Australia national rugby union team
| Nickname | Wallabies | ||||||||
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| Emblem | Wallaby | ||||||||
| Union | Rugby Australia | ||||||||
| Head coach | Les Kiss | ||||||||
| Captain | Harry Wilson | ||||||||
| Most caps | James Slipper (151) | ||||||||
| Top scorer | Michael Lynagh (911) | ||||||||
| Top try scorer | David Campese (64) | ||||||||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||||||||
| Current | 8 (as of 23 February 2026) | ||||||||
| Highest | 2 (2004) | ||||||||
| Lowest | 10 (2023, 2024) | ||||||||
| First international | |||||||||
| Australia 13–3 British Isles (Sydney, New South Wales; 24 June 1899) | |||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||
| Australia 142–0 Namibia (Adelaide, Australia; 25 October 2003) | |||||||||
| Biggest defeat | |||||||||
| South Africa 53–8 Australia (Johannesburg, South Africa; 30 August 2008) | |||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1987) | ||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1991, 1999) | ||||||||
| Tri Nations/Rugby Championship | |||||||||
| Appearances | 28 | ||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2000, 2001, 2011, 2015) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| Website | rugby.com.au | ||||||||
The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, represents Australia in men's international rugby union. The Wallabies' first test match was played in Sydney in 1899, against the touring British Isles team.
Australia has competed in all ten men's Rugby World Cups, winning the competition twice and finishing as runner-up twice. Australia beat England at Twickenham in the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and won again in 1999 defeating France in the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The Wallabies also compete annually in The Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri-Nations), along with Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa, winning the championship four times.
More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.