Editor’s Picks 1 Related<\/p>\n The couple has only one night in Sydney as part of their first visit to Australia since 2018.<\/p>\n But the Harbour City holds good memories for rugby fan Harry, who joined England’s celebrations for their 2003 World Cup triumph.<\/p>\n In the final at Stadium Australia, Waugh was vice-captain as the Wallabies had their hearts broken by a Johnny Wilkinson drop goal in the last minute of extra time.<\/p>\n But there were no hard feelings as Waugh reached out to the Sussexes with tickets to the ‘Tahs.<\/p>\n The Round 10 Super Rugby Pacific clash will be played almost exactly 18 months before Australia’s follow-up World Cup begins in October 2027.<\/p>\n “Harry loves his rugby and we are looking forward to hosting him and Meghan at Friday night’s game,” said Waugh.<\/p>\n “Australian audiences will remember Harry celebrating as England held aloft the Webb Ellis trophy on these shores in 2003.<\/p>\n “And with the Rugby World Cup returning to Australia next year, we are delighted to welcome him back for a match that will feature Test players from Australia and across the Pacific.”<\/p>\n Staff completed a security walk-through at Allianz Stadium last Friday to ensure the couple’s safety on the night.<\/p>\n The Sussexes are expected to welcome Invictus Games colleagues to the stadium on Friday, when the Waratahs will look to shake off a 42-14 loss to the Chiefs in their last start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s been nearly 23 years since Prince Harry celebrated England’s Rugby World Cup triumph behind enemy lines in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-605629","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\/605629","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=605629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1640714_857x857_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nPrince Harry (L), Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan (R), the Duchess of Sussex will head to Allianz Stadium to watch the Waratahs’ Super Rugby clash with Moana Pasifika\u00a0William WEST \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n