Watch every second of the Wallabies 2026 season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Reds back started four games at the U20 World Championship across the midfield and back three, helping Australia to a seventh place finish.<\/p>\n
Waratahs backrower Justice Taumoepeau, who was in camp with the U20s before an injury cost him a spot on the plane, returns for his second year in the U18s setup along with forwards Hasani Bloomfield, Tahj Smith. and Oliver Smith.<\/p>\n
Australia U18 head coach Dale Roberson has picked a versatile squad from around the country, selecting 26 players from 15 different schools across five states.<\/p>\n
This includes Western Force Academy lock Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage, one of five who graduated straight from the Australia U16 camp last year.<\/p>\n
Australia U16 captain Finn Hannon has also been named, joined by Izak Holmes, James Smith and Wilson Ruthven.<\/p>\n
“The staff and playing squad are really looking forward to the challenge of taking on the Australian Schoolboys, New Zealand Barbarians and New Zealand Schools over the next six weeks,” coach Robertson said.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve selected a strong squad, and our focus now is on preparing well and making sure we\u2019re ready for what will be a great challenge.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been really pleasing to see the depth of talent coming through the Australian Rugby pathway. The various school, club, state and national competitions have provided a strong pool of players to select from, and that competition for places has been a real positive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U18 team will face the Schoolboys in their annual fixture on September 25, the Schoolboys coached by Brumbies Head of Elite Pathways Daniel Hawke.<\/p>\n
Waratahs product Jeremy Rath and Queenslander Lane Edmonds are among those returning for another year with the program, whilst flyhalf Rokko Walker has been named after a stellar season for Cranbrook.<\/p>\n
The two teams will then head to NZ, with the Schoolboys facing New Zealand Schools on September 30, followed by the U18 team taking on New Zealand Barbarians.<\/p>\n
They will swap opposition on October 4 as the U18 team look to preserve their winning run over NZ Schools.<\/p>\n
Australia U18 squad<\/p>\n
(School or Club\/Junior Club in brackets)<\/p>\n
Aidan Wunsch (Daramalan College\/Gungahlin Eagles)<\/p>\n
Aidan Luke (Nudgee College\/Brothers (Brisbane))<\/p>\n
Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage (Byford College\/Southern Lions)<\/p>\n
Charlie Tanner (Marcellin College and Randwick Rugby Club\/Randwick Warriors)<\/p>\n
Faf Krueger (Brighton Grammar School\/Moorabbin Rams)<\/p>\n
Finn Hannon (St Joseph’s College\/Mosman Whales)<\/p>\n
Harper Enasio (University of Queensland\/Wahroonga Tigers)<\/p>\n
Harrison Asi (Brisbane Grammar School\/Brothers (Brisbane))<\/p>\n
Harry Whitaker (Newington College\/Randwick Warriors)<\/p>\n
Hasani Bloomfield (The King’s School\/Baulkham Hills Rugby)<\/p>\n
Hunter Reich (St Ignatius’ College\/Lane Cove Juniors)<\/p>\n
Iliyza Viliamu (Newington College\/Campbelltown Harlequins)
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Isaiah Sheck (Newington College\/Western Raptors)
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Izak Holmes (Barker College\/Newport Rugby Club)
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Jack Calleja (Ipswich Grammar School\/Cassowary Coast Chargers)
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Jack Plamondon (St Ignatius’ College\/Lane Cove Juniors)
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James Hannaford (St Ignatius’ College\/Scone Brumbies)
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James Smith (The Southport School)
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Joel Stovold (Barker College\/Gordon)
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Justice Taumoepeau (Easts Rugby Club\/Oatley Juniors)
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Mark Peterson-Patolo (Barker College\/Western Raptors)
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Oliver Smith (The King’s School\/Norths Pirates)
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Taj Scarr (St Ignatius’ College\/Manly)
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Tahj Smith (Barker College\/Eastwood)
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Taione Taka (Brothers Rugby Club\/Sunshine Coast Grammar)
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Wilson Ruthven (St Augustine’s College\/Collaroy Cougars)<\/p>\n
Australian Schoolboys Squad<\/p>\n
(School in brackets)<\/p>\n
Josh Arundel (St Augustine’s College)
\nTristan Auelua\t(Brisbane State High School)
\nFraser Boakes\t(Brisbane State High School)
\nMorgan Carter (Knox Grammar School)
\nIsaiah Cornforth (Marist College)
\nGabe Cornillon Elliot (Marist College)
\nLane Edmonds (Ipswich Grammar School)
\nOwen Heathwood (Sunshine Coast Grammar School)
\nTomas Jensen\t(Marist College)
\nNoah Jury (Brighton Grammar School)
\nFlynn Killman\t(St Augustine’s College)
\nZeke Langi (St Edmund’s College)
\nMalaki Lemalu\t(Brisbane State High School)
\nTalmage Lemusu (Patrician Brothers’ College)
\nAngus Littler (St Joseph’s College)
\nSelestino Mainakavika (St Stanislaus’ College)
\nLucas Pavic (Marist College)
\nIsaac Perkins (St Ignatius’ College)
\nJeremy Rath (Barker College)
\nTyler Riddell (Ipswich Grammar School)
\nLiam Sidwell (Shore School)
\nSoane Ta’ai (Port Hacking High School)
\nWill Taylor (The King’s School)
\nRokko Walker (Cranbrook School)
\nHamish Ward (Brighton Grammar School)
\nBen Wright (The Scots College)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian U18 and Australian Schoolboys sides have been announced ahead of next month’s tour of New Zealand.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,78833,760,85],"class_list":["post-874774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-u18s","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874774","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=874774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}