LIVE: Wallaroos holding onto tight lead over Scotland

Fri, Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM
Nathan Williamson
by Nathan Williamson

LIVE: The Wallaroos have kicked clear for a 38-24 lead over Scotland after 63 minutes in Canberra.

The Australians claimed the series last weekend with a comprehensive Sydney win over the Scots.

Watch every second of the Wallaroos Test against Scotland live and on demand via Stan Sport.

Even with the series wrapped up, there's still plenty to play for as Emily Chancellor and Cecilia Smith play their final game in gold.

On top of that, prop Eva Karpani will become the second Wallaroo to 50 Tests when she comes off the bench.

For Scotland, they are looking for their maiden win against the Wallaroos and in Australia.

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65': Wallaroos hold tough

Wallaroos 38-24: Staunch defence from the Aussies delivers the result as they get the ruck penalty.

Big impact from Brittany Merlo and Michaela Leonard as they work hard to counter attack and force the penalty in their half.

63': Karpani off for 10

Wallaroos 38-24: A third yellow card for the Wallaroos as Eva Karpani goes off in the milestone game.

It could be more as Karpani is caught upright, smacking the Scottish attacking in the head.

In the meanwhile, Siokapesi Palu Sekona and Tania Naden off for Lily Bone and Brittany Merlo.

61': Palu Sekona awarded try of the year contender

Wallaroos 38-24: A late nomination for try of the year as the Wallaroos go the length of the field for a crazy try.

It starts and finish with Siokapesi Palu Sekona, who finds Cecilia Smith and Amelia Whitaker in space well inside the half, with Whitaker racing over over halfway before giving back to Smith.

Smith knocks the ball on and it's collected by the skipper before it hits the ground, racing away for the try.

Or is it? The TMO stops the goal kick to have a look at it cause it's a weird one. The ball comes out of Smith's hand and hits the Scot, but no clear evidence shows either going forward and the try stands!

59': Wood pushes Wallaroos lead out

Wallaroos 31-24: Samantha Wood puts the Australians lead out to a converted try with an easy three pointer.

Scotland again infringe at the ruck and Wood slots the easiest of penalties from 12 metres out, right in front.

55': Magic ball puts Lloyd in to reduce lead

Wallaroos 28-24: A stellar cutout ball finds Rhona Lloyd in the corner and Scotland are back in this.

The ball is ripped across the face of the Australian defence by Leia Brebner-Holden and hits Lloyd on the chest, cruising over the line

51': Duck waddles over

Wallaroos 28-17: Sharp hands from Cecilia Smith and Piper Duck slides over for the try

A second try assist for the departing Smith as she draws the attention for Duck to dive over in the corner.

46': Raise the bat Eva and thanks Em

Wallaroos 21-17: A special moment for Eva Karpani as she runs onto the field for her 50th match.

Emily Chancellor comes off for the last time as well, embraced by teammates on the sidelines as she takes in the moment.

Karpani, Pia Tapsell, Michaela Leonard on, Faliki Pohiva, Tiarah Minns and Chancellor off.

44': Moleka puts Aussies up

Wallaroos 21-17: A superb five minutes from Faitala Moleka as the fullback barges over the line.

The Wallaroos work off the lineout and the playmaker carries the defender over the line for the try

43': Scotland falling apart

Scotland 17-14: A brain explosion from Chloe Rollie and suddenly the Wallaroos have the advantage.

Piper Duck puts Faitala Moleka through the hole and the fullback bursts through several defenders into the 22.

Rollie then goes for a silly turnover and is pinged for the cynical foul and sent for ten as the Wallaroos return to 14.

HALF TIME: SCOTLAND 17 - 14 WALLAROOS
40+2': Wallaroos hold on

Scotland 17-14: A dangerous end to the half for the Wallaroos as Scotland almost score again.

The Wallaroos decide to play with the ball down two players and a bad pass finds Chloe Buchanan, who tries to sprint away.

She's brought down to Maya Stewart, with clutch ruck work forcing the turnover to punt the ball into touch

38': Scotland hit the front

Scotland 17-14: The remarkable period continues for Scotland as they hit the lead through Chloe Buchanan.

Down two backline members, the inital scramble to cover the space is textbox from the Wallaroos, but Chloe Rollie splits two defenders and Buchanan beats another to score in the corner.

Allana Sikimeti has come off, replaced by Brianna Hoy.

37': Bad to worse for Aussies

Wallaroos 14-12: Real danger time for the Wallaroos as Waiaria Ellis goes to the bin, now down to 13.

Scotland instantly break clear through the gap left by Smith and Ellis goes for the turnover but commits the cynical foul when the Scots were on the charge and is sent for ten.

35': Scotland strike instantly

Wallaroos 14-12: The visitors are up and about as they find the line through the rolling maul.

The Scots kick for the line after the yellow card and back their dominant rolling maul, just finding the chalk for the try.

33': Smith off for ten

Wallaroos 14-5: Cecilia Smith isn't as lucky as Faliki Pohiva, off for ten.

She collects Chloe Rollie high as the fullback steps back inside and whilst the contact seems minimal, it's enough for the card.

31': Pow-hiva

Wallaroos 14-5: Faliki Pohiva delivers one of the shots of the year on hooker Aicha Sutcliffe

Pohiva rocks the Scottish hooker and whilst the play is initially reviewed by the TMO, sense prevails and the tackle is cleared of any wrongdoing.

Scotland feed the scrum 30 metres out, with Australia forcing the error on their 22.

28': Discpline hurting Aussies

Wallaroos 14-5: The Wallaroos have been their own worse enemy in the past five minutes as they struggle to execute.

Multiple penalties is allowing Scotland to constantly clear their half and their brief entry ends in a knock-on.

