limbo |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-25/australia-rugby-union-tv-broadcast-rights-in-limbo/11735352 |work=ABC News }}</ref> It was also reported that [[Optus]] had expressed interest in a broadcasting deal.<ref name=galloway/> Several months later [[Rugby Australia]] (RA) were reportedly looking for a new broadcast partner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mark |first1=David |date=6 February 2020 |title=Rugby Australia set to part ways with Fox Sports |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-06/rugby-set-for-broadcast-shake-up-fox-sports/11935800 |work=ABC News }}</ref> By the end of the year, Rugby Australia had signed a broadcast deal with [[Nine Entertainment]] worth AU$100 million over three years (2021–2023).<ref name=hytner>{{cite news |last1=Hytner |first1=Mike |date=9 November 2020 |title=Rugby Australia signs $100m deal with Nine as broadcaster unveils Stan Sport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/09/rugby-australia-signs-100m-deal-with-nine-as-broadcaster-unveils-stan-sport |work=[[Guardian Australia]] }}</ref><ref name=phillips>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Sam |date=9 November 2020 |title=Nine, Rugby Australia confirm groundbreaking $100m broadcast deal |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/nine-rugby-australia-confirm-groundbreaking-100m-broadcast-deal-20201109-p56csm.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment }}</ref> The agreement spurred [[Nine Entertainment]]'s own [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] (OTT) [[Streaming media|streaming platform]] known as [[Stan (streaming service)#Stan Sport|Stan Sport]].<ref name=hytner/> The deal had a two-year extension option at the end of its tenure,<ref name=phillips/> which Nine extended in early 2023 (2024–2025).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Georgina |date=23 March 2023 |title=Nine extends rugby deal as RA plots next chapter |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/nine-extends-rugby-deal-as-ra-plots-next-chapter-20230322-p5cucj.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment }}</ref>

Full broadcasting timeline (excluding Rugby World Cup broadcasting rights):

* 1957–1991: [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)
* 1992–1995: [[Network 10]]
* 1996–2010: [[News Corp Australia|News Corp]] ([[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sport]]), [[Seven Network]]
* 2011–2012: News Corp (Fox Sports), [[Nine Network]]
* 2013–2015: News Corp (Fox Sports), Network 10
* 2016–2020: News Corp (Fox Sports, [[Kayo Sports]]), Network 10, [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS; via [[SBS Viceland]]) (2016–2018 Spring Tours)
* 2021–2025: Nine Network ([[Stan (streaming service)#Stan Sport|Stan Sport]])

== Sponsorship ==
In April 2015, [[BMW]] Australia became the official partner of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU).<ref>{{Cite web|title = ARU signs BMW as official partner|url = http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/mobile/story/tabid/4708/ArticleID/14952/ARU-signs-BMW-as-official-partner.aspx|website = rugby.com.au|access-date = 2015-09-21}}</ref> Signed as the official vehicle partner, two-year deal that extends until the end of 2016 establishes BMW Australia as sponsors for the Wallabies and the ARU.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BMW Australia |url=http://bmw.com.au/com/en/insights/newsandevents/latest-news/bmw-group-australia-drives-the-wallabies.html |website=bmw.com.au |access-date=2015-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004030044/http://www.bmw.com.au/com/en/insights/newsandevents/latest-news/bmw-group-australia-drives-the-wallabies.html |archive-date=4 October 2015 }}</ref>

The partnership agreement extends BMW's involvement with the game globally, having an established relationship with the English Rugby Football Union as a vehicle partner since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ARU signs BMW as official partner|url = http://www.rugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1699/ArticleID/14947/ARU-signs-BMW-as-official-partner.aspx|website = rugby.com.au|access-date = 2015-09-21}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports|Australia}}
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* [[Australia A national rugby union team]]
* [[Australia national rugby sevens team]]
* [[Australia women's national rugby union team]]
* [[List of Australia national rugby union team records]]
* [[List of Australia national rugby union team test match results]]
* [[Wallaby Team of the Decade]]
* [[Australia national rugby league team]]
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== Notes ==
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==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name = smh-17-3-03>{{cite news
 |date= 17 August 1903
 |title= The New Zealand Footballers: Match Against Australia
 |work= The Sydney Morning Herald |page=7
 |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14554348
 |access-date= 16 September 2015}}
</ref>

<ref name = aru-hist>{{cite web
 |title= History
 |website= Australian Rugby
 |access-date= 16 September 2015
 |url= http://www.rugby.com.au/tryrugby/Playing/RugbyExplained/History.aspx
 |url-status= live
 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110703044643/http://www2.rugby.com.au/tryrugby/Playing/RugbyExplained/History.aspx
 |archive-date= 3 July 2011}}
</ref>

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==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Fagan |first=Sean |year=2005 |title=''The Rugby Rebellion'' – The Divide of League and Union in Australasia |publisher=RL1908 |isbn=1-903659-25-6 }}
* {{cite book |last=Hickie |first=Thomas |year=1993 |title=They Ran With the Ball – How Rugby Football Began in Australia |publisher=Longman Cheshire |isbn=0-582-91062-5 }}
* {{cite book |last=Howitt |first=Bob |year=2005 |title=SANZAR Saga – Ten Years of Super 12 and Tri-Nations Rugby |publisher=Harper Collins Publishers |isbn=1-86950-566-2 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Reason |first1=John |last2=James |first2=Carwyn |author-link2=Carwyn James |title=The World of Rugby – A History of Rugby Union Football |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |year=1979 |isbn=0-563-16280-5 }}
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==External links==
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* {{official website}}
* [http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/WallabyHallofFame.aspx Australian rugby union Wallaby Hall of Fame]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050706042945/http://www.planet-rugby.com/Teams/Australia/index.shtml Australian rugby union news from Planet Rugby]
* {{citation |title=Rugby in the Olympics |url=http://www.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/FAQ/Trivia/olympics.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102230222/http://www.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/FAQ/Trivia/olympics.html |archive-date=2 January 2008 }}

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