{"id":272176,"date":"2025-11-09T00:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/272176\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:52:10","slug":"wallabies-lament-poor-performance-in-26-19-test-rugby-loss-to-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/272176\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies lament poor performance in 26-19 Test rugby loss to Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wallabies captain Harry Wilson says he is “hurting” after Australia’s 26-19 loss to Italy, while coach Joe Schmidt is lamenting his side’s “flat performance”.<\/p>\n

Displaying all-too-familiar ill-discipline, the Wallabies surrendered a second-half lead to slump to a sixth defeat in their past eight Tests under Schmidt in another hammer blow ahead of next month’s 2027 Rugby World Cup draw.<\/p>\n

Currently ranked seventh in the world, the Wallabies will likely need to beat powerhouses Ireland and France in their remaining two spring tour fixtures to snatch an all-important top-six seeding for the global showpiece in Australia in two years’ time.<\/p>\n

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The Wallabies slump to consecutive defeats on their spring tour, as Italy comes from behind to win in Udine.<\/p>\n

Such a scenario looks highly unlikely after the Wallabies produced another insipid performance, a week after falling 25-7 to England at Twickenham.<\/p>\n

The last time Australia lost to Italy, for a first time ever three years ago in Florence, fellow New Zealand coach Dave Rennie was sacked barely a month later.<\/p>\n

Rugby Australia has already locked in Les Kiss to take over from Schmidt in mid-2026.<\/p>\n

Narrow wins over Argentina and Japan have been Australia’s only two victories in eight Tests since the Wallabies’ mighty triumph over the world champion Springboks at Ellis Park in August.<\/p>\n

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Schmidt’s winning strike rate has now slumped to 42 per cent, one of the worst Wallabies coaching returns in history.<\/p>\n

“I’m pretty gutted, to be honest,” Schmidt told Stan Sport.<\/p>\n

“We just look a bit flat. I said progress isn’t linear, but that was a flat performance. That’s a dip we can’t afford to have.<\/p>\n

“And we’ve got two massive games coming up now, so we’re going to have to just recuperate as best we can and throw everything into the Irish game now.”<\/p>\n

Skipper Harry Wilson was also unable to hide his anguish after the latest setback.<\/p>\n

“We’re hurting,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to fix up from last week. We said ‘we’re going to fix it up’ and we didn’t.<\/p>\n

“We want to be a team that does what we said we’re going to do and we didn’t do that tonight.”<\/p>\n

The Wallabies face Ireland next Sunday morning (AEDT) in Dublin, before finishing their spring tour against France in Paris.<\/p>\n

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