Les Kiss will take over as Wallabies head coach from Joe Schmidt next year as Australia finetunes for the 2027 Rugby World Cup it is hosting.

Photo shows Less Kiss smiles ahead of a 2025 Super Rugby Pacific match. Les Kiss will be the next Wallabies coach, but not until next year after Joe Schmidt agreed to extend his tenure.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Former rugby league international Les Kiss will succeed Joe Schmidt as Wallabies coach but will not take charge until next year after the New Zealander agreed to extend his reign ...

Australia, on the other hand, allows players to be selected from international competitions — although in practice, Wallabies coaches have shown a strong preference for Super Rugby players.

The Wallabies' coaching “transition” from Joe Schmidt to Queensland Reds mentor and former rugby league player Les Kiss will take place next year. Kiss will complete his Queensland Rugby Union ...

the 28-year-old has earned his maiden Test stripes and become one of the most difficult to contain men in Australian rugby. Seru Uru is one of six Reds who have earned their maiden Wallabies caps ...

One hundred and eighteen days on from when Rugby Australia first flagged having some clarity on the Wallabies coach for the run to Rugby World Cup 2027, Queensland Reds boss and former State of ...

The answer, put simply, is that Schmidt has found at the Wallabies an opportunity to challenge himself as a coach, with a group hungry and open to his ideas. Departing after the 2025 Rugby ...

Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox ...

As revealed by this masthead on Tuesday, Rugby Australia has convinced Schmidt to extend his stint as Wallabies coach from October this year – he was supposed to finish at the end of the Rugby ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia coach Joe Schmidt is confident the Wallabies will be competitive ... who have committed their future to Australian rugby in his selections. That could put a question ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Les Kiss will take over as Wallabies head coach from Joe Schmidt next year as Australia finetunes for the 2027 Rugby World Cup it is hosting. Les Kiss, right, comments after being ...