Australia national rugby union team

Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Wallabies
EmblemWallaby
UnionRugby Australia
Head coachJoe Schmidt
Captain
Most capsGeorge Gregan (139)
Top scorerMichael Lynagh (911)
Top try scorerDavid Campese (64)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current9 (as of 18 March 2024)
Highest2 (2004)
Lowest10 (2023, 2024)
First international
 Australia 13–3 British Isles
(Sydney, New South Wales; 24 June 1899)
Biggest win
 Australia 142–0 Namibia 
(Adelaide, Australia; 25 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
 South Africa 53–8 Australia 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 August 2008)
World Cup
Appearances10 (First in 1987)
Best resultChampions (1991, 1999)
Tri Nations/Rugby Championship
Appearances28
Best resultChampions (2000, 2001, 2011, 2015)
Medal record
Websiterugby.com.au

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team.

Australia have competed in all nine Rugby World Cups, winning the final on two occasions and also finishing as runner-up twice. Australia beat England at Twickenham in the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and won again in 1999 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff when their opponents in the final were France.[1]

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

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

  1. ^ "World Cup 1991". London: BBC Sport. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2007.

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