2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia
| 2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia | |||||
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| Coach(es) | Warren Gatland | ||||
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 Australia | |||||
 South Africa | |||||
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| Previous tour | South 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 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 |
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| 22 June 2024 | Twickenham Stadium, London | South Africa |  Wales | |
| 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]
The two teams named their line-ups for this game on 18 June. South Africa were missing their usual captain Siya Kolisi as well as the rest of their Europe-based players, so Pieter-Steph du Toit led the team. They were also without the Bulls players who had reached the final of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship play-offs, resulting in debut starts for fly-half Jordan Hendrikse and wing Edwill van der Merwe, while uncapped lock Ben-Jason Dixon and utility back Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu were named on the bench. Prop Vincent Koch was named in the starting line-up to earn his 50th cap. For Wales, flanker Jac Morgan, who had co-captained the team with Dewi Lake at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, was ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury, so Lake was named as captain, while James Botham filled in for Morgan in the back row after only being called up to the squad the day before. Lock James Ratti was also called up due to the unavailability of Cory Hill and named on the bench.[5] New Scarlets signing Henry Thomas was named to start the match, but pulled out on 20 June with a foot injury; Keiron Assiratti was promoted from the bench to replace him among the starters, while Scarlets teammate Harri O'Connor came onto the bench.[6]
| 22 June 2024 14:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| South Africa | v | Wales |
| Twickenham Stadium, London[7] Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)[8] |
| Assistant referees: |
Australia vs Wales (1st test)[edit]
| 6 July 2024 19:45 AEST (UTC+10) |
| Australia | v | Wales |
| Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney[9] Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)[8] |
| Assistant referees: |
Australia vs Wales (2nd test)[edit]
| 13 July 2024 19:45 AEST (UTC+10) |
| Australia | v | Wales |
| Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne[9] Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)[8] |
| Assistant referees: |
Queensland Reds vs Wales[edit]
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.[10] Uncapped Scarlets centre Eddie James was a notable omission from the original squad, but he was added to the squad on 6 June.[11] Cardiff flanker James Botham was added to the squad on 17 June.[12] Uncapped Ospreys lock James Ratti was added to the squad on 18 June due to the unavailability of Hill for the South Africa test.[5] Bath wing Regan Grace was called up to replace the injured Giles on 20 June.[13]
Caps and ages are as of 22 June 2024, the day of the first match of the tour.[14]
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Dee | Hooker | 7 March 1994 (aged 30) | 51 | Dragons |
| Dewi Lake | Hooker | 16 May 1999 (aged 25) | 12 | Ospreys |
| Evan Lloyd | Hooker | 28 December 2001 (aged 22) | 2 | Cardiff |
| Sam Parry | Hooker | 17 December 1991 (aged 32) | 7 | Ospreys |
| Keiron Assiratti | Prop | 30 June 1997 (aged 26) | 6 | Cardiff |
| Corey Domachowski | Prop | 11 September 1996 (aged 27) | 10 | Cardiff |
| Archie Griffin | Prop | 24 July 2001 (aged 22) | 1 |  Bath |
| Dillon Lewis | Prop | 4 January 1996 (aged 28) | 57 | Harlequins |
| Kemsley Mathias | Prop | 29 July 1999 (aged 24) | 2 | Scarlets |
| Harri O'Connor | Prop | 25 October 2000 (aged 23) | 1 | Scarlets |
| Gareth Thomas | Prop | 1 November 1993 (aged 30) | 30 | Ospreys |
| Henry Thomas | Prop | 30 October 1991 (aged 32) | 4 |  Castres |
| Ben Carter | Lock | 23 January 2001 (aged 23) | 11 | Dragons |
| Cory Hill | Lock | 10 February 1992 (aged 32) | 32 |  Secom Rugguts |
| Dafydd Jenkins | Lock | 5 December 2002 (aged 21) | 17 | Exeter Chiefs |
| James Ratti | Lock | 14 October 1997 (aged 26) | 0 | Ospreys |
| Matthew Screech | Lock | 24 October 1992 (aged 31) | 1 | Dragons |
| Christ Tshiunza | Lock | 9 January 2002 (aged 22) | 10 | Exeter Chiefs |
| James Botham | Back row | 22 February 1998 (aged 26) | 10 | Cardiff |
| Mackenzie Martin | Back row | 26 October 2003 (aged 20) | 3 | Cardiff |
| Jac Morgan | Back row | 21 January 2000 (aged 24) | 15 | Ospreys |
| Taine Plumtree | Back row | 9 March 2000 (aged 24) | 2 | Scarlets |
| Tommy Reffell | Back row | 27 April 1999 (aged 25) | 18 | Leicester Tigers |
| Aaron Wainwright | Back row | 25 November 1997 (aged 26) | 48 | Dragons |
| Ellis Bevan | Scrum-half | 10 March 2000 (aged 24) | 0 | Cardiff |
| Gareth Davies | Scrum-half | 18 August 1990 (aged 33) | 76 | Scarlets |
| Kieran Hardy | Scrum-half | 30 November 1995 (aged 28) | 21 | Scarlets |
| Sam Costelow | Fly-half | 10 January 2001 (aged 23) | 12 | Scarlets |
| Mason Grady | Centre | 10 March 2002 (aged 22) | 11 | Cardiff |
| Eddie James | Centre | 10 August 2002 (aged 21) | 0 | Scarlets |
| Ben Thomas | Centre | 25 November 1998 (aged 25) | 2 | Cardiff |
| Nick Tompkins | Centre | 16 February 1995 (aged 29) | 36 | Saracens |
| Owen Watkin | Centre | 12 October 1996 (aged 27) | 38 | Ospreys |
| Rio Dyer | Wing | 21 December 1999 (aged 24) | 19 | Dragons |
| Keelan Giles | Wing | 29 January 1997 (aged 27) | 0 | Ospreys |
| Regan Grace | Wing | 12 December 1996 (aged 27) | 0 | Bath |
| Josh Hathaway | Wing | 19 October 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | Gloucester |
| Liam Williams | Wing | 9 April 1991 (aged 33) | 89 | Kubota Spears |
| Jacob Beetham | Fullback | 18 April 2001 (aged 23) | 0 | Cardiff |
| Cameron Winnett | Fullback | 7 January 2003 (aged 21) | 5 | Cardiff |
See also[edit]
- 2024 mid-year rugby union tests
- 2024 England rugby union tour of New Zealand
- 2024 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Uruguay
- 2024 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wales to face Australia in Melbourne and Sydney on summer tour". BBC Sport. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Wales to face world champions South Africa at Twickenham in June". BBC Sport. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Wales to finish long season with Queensland Reds fixture in Brisbane". BBC Sport. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (9 March 2024). "Wales add a game against Queensland to their two-Test tour of Australia". News.com.au. News Corp Australia.
- ^ a b "Morgan ruled out as Lake leads Wales against Springboks". BBC Sport. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Wales prop Thomas ruled out against South Africa". BBC Sport. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Wales announce fixtures against South Africa and Australia this summer". Welsh Rugby Union. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Wallaroos and Wallabies 2024 Home Test schedule confirmed". Wallabies Rugby. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Williams and Hill earn shock Wales recalls". BBC Sport. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Williams, Verity (6 June 2024). "James called up to Wales squad". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Wales call flanker Botham into summer squad". BBC Sport. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Shock Wales call-up for uncapped wing Regan Grace". BBC Sport. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Williams, Verity (3 June 2024). "Wales men's squad named for 2024 summer fixtures". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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