British and Irish Lions Tour: Which Wallabies are pushing for spots? Every contender’s chances tracked

After a promising spring tour that cemented the status of several stars, Joe Schmidt is edging closer to his Wallabies squad for next year’s Lions tour. We look at the bolters, fringe candidates and nailed-on stars.

The British and Irish Lions are coming – and the Wallabies are already pulling together a core squad that will be ready to take them down.

The clock is ticking on the opening fixture of the Lions’ highly anticipated 2025 tour of Australia, and there’s a lot of water to flow under many bridges, but plans are well and truly afoot in Camp Wallaby.

And, after a spring tour that delivered promising results and cemented the status of several more stars, Joe Schmidt is edging ever closer to the squad he’ll assemble next year.

And on the back of their spring tour performances, we’ve upgraded Jake Gordon, Noah Lolesio and Taniela Tupou to the ‘definites’ list.

Over summer, through the pre-season and deep into the Super Rugby season, we’ll bring you the latest on how every Wallabies contender is tracking to be involved in the biggest rugby union event of 2025.

Below, News Corp’s award-winning rugby writers Jamie Pandaram and Julian Linden look at the bolters, the fringe candidates and the nailed-on Wallabies stars who are putting their hands up.

Originally published as British and Irish Lions Tour: Which Wallabies are pushing for spots? Every contender’s chances tracked