2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia | |||||
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Coach(es) | Warren Gatland | ||||
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Tour chronology | |||||
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]
Date | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
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22 June 2024 | Twickenham Stadium, London | Wales ![]() | ![]() | |
6 July 2024 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | Australia ![]() | ![]() | |
13 July 2024 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne | Australia ![]() | ![]() | |
19 July 2024 | Lang Park, Brisbane | Queensland Reds | ![]() |
22 June 2024 14:00 BST (UTC+1) |
South Africa ![]() | v | ![]() |
Twickenham Stadium, London [5] Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland) [6] |
Assistant referees: |
6 July 2024 19:45 AEST (UTC+10) |
Australia ![]() | v | ![]() |
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney [7] Referee: Pierre Brousset (France) [6] |
Assistant referees: |
13 July 2024 19:45 AEST (UTC+10) |
Australia ![]() | v | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne [7] Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) [6] |
Assistant referees: |
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] Uncapped Scarlets centre Eddie James was a notable omission from the original squad, but he was added to the squad on 6 June. [9]
Caps and ages are as of 21 June 2024, prior to the first match of the tour. [10]
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Dewi Lake | Hooker | 16 May 1999 (aged 25) | 12 | ![]() |
Elliot Dee | Hooker | 7 March 1994 (aged 30) | 51 | ![]() |
Evan Lloyd | Hooker | 28 December 2001 (aged 22) | 2 | ![]() |
Sam Parry | Hooker | 17 December 1991 (aged 32) | 7 | ![]() |
Archie Griffin | Prop | 24 July 2001 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() |
Corey Domachowski | Prop | 11 September 1996 (aged 27) | 10 | ![]() |
Dillon Lewis | Prop | 4 January 1996 (aged 28) | 57 | ![]() |
Gareth Thomas | Prop | 1 November 1993 (aged 30) | 30 | ![]() |
Harri O'Connor | Prop | 25 October 2000 (aged 23) | 1 | ![]() |
Henry Thomas | Prop | 30 October 1991 (aged 32) | 4 | ![]() |
Keiron Assiratti | Prop | 30 June 1997 (aged 26) | 6 | ![]() |
Kemsley Mathias | Prop | 29 July 1999 (aged 24) | 2 | ![]() |
Ben Carter | Lock | 23 January 2001 (aged 23) | 11 | ![]() |
Christ Tshiunza | Lock | 9 January 2002 (aged 22) | 10 | ![]() |
Cory Hill | Lock | 10 February 1992 (aged 32) | 32 | ![]() |
Dafydd Jenkins | Lock | 5 December 2002 (aged 21) | 17 | ![]() |
Matthew Screech | Lock | 24 October 1992 (aged 31) | 1 | ![]() |
Aaron Wainwright | Back row | 25 November 1997 (aged 26) | 48 | ![]() |
Jac Morgan | Back row | 21 January 2000 (aged 24) | 15 | ![]() |
Mackenzie Martin | Back row | 26 October 2003 (aged 20) | 3 | ![]() |
Taine Plumtree | Back row | 9 March 2000 (aged 24) | 2 | ![]() |
Tommy Reffell | Back row | 27 April 1999 (aged 25) | 18 | ![]() |
Ellis Bevan | Scrum-half | 10 March 2000 (aged 24) | 0 | ![]() |
Gareth Davies | Scrum-half | 18 August 1990 (aged 33) | 76 | ![]() |
Kieran Hardy | Scrum-half | 30 November 1995 (aged 28) | 21 | ![]() |
Sam Costelow | Fly-half | 10 January 2001 (aged 23) | 12 | ![]() |
Ben Thomas | Centre | 25 November 1998 (aged 25) | 2 | ![]() |
Eddie James | Centre | 10 August 2002 (aged 21) | 0 | ![]() |
Mason Grady | Centre | 10 March 2002 (aged 22) | 11 | ![]() |
Nick Tompkins | Centre | 16 February 1995 (aged 29) | 36 | ![]() |
Owen Watkin | Centre | 12 October 1996 (aged 27) | 38 | ![]() |
Josh Hathaway | Wing | 19 October 2003 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Keelan Giles | Wing | 29 January 1997 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Liam Williams | Wing | 9 April 1991 (aged 33) | 89 | ![]() |
Rio Dyer | Wing | 21 December 1999 (aged 24) | 19 | ![]() |
Jacob Beetham | Fullback | 18 April 2001 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Cameron Winnett | Fullback | 7 January 2003 (aged 21) | 5 | ![]() |
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