Australia\u2019s SVNS hopes have long been pinned on their star-studded women\u2019s program \u2013 but there\u2019s a stirring Down Under following an overhaul of the Aussie men\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n
Three weeks out from the Dubai SVNS, RugbyPass casts an eye over the five Australian rising stars to watch in the 2025\/26 HSBC SVNS Series.<\/p>\n
Wallace Charlie<\/p>\n
One of the hottest prospects in Australian rugby, Charlie, 19, is primed for a breakout SVNS Series following his Los Angeles debut last season.<\/p>\n
The Torres Strait speedster made a mockery of Australia\u2019s Super Rugby U19 tournament, finishing with 19 tackle busts and 337 carry metres from just three games for the Western Force.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s since re-joined Liam Barry\u2019s squad and will be available for the entire 25\/26 Series before linking back up with the Force<\/a> on a two-year contract.<\/p>\n Amahli Hala<\/p>\n 19-year-old Hala slotted seamlessly into the Australian women\u2019s system and is ready to take centre-stage this season<\/p>\n Easily identifiable by her pink headgear, Hala got tongues wagging enroute to a 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games gold medal before produced an all-time debut tournament in Hong Kong, including an early try against Spain.<\/p>\n Hala\u2019s ability to create space for others was key in Queensland\u2019s surprise Next Gen 7s title in 2025 and she\u2019ll continue pushing for regular game time under veteran coach Tim Walsh.<\/p>\n Will Cartwright<\/p>\n Equally comfortable at halfback or on the wing in XVs, the pint-sized Cartwright has genuine gas and an appetite for big games.<\/p>\n Catapulted into Les Kiss\u2019 Queensland system after a breakout 2024 season of Hospital Cup powerhouse Brothers, Cartwright found himself facing Wales<\/a> and Tonga<\/a> in a Reds<\/a> jersey last year and continued to impress through their Super Rugby Australia<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n His combination of pace and footwork quickly caught the eye of Australian Sevens selectors, who invited him to their inaugural training combine and quickly secured his services for the 2025\/2026 SVNS Series.<\/p>\n Kiiahla Duff<\/p>\n Another debutant from the 2024\/2025 SVNS Series, Duff has serious sevens pedigree and the skillset to match.<\/p>\n Duff, 22, is the cousin of Australian Sevens teammates Faith Nathan and Sariah Paki and shapes an equally dangerous prospect in her sophomore season.<\/p>\n A former Australian touch football representative, Duff had to bide her time in the Next Gen Sevens before earning her first cap in Dubai last Series and racking up 27 games in green and gold.<\/p>\n Cooper Watters<\/p>\n One of Australia\u2019s breakout performers from the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship, Watters shapes a wildcard wing option to debut under Liam Barry.<\/p>\n Hailing from the NSW country town of Bathurst, Watters started seven of eight Junior Wallabies fixtures on the wing last year and finished as Australia\u2019s tournament leader for linebreaks (seven)<\/p>\n Watters\u2019 defence is invaluable with the outside back also topping the Junior Wallabies tackle count in South Africa (45) ahead of Sevens teammate Aden Ekanayake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s SVNS hopes have long been pinned on their star-studded women\u2019s program \u2013 but there\u2019s a stirring Down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-280482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}