{"id":309432,"date":"2025-11-26T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309432\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:19:15","slug":"wallabies-test-match-fixtures-for-2026-released-les-kiss-faces-eddie-jones-in-first-match-as-coach-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309432\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies Test match fixtures for 2026 released, Les Kiss faces Eddie Jones in first match as coach of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incoming Wallabies coach Les Kiss will launch his tenure against Eddie Jones’s Japan, Australia’s 14-Test schedule for 2026 shows.<\/p>\n

The Queensland Reds coach will take over from Wallabies mentor Joe Schmidt after the first matches of the newly-minted Nations Championship in July.<\/p>\n

Kiss will be at the helm when Australia faces Japan away on August 8 at a venue to be confirmed, before playing the Brave Blossoms again in Townsville a week later.<\/p>\n

Wallabies struggling two years out from World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wallabies did not turn the corner this year, as many had suggested, as they instead face a daunting challenge to be competitive at the 2027 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Last month the Wallabies squared off against their former coach Jones for their first time since he oversaw their 2023 World Cup horror show, with the Australian outfit scraping to a 19-15 victory in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Coming off their first winless four-Test tour of Europe since 1958 and with a record 10 losses in 15 matches this year, things will not get easier for the Wallabies in 2026.<\/p>\n

The 2027 World Cup hosts meet Six Nations heavyweights Ireland at the Sydney Football Stadium on July 4, followed by fifth-ranked France in Brisbane a week later.<\/p>\n

Current head coach Schmidt’s final game in charge will come against Italy on July 18 at a home venue to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Stream End Game with Tony Armstrong on ABC iview<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Armstrong tackles Australia’s overdue reckoning with racism in sport with the help of some of its biggest sports stars.<\/p>\n

The Wallabies fell to all of those northern hemisphere sides on their forgettable recent European spring tour.<\/p>\n

Following the home and away series against Japan, the world number seven side play two Tests against the Pumas in Argentina.<\/p>\n

They host world champions South Africa at an unconfirmed venue on September 27 before home and away Bledisloe Cup Tests against New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Australia finishes the season with November Tests in the UK against England, Scotland and Wales before the inaugural Nations Championship Finals on the last weekend of the month.<\/p>\n

Wallabies 2026 Test schedule<\/p>\n

vs Ireland, Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney \u2014 4 July<\/p>\n

vs France, Lang Park, Brisbane \u2014 11 July<\/p>\n

vs Italy, home venue TBC \u2014 18 July<\/p>\n

vs Japan, away venue TBC \u2014 8 August<\/p>\n

vs Japan, Townsville Stadium, Townsville \u2014 15 August<\/p>\n

vs Argentina, away venue TBC \u2014 29 August<\/p>\n

vs Argentina, away venue TBC \u2014 5 September<\/p>\n

vs South Africa, home venue TBC \u2014 27 September<\/p>\n

vs New Zealand, away venue TBC \u2014 10 October<\/p>\n

vs New Zealand, Stadium Australia, Sydney \u2014 17 October<\/p>\n

vs England, Twickenham, London \u2014 8 November<\/p>\n

vs Scotland, Murrayfield, Edinburgh \u2014 15 November<\/p>\n

vs Wales, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff \u2014 21 November<\/p>\n

Nations Championships Finals Weekend \u2014 weekend starting 27 November<\/p>\n

AAP<\/p>\n

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