Angus Bell

Angus Bell, a second-generation Wallaby, has established himself as one of the premier all-round loose head props of his era.

Son of Wallaby #729 Mark Bell, Angus was such a promising talent that he made his Test debut, against the All Blacks, just 34 days after his 20th birthday.

He undertook his secondary schooling at Newington College, the alma mater of Wallaby captains Dave Cowper, Alan Cameron, Nick Farr-Jones, Phil Kearns and fellow Wallaby Allan Ala’alatoa, and played two seasons in the 1st XV (2017-18).

From there, Bell won selection for the Australian Schools & U18s side in both years, the second as captain. A year later Bell was the lynchpin of a Junior Wallabies side that narrowly went down to France in the World Rugby U20s Championship final in Argentina.

In 2020 Bell made his Super Rugby debut at the age of 19 and, less than nine months later, replaced centurion James Slipper in the fourth Test against New Zealand in Brisbane. In doing so, the Bells became the eleventh father-son pairing, and the first since David and Sam Carter, to play Test rugby for Australia.

Unfortunately, in the opening game of the Super Rugby Pacific season, Bell re-injured his right toe - the same toe that ruined his 2021. He underwent rehab as part of the 2023 Wallabies Squad before returning against Argentina in the Rugby Championship and featuring heavily during the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

He bounced back strongly in 2025, though, featuring in most of the Waratahs' Super Rugby Pacific matches and earning himself a spot in the Wallabies' squad for the British & Irish Lions series, coming on as a substitute in all three Tests before bringing up his 50th cap at the end of the year.

Bell has returned to Australian Rugby after a sabbatical stint in Northern Island with United Rugby Championship side Ulster.