Wallabies Scrap Rule Limiting Foreign-based Players

Australian rugby bosses person confirmed that nan alleged 'Giteau's Law', which restricted really galore overseas-based players erstwhile Wallabies coaches could pick, has been scrapped.

La Rochelle's Will Skelton, arsenic good arsenic Taniela Tupou, Tom Hooper and Langi Gleeson - who will play for Racing 92, Exeter and Montpellier respectively adjacent play - are among those who whitethorn benefit.

However, Australia opportunity caput coach Joe Schmidt will favour players astatine 1 of their 4 Super Rugby franchises if they are of "equal calibre" to an action extracurricular their borders.

"Joe's sewage nary impediment to prime whoever he wants. That's ever been nan case. The Giteau Law's benignant of redundant," said Rugby Australia's head of precocious capacity Peter Horne.

"But we've besides made a prime that we prime domestically if nan players are of adjacent calibre, it's important that we put successful our premier title successful Australia."

The Wallabies, who compete for home talent pinch Aussie Rules and rugby convention clubs, person struggled for extent and consistency successful caller years - sliding to sixth successful nan world rankings.

The two-time world champions suffered a pool-stage exit astatine nan 2023 Rugby World Cup successful France.

Until 2015, Australia had a broad prohibition connected overseas-based players representing nan Wallabies.

However, pinch nan likes of playmaker Matt Giteau, helping Drew Mitchell and prop Sekope Kepu lured overseas by large contracts, 'Giteau's Law' was introduced to let a group number of overseas players - who had served clip successful Super Rugby and nan nationalist squad - to still beryllium picked.

The rule has been further relaxed successful caller years, pinch players pinch a committedness to return to Australian rugby excluded from nan overseas quota.

Centre Len Ikitau and prop Angus Bell's forthcoming season-long sabbatical stints astatine Exeter and Ulster are specified moves.

However, Gleeson was reportedly excluded from a Wallabies training camp, external astatine nan commencement of this twelvemonth aft news of his impending move to France became public.

Wallabies hooker David Porecki has retired from rugby conscionable days aft nan extremity of nan three-Test bid against nan British and Irish Lions.

The 32-year-old started Australia's 2nd Test 29-26 conclusion successful Melbourne, but missed nan first and 3rd meetings pinch concussion and a trim bottommost respectively.

Porecki spent 5 seasons successful England, betwixt 2015 and 2020, playing for Saracens and London Irish earlier returning to Australia to play for nan Waratahs.

He won nan first of his 21 Australia caps successful 2022 and captained nan squad successful 3 matches astatine nan 2023 Rugby World Cup aft an wounded to first-choice skipper Skelton.

"Rugby has fixed maine truthful overmuch to beryllium thankful for and has been specified a monolithic portion of my life for truthful long, but it feels for illustration nan correct clip for maine to move nan page," said Porecki.