Australia is currently taking part in the Rugby Championship, which sees the Wallabies go up against their familiar Southern Hemisphere foes in a jam-packed month of rugby action.
It is a new dawn for the Wallabies after a horror 2023, with new coach Joe Schmidt looking to restore some pride in the green and gold jersey after years of underperformance.
The Sporting News looks at the Wallabies fixtures for the 2024 Rugby Championship.
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The Wallabies are playing six games at the Rugby Championship – twice against each of their three opponents.
They began with two matches at home against back-to-back World Cup winners South Africa, with the first game being a 33-7 loss at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, followed by a 30-12 loss in Perth a week later.
They then made the long trip to Argentina, where they narrowly beat Los Pumas in game one, before suffering a record defeat in the second match.
They face their Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand to round off the Rugby Championship, which also doubles as the Bledisloe Cup; Australia lost the opening match on home soil and will now head across the ditch.
All times are AEST.
Date | Match | Time | Stadium |
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Saturday, August 10 | Wallabies 7-33 South Africa | 2:30 pm | Suncorp Stadium |
Saturday, August 17 | Wallabies 12-30 South Africa | 7:45 pm | Optus Stadium |
Sunday, September 1 | Argentina 19-20 Wallabies | 8:00 am | Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi |
Sunday September 8 | Argentina 67-27 Wallabies | 5:00 am | Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao Lopez |
Saturday September 21 | Wallabies 28-31 All Blacks | 3:45 pm | Accor Stadium |
Saturday September 29 | All Blacks vs Wallabies | 5:05 pm | Sky Stadium |
Select games in The Rugby Championship will be shown on television via Channel Nine, as well as on their free to use streaming service 9Now.
For fans wanting to watch every minute of every match, Stan Sport will be showing every match of the Rugby Championship live and on demand.
Date | Match | Time | TV channel | Live stream |
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Saturday 21st September | Wallabies vs All Blacks | 3:45 pm | Channel Nine | 9Now, Stan Sport |
Saturday 28th September | All Blacks vs Wallabies | 5:05 pm | Channel Nine | 9Now, Stan Sport |
Since the creation of the Rugby Championship in 2012, Australia has only won the tournament once in 2015.
They were unbeaten for the first time, however it was a shortened competition with just three games due to the upcoming 2015 World Cup.
Australia has failed to come close since then, winning the wooden spoon twice, including in last year’s edition.
Whilst the 2023 tournament was also a shortened version due to the World Cup, Australia lost all three games, including at home to Argentina, and a 31-point walloping at the hands of New Zealand.