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Wallabies announce 2026 schedule as Perth the big winner

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04: Australia Wallabies players line up for the national anthem during the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between Australia Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks at Optus Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images)

Reigning World Cup champions South Africa will return to Perth in 2026 to face the Wallabies as Rugby Australia finalised their 2026 schedule.

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Perth will host two Wallabies fixtures in 2026, the first of which is against Italy in July during the first Nations Championship fixtures. The smaller venue, HBF Park, home of the Perth SVNS will host the Italians.

Optus Stadium will host the Springboks on September 27th for a one-off fixture, while Sydney will host the Bledisloe Cup fixture against the All Blacks in October. Sydney has also been given two Wallabies fixtures in 2026.

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During the first ever Nations Championship July window, the Wallabies will face Ireland in Sydney, France in Brisbane and Italy in Perth over the final weekend in July.

Eddie Jones’ Japan side will visit Townsville for a return fixture in August, after the two sides met in Japan last year.

With no Rugby Championship tournament in 2026, the Wallabies have yet to announce two games against Argentina which will be played at home.

Wallabies 2026 schedule:

Saturday 4 July v Ireland (Allianz Stadium, Sydney)
Saturday 11 July v France (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane)
Saturday 18 July v Italy (HBF Park, Perth)
Saturday 15 August v Japan (Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville)
Sunday 27 September v South Africa (Optus Stadium, Perth)
Saturday 17 October v New Zealand (Accor Stadium, Sydney)

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TBD two games v Argentina

 

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JW 45 days ago

Hopefully they can get a few more home games so fill the broadcast vacuum of not holding the RC.


Would be sweet if Japan wanted a series, they have a lot of talent that should be coming online and they need games games games to improve. One test in Tokyo and another in Aus would be perfect viewing.

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Fernando 46 days ago

Saturday, August 29 – 4:00 PM (ART) – Los Pumas vs. Australia (Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy, Argentina)

Saturday, September 5 – 6:00 PM (ART) – Los Pumas vs. Australia (Malvinas Argentinas Stadium, Mendoza, Argentina)

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JW 45 days ago

You don’t think the article is suggesting two more games against Argentina in Aussie too?

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Yeah it’s hard to be critical of Razor but of choices in his first year of the loosies he constantly played Ardie at 8. It would seem that was always the plan and that Hoskins was surplas to requirements (7, with Dalton then Cane, as was fairly happy with but understand the calls to drop Cane for his last test, along with TJ, and 6 was shared around nicely I thought) and he didn’t have the alround game of Ardie to simply overtake him at 8 (and use Ardie elsewhere). Of course he did that exact thing next year, too late for HS. Then last year 7 was fine if though the same problem was brought about by using Ardie (always leaves a component of a back three missing) there so often stopping Dalton from getting opportunities. At 6 Parker just had one or two too many games for me but 8 was shuffled around nicely, even if I don’t know why Lakai was thought to be the key there.

Of course a lot of rotation was brought about by, you guesed it, injury, still. Now to be fair to Razor, in reality we have no idea if he had to manage Ardie this way, based on NZRs desires with his contract (we have seen them move heaven and earth to retain him), and if he benched him often whether that would have caused him to leave or not. Or even that Hoskins would have accepted a jersey unless it was with a single digit on it, and a regular pick, as he had had to work his way back to the team without a big bump in his contract (of loosing AB selection early on) of other people his standing, so he also might have still put his family and therefor more over the jersey.



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