{"id":826904,"date":"2026-11-07T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/826904\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:30:20","slug":"wallabies-team-v-england-fraser-mcreight-reaches-milestone-while-stalwart-makes-welcome-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/826904\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallabies team v England: Fraser McReight reaches milestone while stalwart makes welcome return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wallabies flanker Fraser McReight will bring up his 50th cap for Australia<\/a> when they face England at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 2026 John Eales Medallist forms a new look back-row with Jeremy Williams named at blindside flanker while Harry Wilson will again captain the side at number eight.<\/p>\n

Len Ikitau returns to the team having missed the last Test under HIA protocols, reigniting a midfield combination alongside Isaac Henry who will play his first Test in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Strong back three trio<\/p>\n

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii returns to the venue of his Test debut back in 2024, named on the right wing with Max Jorgensen on the left, while Tom Wright will start at full-back for the 10th straight Test.<\/p>\n

Brumbies teammates Ryan Lonergan and Declan Meredith will start in the halves, while Reds duo Josh Canham and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto are the run on lock pairing.<\/p>\n

Angus Bell returns as the starting loosehead prop, combining with Billy Pollard and Allan Alaalatoa in the Wallabies<\/a> front-row.<\/p>\n

England team v Australia: Steve Borthwick makes crucial Fin Smith call as uncapped man poised for Test debut<\/a><\/p>\n

Taniela Tupou is back in gold for the Test which forms part of the new Nations Championship<\/a> tournament. He\u2019ll be part of a substitute front-row alongside Josh Nasser and Isaac Kailea.<\/p>\n

The experienced Rob Valetini and Carlo Tizzano will provide the remaining forward cover, with Tate McDermott and Ben Donaldson the replacement halves. The versatile Filipo Daugunu rounds out the matchday 23.<\/p>\n

Wallabies head coach Les Kiss said: \u201cThe entire squad has travelled well and prepared with fantastic energy and excitement heading into this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying England<\/a> on their home turf \u2013 at an iconic venue like Twickenham \u2013 is a massive challenge and another great opportunity for us to test ourselves against world-class opposition and keep building our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n

Wallabies team to face England<\/p>\n

Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Isaac Henry, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 10 Declan Meredith, 9 Ryan Lonergan, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Fraser McReight<\/a>, 6 Jeremy Williams, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Josh Canham, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Billy Pollard, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Isaac Kailea, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Rob Valetini, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Filipo Daugunu<\/p>\n

Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 15:10 (local), 15:10 (UK), 16:10 (France), 17:10 (South Africa), 02:10 (9 November, AEDT), 04:10 (9 November, New Zealand), 12:10 (Argentina), 00:10 (9 November, JST), 10:10 (EST)
Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU) and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Rozier (FFR)
TMO: Tual Trainini (FFR)
FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
Broadcasters: ITV \/ ITVX (United Kingdom), TF1 (France), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), Sky Italia (Italy), SuperSport (South Africa \/ Africa), Nine Network \/ Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)<\/p>\n

READ MORE: England\u2019s crisis of confidence: is Owen Slot asking the right questions of the wrong people?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallabies flanker Fraser McReight will bring up his 50th cap for Australia when they face England at Allianz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[428,309,129847,348,3482,134497,50,35432,5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-826904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-australia","tag-england","tag-fraser-mcreight","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-nations-championship","tag-news","tag-popular","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}