Wallaby number 930 Jordan Petaia has been selected in his first Wallabies squad since the 2023 Rugby World Cup, named as part of a 34-man group for the upcoming Flight Centre Series Test against South Africa at Perth’s Optus Stadium.
Petaia, 26, made his Wallabies debut as a 19-year-old at the 2019 Rugby World Cup scoring a memorable try against Uruguay, and has since pulled on the gold jersey a total of 31 times.
The versatile back, who has been plying his trade in France and Japan since the end of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season after seven seasons at the Queensland Reds, is one of three new faces in the squad that won back the Puma Trophy in an undefeated tour of Argentina earlier this month.
Another of those is Western Force recruit Harry McLaughlin-Phillips who has been named in his first official Wallabies squad, replacing Carter Gordon who suffered a fractured fibula in Mendoza.
Born in Toowoomba and raised in Gunnedah, the 22-year-old flyhalf was part of the Australia U20s at the 2023 and 2024 World Rugby U20 Championships and has featured for the Queensland Reds on more than 35 occasions.
Queenslander Zane Nonggorr is back in the squad after completing a successful return to the field in Saturday’s 2026 Super Rugby AUS opener having picked up a minor calf strain in Japan.
He replaces Wallaby number 1000 Massimo De Lutiis in the group who is being managed having featured in three straight Tests to kick off his international career, with Filipo Daugunu also managed due to a minor knee complaint.
Elsewhere the squad remains consistent with those who have featured under Les Kiss so far in his first four matches as head coach, with the group set to assemble in Perth on Friday ahead of their Test against the back-to-back Rugby World Cup winning Springboks on Sunday September 27.
Wallabies Head Coach Les Kiss said: “We’ve learned a bit more about ourselves as a group over the last four Tests, and we know we still have a lot to work on to get to where we want to be.
“South Africa have been the benchmark team in World Rugby for a long time, and we’re motivated by the challenge of meeting them in our own backyard in two weeks’ time.”
Allan Alaalatoa (#896, West Harbour Juniors, ACT Brumbies, 93)
Angus Bell (#940, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, NSW Waratahs, 57)
Charlie Cale (#976, Beecroft Junior Rugby Club, ACT Brumbies, 6)
Josh Canham (#987, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, Queensland Reds, 8)
Tom Hooper (#964, Bathurst Bulldogs, Exeter Chiefs (UK), 24)
Isaac Kailea (#975, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, NSW Waratahs, 9)
Fraser McReight (#937, Albany Creek Brumbies, Queensland Reds, 46)
Josh Nasser (#979, Easts Rugby (Brisbane), Queensland Reds, 16)
Zane Nonggorr (#966, Gold Coast Eagles, Queensland Reds, 20)
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (#918, Southern Districts, Western Force, 30)
Billy Pollard (#958, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club, ACT Brumbies, 24)
Aidan Ross (#994, Bond University, Queensland Reds, 6)
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (#914, Randwick, Queensland Reds, 47)
Lachlan Shaw (#996, University of Queensland, ACT Brumbies, 4)
Carlo Tizzano (#982, University of Western Australia, Western Force, 16)
Taniela Tupou (#917, Brothers Rugby (Brisbane), Racing 92 (France), 73)
Rob Valetini (#929, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, ACT Brumbies, 68)
Jeremy Williams (#973, Wahroonga Tigers, Western Force, 32)
Harry Wilson (c) (#933, Gunnedah Red Devils, Queensland Reds, 42)
Jock Campbell (#959, Inverell Highlanders, Queensland Reds, 6)
Ben Donaldson (#962, Clovelly Eagles, Western Force, 25)
Isaac Henry (#999, Kenmore Bears, Queensland Reds, 4)
Len Ikitau (#944, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies, 54)
Max Jorgensen (#984, Balmain Wolves, NSW Waratahs, 27)
Ryan Lonergan (#993, Tuggeranong Vikings, ACT Brumbies, 12)
Tate McDermott (#936, Flinders Rugby Club, Queensland Reds, 56)
Harry McLaughlin-Phillips (uncapped, Gunnedah Red Devils, Western Force, 0)
Declan Meredith (#997, Barron Trinity Bulls, ACT Brumbies, 3)
Hunter Paisami (#932, Harlequin Junior Rugby Club, Queensland Reds, 38)
Jordan Petaia (#930, Wests Bulldogs, Urayasu D-Rocks (Japan), 31)
Harry Potter (#989, Moorabbin Rams, NSW Waratahs, 15)
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (#988, The Kings School, NSW Waratahs, 23)
Kalani Thomas (#995, Springfield Hawks, Queensland Reds, 2)
Tom Wright (#939, Clovelly Eagles, ACT Brumbies, 50)
Josh Flook
Langi Gleeson
Carter Gordon
Jake Gordon
Dylan Pietsch
Matt Philip
Henry Robertson
Pete Samu
Blake Schoupp
Will Skelton
Wallabies 31 defeated by Ireland 33 on Saturday July 4 at Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Wallabies 26 defeated by France 42 on Saturday July 11 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Wallabies 57 defeated Italy 10 on Saturday July 18 at HBF Park, Perth
Wallabies 35 defeated Japan 32 on Saturday August 8 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashi-Osaka
Wallabies 56 defeated Japan 17 on Saturday August 15 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Wallabies 27 defeated Argentina 21 on Saturday August 29 at Estadio 23 de Agosto, San Salvador de Jujuy
Wallabies 28 drew with Argentina 28 on Saturday September 5 at Estádio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Wallabies vs South Africa, 5:30pm AWST on Sunday September 27 at Optus Stadium, Perth
Wallabies vs New Zealand, 5:10pm AEST on Saturday October 10 at Eden Park, Auckland
Wallabies vs New Zealand, 3:45pm AEST on Saturday October 17 at Accor Stadium, Sydney
Wallabies vs England, 2:10am AEDT on Monday November 9 at Allianz Stadium Twickenham, London
Wallabies vs Scotland, 2:10am AEDT on Monday November 16 at Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Wallabies vs Wales, 7:10am AEDT on Sunday November 22, Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Nations Championships Finals Weekend, Weekend starting November 27
