2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia

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2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)Warren Gatland
Opponent
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 Australia
 South Africa
Tour chronology
Previous tourSouth Africa 2022

The Wales national rugby union team are scheduled to tour Australia in July 2024 as part of the 2024 Summer Internationals. The first test is to be played on 6 July at the new Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, with the second test to follow a week later at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria.[1] A pre-tour match against South Africa on 22 June was announced in February 2024; the match will be played at Twickenham Stadium in London due to a clash with concerts by Taylor Swift and the Foo Fighters at the Millennium Stadium either side of the match.[2] After the two tests, Wales will also play a tour match against the Queensland Reds at Lang Park, Brisbane.[3]

It will be Wales' first tour since touring South Africa two years prior (in 2022) and their first tour of Australia since 2012.[1] Their match against Queensland will be their first since 1991.[4]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Venue Home Score Away
22 June 2024 Twickenham Stadium, London Wales   South Africa
6 July 2024 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Australia   Wales
13 July 2024 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Australia   Wales
19 July 2024 Lang Park, Brisbane Queensland Reds  Wales

Matches[edit]

South Africa vs Wales[edit]

22 June 2024
14:00 BST (UTC+1)
South Africa v Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London[5]
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)[6]

Assistant referees:
Christophe Ridley (England)[6]
Adam Leal (England)[6]
Television match official:
Mark Patton (Ireland)[6]

Australia vs Wales (1st test)[edit]

6 July 2024
19:45 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia v Wales
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney[7]
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)[6]

Assistant referees:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)[6]
James Doleman (New Zealand)[6]
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)[6]

Australia vs Wales (2nd test)[edit]

13 July 2024
19:45 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia v Wales
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne[7]
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)[6]

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)[6]
Pierre Brousset (France)[6]
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)[6]

Queensland Reds vs Wales[edit]

19 July 2024
Queensland Redsv Wales
Lang Park, Brisbane

Assistant referees:




Television match official:
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Squads[edit]

Wales[edit]

Wales coach Warren Gatland named a squad of 36 players for the tour on 3 June 2024, including four uncapped players in Cardiff Rugby scrum-half Ellis Bevan and full-back Jacob Beetham, Ospreys wing Keelan Giles and Gloucester wing/full-back Josh Hathaway. Also included were Japan-based lock Cory Hill and full-back Liam Williams. Cardiff wing Theo Cabango missed out on selection after suffering a hamstring injury in their Judgement Day game against the Ospreys on 1 June. Scrum-half Tomos Williams suffered an ankle injury in March 2024 and missed out on selection for a Wales test for the first time since March 2022.[8]

Name Position Club Caps Notes
Corey Domachowski Prop Cardiff Rugby 10
Kemsley Mathias Prop Scarlets 2
Gareth Thomas (rugby union, born 1993) Prop Ospreys 30
Elliot Dee Hooker Dragons 51
Dewi Lake Hooker Ospreys 12
Evan Lloyd (rugby union, born 2001) Hooker Cardiff Rugby 2
Sam Parry Hooker Ospreys 7
Keiron Assiratti Prop Cardiff Rugby 6
Archie Griffin (rugby union) Prop Bath 1
Dillon Lewis Prop Harlequins 57
Harri O'Connor Prop Scarlets 1
Henry Thomas (rugby union) Prop Castres 4
Ben Carter (rugby union) Lock Dragons 11
Cory Hill Lock Secom Rugguts 32
Dafydd Jenkins (rugby union) Lock Exeter Chiefs 17
Matthew Screech Lock Dragons 1
Christ Tshiunza Lock Exeter Chiefs 10
Mackenzie Martin Back row Cardiff Rugby 3
Jac Morgan Back row Ospreys 15
Taine Plumtree Back row Scarlets 2
Tommy Reffell Back row Leicester Tigers 18
Aaron Wainwright Back row Dragons 48
Ellis Bevan Scrum-half Cardiff Rugby 0
Gareth Davies (rugby union, born 1990) Scrum-half Scarlets 76
Kieran Hardy Scrum-half Scarlets 21
Sam Costelow Fly-half Scarlets 12
Mason Grady Centre Cardiff Rugby 11
Ben Thomas (rugby union) Centre Cardiff Rugby 2
Nick Tompkins Centre Saracens 36
Owen Watkin Centre Ospreys 38
Rio Dyer Wing Dragons 19
Keelan Giles Wing Ospreys 0
Josh Hathaway Wing Gloucester 0
Liam Williams (rugby union) Wing Kubota Spears 89
Jacob Beetham Full-back Cardiff Rugby 0
Cameron Winnett Full-back Cardiff Rugby 5

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wales to face Australia in Melbourne and Sydney on summer tour". BBC Sport. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Wales to face world champions South Africa at Twickenham in June". BBC Sport. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Wales to finish long season with Queensland Reds fixture in Brisbane". BBC Sport. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. ^ Monteverde, Marco (9 March 2024). "Wales add a game against Queensland to their two-Test tour of Australia". News.com.au. News Corp Australia.
  5. ^ "Wales announce fixtures against South Africa and Australia this summer". Welsh Rugby Union. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Match Officials Appointments - June-July internationals (men's)". World Rugby. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Wallaroos and Wallabies 2024 Home Test schedule confirmed". Wallabies Rugby. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Williams and Hill earn shock Wales recalls". BBC Sport. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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