{"id":907202,"date":"2026-09-27T09:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907202\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:12:12","slug":"rugby-news-2026-wallaroos-vs-scotland-result-scores-highlights-australia-comeback-wxv-global-series-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907202\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby news 2026: Wallaroos vs Scotland result, scores, highlights; Australia comeback, WXV Global Series video"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wallaroos<\/a> have snapped a six-game losing streak by coming-from-behind to smash Scotland 30-10 in Edinburgh on Sunday (AEST).<\/p>\n

Scotland had visions of recording a historic win over Australia as the hosts led 10-5 at halftime.<\/p>\n

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Faitala Moleka of Australia scores.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

But Tim Walsh\u2019s side had other ideas as they stormed back to mark Michaela Leonard\u2019s milestone 50th Test match.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lock Leonard became the first player to reach 50 Wallaroos caps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere was crazy. Going into halftime, the girls knew we had to take it up a notch just to compete with Scotland,\u201d player-of-the-match Faitala Moleka said on Stan Sport\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a physical team, and they were just pumping us at the rucks, but there was a massive mindset shift from the girls, and after a speech from our captain (Siokapesi Palu Sekona), we came out determined and got that win.\u201d<\/p>\n

A seven-minute spurt of world-class play inspired the visitors as they produced 25 unanswered points.<\/p>\n

A powerful 20m rolling maul proved the game-turner, sending Scotland down to 14 for cynical play and putting halfback Samantha Wood – who piled on 15 points – in position to snipe over for the lead.<\/p>\n

Prop Brianna Hoy and inside centre Moleka then made the most of the numerical advantage with two more tries in three minutes.<\/p>\n

The victory maintains Australia\u2019s perfect record against Scotland.<\/p>\n

Scotland will now travel Down Under for October Tests in Sydney and Canberra.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls have certainly been progressing in our performance week to week, so it\u2019s a really pleasing way to finish,\u201d assistant coach Mike Ruthven said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly had to work hard for it, but I thought the girls really increased the tempo in the second half, and we\u2019re able to score some nice tries.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Faitala Moleka of Australia scores.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Wallaroos hadn\u2019t won since beating Fiji to open their 2026 season in March.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Western Force earned hosting rights for the Super Rugby Australia grand final after a come-from-behind 17-12 win away to the NSW Waratahs in Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Young gun Boston Fakafanua scored the go-ahead try in the 49th minute after the Force trailed 12-7 at the break in wet conditions at Pittwater Rugby Park.<\/p>\n

Both sides already knew they\u2019d qualified for the decider but hosting rights were up for grabs.<\/p>\n

The Force will host the title game at Perth\u2019s Hale School on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Watch Wallaroos vs Scotland in two home Tests in October.\u00a0Add the Stan Sport package<\/a>\u00a0to watch rugby live and on demand with no ad-breaks in play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wallaroos have snapped a six-game losing streak by coming-from-behind to smash Scotland 30-10 in Edinburgh on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-907202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907202","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=907202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}