Les Kiss will exchange Joe Schmidt as Australia head coach in 2026 and can lead the Wallabies of their residence Rugby World Cup the next 12 months.
Schmidt will stay in his function for the upcoming Take a look at sequence towards the British and Irish Lions and the Rugby Championship, earlier than main the Wallabies into subsequent 12 months’s inaugural Nations Cup.
Kiss, who beforehand labored underneath Schmidt as an assistant coach with Eire, will stay Queensland Reds head coach till halfway by means of 2026, when Rugby Australia says there can be an “orderly switch” in management.
Australian Kiss, who will turn into the Wallabies’ fifth head coach in seven years, mentioned main his nation at a house World Cup would be the “honour of a lifetime”.
“It is an extremely thrilling time for Australian rugby and I’m humbled by the chance to function Wallabies head coach from subsequent 12 months,” the 60-year-old mentioned.
Kiss, previously director of rugby at Ulster and head coach at London Irish, added: “Joe and I’ve a robust relationship and a protracted historical past of working collectively, and I’m wanting ahead to constructing upon the superb foundations he has laid with the Wallabies.
“I’m thrilled to proceed with the Reds for the 2026 Tremendous Rugby Pacific season earlier than transitioning into the Wallabies atmosphere. To teach our nationwide workforce by means of such an essential interval, highlighted by a house Rugby World Cup in 2027, is the honour of a lifetime and a possibility I’m really grateful for.”
