{"id":342484,"date":"2025-12-12T05:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/342484\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T05:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:46:12","slug":"joe-schmidt-names-wallabies-squad-for-january-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/342484\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Schmidt names Wallabies squad for January training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe Schmidt has named a 40-strong squad for a training camp early in the new year, bringing his Australia-based players together before they disperse into their respective Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> clubs.<\/p>\n

More than a handful of players will miss the camp while playing for clubs in Europe, the absent group includes senior figures like Angus Bell<\/a>, Taniela Tupou<\/a>, James O\u2019Connor<\/a>, Will Skelton<\/a>, Tom Hooper<\/a> and Len Ikitau.<\/p>\n

One uncapped player has made the cut, that being Queensland Reds<\/a> prop Massimo De Lutiis<\/a>, while injured star fullback Tom Wright<\/a> will also be in attendance.<\/p>\n

The Wallabies open their 2026 season on July 4 against Ireland<\/a> in Sydney, in the first round of the Nations Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe couple of days we have together in early January will provide a final opportunity to look back on, and to learn from, a demanding 2025 Test campaign,\u201d said Schmidt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also provides a chance to complete some national testing and check in with the players from a medical perspective before they return to their Super Rugby Pacific clubs ahead of the 2026 season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wallabies January training camp squad<\/p>\n

Forwards (21)<\/p>\n

Allan Alaalatoa (#896, ACT Brumbies, West Harbour Juniors)<\/p>\n

Josh Canham (#987, Queensland Reds, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Nick Champion de Crespigny (#991, Western Force, Canberra Grammar School)<\/p>\n

Massimo De Lutiis (uncapped, Queensland Reds, Surfers Paradise Dolphins)<\/p>\n

Matt Faessler (#969, Queensland Reds, USQ Saints)<\/p>\n

Nick Frost (#953, ACT Brumbies, Hornsby Lions)<\/p>\n

Isaac Kailea (#975, NSW Waratahs, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Fraser McReight (#937, Queensland Reds, Albany Creek Brumbies)<\/p>\n

Josh Nasser (#979, Queensland Reds, Easts (Brisbane))<\/p>\n

Zane Nonggorr (#966, Queensland Reds, Gold Coast Eagles)<\/p>\n

Brandon Paenga-Amosa (#918, Western Force, Southern Districts)<\/p>\n

Billy Pollard (#958, ACT Brumbies, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Tom Robertson (#898, Western Force, Dubbo Kangaroos)<\/p>\n

Aidan Ross (#994, Queensland Reds, Bond University)<\/p>\n

Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (#914, Queensland Reds, Randwick)<\/p>\n

Pete Samu (#920, NSW Waratahs, Moorabbin Rams)<\/p>\n

Darcy Swain (#941, Western Force, JCU Mariners)<\/p>\n

Carlo Tizzano (#982, Western Force, University of Western Australia)<\/p>\n

Rob Valetini (#929, ACT Brumbies, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Jeremy Williams (#973, Western Force, Wahroonga Tigers)<\/p>\n

Harry Wilson (#933, Queensland Reds, Gunnedah Red Devils)<\/p>\n

Backs (19)<\/p>\n

Filipo Daugunu (#931, Queensland Reds, Wests Bulldogs)<\/p>\n

Ben Donaldson (#962, Western Force, Clovelly Eagles)<\/p>\n

Tane Edmed (990, ACT Brumbies, West Harbour Juniors)<\/p>\n

Josh Flook (#972, Queensland Reds, Brothers Rugby)<\/p>\n

Carter Gordon (#967, Queensland Reds, Sunshine Coast Grammar School)<\/p>\n

Jake Gordon (#925, NSW Waratahs, Canterbury<\/a> Juniors)<\/p>\n

Max Jorgensen (#984, NSW Waratahs, Balmain Wolves)<\/p>\n

Andrew Kellaway (#943, NSW Waratahs, Hunters Hill Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Ryan Lonergan (#993, ACT Brumbies, Tuggeranong Vikings)<\/p>\n

Tom Lynagh (#977, Queensland Reds, University of Queensland)<\/p>\n

Tate McDermott (#936, Queensland Reds, Flinders Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Hunter Paisami (#932, Queensland Reds, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n

Dylan Pietsch (#978, Western Force, Leeton Phantoms)<\/p>\n

Harry Potter (#989, NSW Waratahs, Moorabbin Rams)<\/p>\n

Hamish Stewart (#986, Western Force, Toowoomba Bears)<\/p>\n

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (#988, NSW Waratahs, The Kings<\/a> School)<\/p>\n

Kalani Thomas (#995, Queensland Reds, Springfield Hawks)<\/p>\n

Corey Toole (#992, ACT Brumbies, Wagga Crows)<\/p>\n

Tom Wright (#939, ACT Brumbies, Clovelly Eagles)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Schmidt has named a 40-strong squad for a training camp early in the new year, bringing his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-342484","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\/342484","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=342484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}