23': Wild sequence nearly delivers for both sides

Wallaroos 14-5: A chaotic 60 seconds as Scotland nearly re-gather their own duffed lineout, with Waiaria Ellis' saved effort finding Scottish hands and then the deck on the 22m line.

Ellis then collects a chip and breaks clear for a second, only to be surrounded and held up on halfway.

20': Biting allegation levelled at Scotland

Wallaroos 14-5: Georgina Friedrichs is remonstrating with the referee that she's been bitten.

There's no clear evidence that it has happened but the centre looks certain, with no bite mark on the centre.

The play goes unpunished, with Scotland dropping the ball on Australia's 22.

18': Scotland finding maul success

Wallaroos 14-5: The Scottish are leaning on their maul and it's seriously delivering results.

They drew another penalty against the Aussies and launch a fast backline move and kick to their goal-line, earning themselves a throw 22 out.

13': Scotland hit back

Wallaroos 14-5: Scotland are unfazed by the early tries and are on the board through the skipper Rahcel Malcolm.

The visitors find space through Rhona Lloyd, but the long ball to the winger is suspect (speaking from someone in line with it).

The Scots march inside and score via the captain after initally winning a lineout 10 metres out, the captain finding the line from short.

11': Ellis delivers again

Wallaroos 14-0: Waiaria Ellis is carving up Scotland, delivering a second try assist, this time for Maya Stewart.

Ellis fired the long ball to the winger, who touches down despite a high shot from her opposite number.

It makes it four line break assists and two try assists for the ten.

9': Whitaker held up

Wallaroos 7-0: A smart set play from the lineout almost delivers Amelia Whitaker's second as the winger is held up over the line.

Faitala Moleka is the player put in space, with the fullback handing it to the winger, with several defenders there to stop her.

The pressure isn't over for Scotland, who put the resulting dropout out on the full for a five metre scrum.

7': Naden saves Wallaroos

Wallaroos 7-0: A huge goal-line turnover from Tania Naden saves the Wallaroos after Scotland maul inside their 22.

The Scots drew the penalty advantage and went back to again, getting some good momentum before the hooker stops the promising attack with a ruck penalty.

3': Milly gets the Aussies going

Wallaroos 7-0: Amelia Whitaker continues to shine for the Wallaroos, racing clear for the opener.

The Aussies have clearly seen something in review, hitting Whitaker for the third time down the short side, this time creating the space needed for the winger to race clear and step past the fullback to score under the post.

KICK OFF

Faitala Moleka gets this game underway as the Aussies, donning their First Nations kit, launch the ball deep into Scotland's 22.

Scotland clear the ball out of their half, with a half break to Amelia Whitaker getting the Aussies into solid field position.

WALLAROOS 38

Tries: Whitaker, Stewart, Moleka, Duck, Palu Sekona

Cons: Wood 5/5

Pens: Wood 1/1

SCOTLAND 24

Tries: Malcolm, Sutcliffe, Buchanan, Lloyd

Cons: Nelson 2/4

Pens:


PRE GAME
T-2 MIN TO GO: Anthems in the books

Eva Karpani leads the Wallaroos out in her 50th, shortly followed by Cecilia Smith and Emily Chancellor as they run out for the last time for the Wallaroos.

It's an emotional anthem for the Aussies naturally, with players embracing the departing duo

T-15 MIN TO GO: Up the tunnel we go

A decent cheer for the Wallaroos as skipper Siokapesi Palu Sekona delivers the final word as they head back into the tunnels.

Scotland headed up minutes earlier as they complete their warm-ups.

T-30 MIN TO GO: Preparations underway

Both teams have emrged onto the GIO Stadium turf and are getting their warm-ups underway.

The ground looks in solid condition (which it should be given the lack of games on it), with a few bare spots here and there.

Gates are open, with pundits starting to trickle through the gates.

T-60 MIN TO GO: Welcome

Welcome to Canberra for Rugby.com.au's coverage of the Wallaroos final Test against Scotland at GIO Stadium.

There are patches of dark clouds surrounding the stadium but they have started to dispurse in the past 15 minutes.

The Wallaroos are kicking off, running right to left on your screen.

WALLAROOS v SCOTLAND CANBERRA TEAMS

WALLAROOS (15-1): Faitala Moleka, Amelia Whitaker, Georgina Friedrichs, Cecilia Smith, Maya Stewart, Waiaria Ellis, Samantha Wood, Piper Duck, Emily Chancellor, Siokapesi Palu Sekona (capt), Tiarah Minns, Kaitlan Leaney, Faliki Pohiva, Tania Naden, Allana Sikimeti

Replacements: Brittany Merlo, Brianna Hoy, Eva Karpani, Michaela Leonard, Pia Tapsell, Lily Bone, Piper Simons, Ella Ryan

SCOTLAND (15-1): Chloe Rollie, Rhona Lloyd, Meryl Smith, Helen Nelson, Katie Buchanan, Hannah Ramsay, Leia Brebner-Holden, Evie Gallagher, Rachel McLachlan, Rachel Malcolm (capt), Sarah Bonar, Holland Bogan, Elliann Clarke, Aicha Sutcliffe, Anne Young

Replacements: Lana Skeldon, Leah Bartlett, Imogen Spence, Hollie Cunningham, Eva Donaldson, Ceitidh Ainsworth, Nicole Flynn, Lucia Scott

HOW TO WATCH WALLAROOS v SCOTLAND IN CANBERRA

The Wallaroos' clash with Scotland will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport and the Nine Network.

Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport slated to start at 7:00 pm with kickoff expected at 7:30 pm

The game will also be shown on free-to-air television on 9Gem, with coverage beginning also at 7:00 pm

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