{"id":847793,"date":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847793\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","slug":"japan-vs-wallabies-rugby-live-scores-les-kiss-new-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847793\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan vs Wallabies rugby live scores: Les Kiss new coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The start of the Les Kiss era is finally here for the Wallabies. <\/p>\n

After a lengthy handover from Joe Schmidt, Kiss will take charge for the first time against Eddie Jones\u2019 Japan side on Saturday night. <\/a><\/p>\n

Kiss has already shaken up the Wallabies squad and will be intent on getting his reign off to a perfect start in Osaka. <\/a><\/p>\n

Follow live scores below and see key stats in our match centre. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The start of the Les Kiss era is finally here for the Wallabies. After a lengthy handover from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[418411,418416,418415,418420,418414,64,63,10966,28588,418413,157663,418418,382487,941,418410,418421,1381,36894,94485,92253,208941,74467,35062,7555,418409,760,418417,46907,85,18735,376549,418419,376950,418412,403925,2500],"class_list":["post-847793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-matchidirb20260401","tag-a-dream-start","tag-a-lengthy-handover","tag-a-perfect-start","tag-a-reality-check","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charge","tag-eddie-jones","tag-eddie-jones-and","tag-first-game","tag-first-kiss-nerves","tag-his-reign","tag-japan","tag-japan-side","tag-japan-vs-wallabies","tag-joe-schmidt","tag-key-stats","tag-kiss","tag-les-kiss","tag-live-scores","tag-new-era","tag-night","tag-osaka","tag-our-match-centre","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-in-article-head","tag-saturday","tag-sports","tag-style","tag-the-first-time","tag-the-les-kiss-era","tag-the-start","tag-the-wallabies-squad","tag-the-wallabies","tag-wallabies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847793","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=847793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}