Miles Amatosero has earned his first Test start in Wallaby gold, selected to play Japan in Osaka on Saturday night in what is the maiden Test for new Head Coach Les Kiss.<\/p>\n
Having made his Test debut as a substitute in the side\u2019s win over Italy, Amatosero will start in the second row alongside Josh Canham who created history when he became the first Wallabies lock to score a hat-trick of tries in Perth.<\/p>\n
Amatosero joins Waratahs team mates Harry Potter, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Max Jorgensen in the starting line-up, while Angus Bell has been named as a substitute. <\/p>\n
Wallabies Head Coach Les Kiss said: \u201cEvery single player in the squad has pushed hard over the last fortnight to get us to this point, making selecting the matchday 23 a real challenge for the coaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players selected now have the privilege and responsibility that comes with wearing the gold jersey and we know they\u2019ll do everything they can to earn the support of all Australians when they take to the field in Osaka on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wallabies team to play Japan at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka on Saturday August 8 at 8:05pm AEST<\/p>\n
1. Aidan Ross (3 Tests) – #994; Bond University<\/p>\n
2. Josh Nasser (13 Tests) – #979; Easts Tigers<\/p>\n
3. Allan Alaalatoa (91 Tests) – #896; West Harbour Juniors<\/p>\n
4. Josh Canham (5 Tests) – #987; Harlequin Rugby Club<\/p>\n
5. Miles Amatosero (1 Test) – #998; South Coogee Red Devils<\/p>\n
6. Rob Valetini (65 Tests) – #929; Harlequin Rugby Club<\/p>\n
7. Fraser McReight (42 Tests) – #937; Albany Creek Brumbies<\/p>\n
8. Harry Wilson (c) (39 Tests) – #933; Gunnedah Red Devils<\/p>\n
9. Ryan Lonergan (8 Tests) – #993; Tuggeranong Vikings<\/p>\n
10. Declan Meredith (2 Tests) – #997; Barron Trinity Bulls<\/p>\n
11. Harry Potter (12 Tests) – #989; Moorabbin Rams<\/p>\n
12. Hunter Paisami (35 Tests) – #932; Harlequin Rugby Club<\/p>\n
13. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (21 Tests) – #988; The Kings School<\/p>\n
14. Max Jorgensen (23 Tests) – #984; Balmain Wolves<\/p>\n
15. Tom Wright (46 Tests) – #939; Clovelly Eagles<\/p>\n
Substitutes<\/p>\n
16. Billy Pollard (21 Tests) – #958; Lindfield Junior Rugby Club<\/p>\n
17. Angus Bell (53 Tests) – #940; Hunters Hill Rugby Club<\/p>\n
18. Taniela Tupou (70 Tests) – #917; Brothers Rugby<\/p>\n
19. Jeremy Williams (28 Tests) \u2013 #973; Wahroonga Tigers<\/p>\n
20. Charlie Cale (2 Tests) – #976; Beecroft Junior Rugby Club<\/p>\n
21. Tate McDermott (53 Tests) – #936; Flinders Rugby Club<\/p>\n
22. Ben Donaldson (21 Tests) – #962; Clovelly Eagles<\/p>\n
23. Isaac Henry* – uncapped; Kenmore Bears<\/p>\n
*denotes potential Test debut<\/p>\n
2026 Wallabies Fixtures<\/p>\n
July Nations Championship Tests<\/p>\n
Wallabies 31 defeated by Ireland 33 on Saturday July 4 at Allianz Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n
Wallabies 26 defeated by France 42 on Saturday July 11 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane<\/p>\n
Wallabies 57 defeated Italy 10 on Saturday July 18 at HBF Park, Perth<\/p>\n
Flight Centre Series\/Bledisloe Cup<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Japan, 8:05pm AEST on Saturday August 8 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashi-Osaka<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Japan, 3:00pm AEST on Saturday August 15 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Argentina 5:00am AEST on Sunday August 30 at Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Argentina, 5:00am AEST on Sunday September 6 at Est\u00e1dio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs South Africa, 5:30pm AWST on Sunday September 27 at Optus Stadium, Perth\\<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs New Zealand, 5:10pm AEST on Saturday October 10 at Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs New Zealand, 3:45pm AEST on Saturday October 17 at Accor Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n
November Nations Championship Tests<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs England, 2:10am AEDT on Monday November 9 at Allianz Stadium Twickenham, London<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Scotland, 2:10am AEDT on Monday November 16 at Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh<\/p>\n
Wallabies vs Wales, 7:10am AEDT on Sunday November 22, Principality Stadium, Cardiff<\/p>\n
Nations Championships Finals Weekend, Weekend starting November 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miles Amatosero has earned his first Test start in Wallaby gold, selected to play Japan in Osaka on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,33009],"class_list":["post-845335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-waratahs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845335","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=845335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}