
Schmidt to quit as Wallabies coach
Joe Schmidt will leave his role as Australia head coach after the 2025 Rugby Championship, but is open to a consultancy post with the Wallabies.
Joe Schmidt will leave his role as Australia head coach after the 2025 Rugby Championship, but is open to a consultancy post with the Wallabies.
Head coach Joe Schmidt faces an anxious wait on the extent of centre Joseph Suaalii’s arm injury during Australia’s defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield.
Joe Schmidt would love Australia to emulate the Grand Slam achievements of a 1984 Wallabies team captained by “top man” Andrew Slack.
Australia great David Campese said he had changed his mind about Joe Schmidt, admitting the New Zealander was “proving me wrong” as Wallabies coach.
Head coach Joe Schmidt is not getting carried away about thoughts of a clean sweep of the home nations after Australia thrashed Wales in Cardiff on Sunday.
Joe Schmidt hailed Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii as an “aerial freak” after the cross-code capture marked his first Test by starring in the Wallabies’ thrilling win over England at Twickenham.
Joe Schmidt insists handing a Test debut to Joseph Suaalii against England is “more of an opportunity than a risk”, despite it being the former NRL star’s first senior game of rugby union.
Rugby league convert Joseph Suaali will tour with the Wallabies to the northern hemisphere next month despite just two training sessions with the squad.
David Campese has slammed Rugby Australia’s decision to appoint Joe Schmidt as Wallabies head coach, calling him the “second-best Kiwi coach”.
Joe Schmidt was proud of how the Wallabies went down fighting against New Zealand on Saturday, as Scott Robertson rued how the All Blacks almost threw away the victory.