Wallabies may have already forgotten lessons learned from 2025

Despite his strong season, Joe Schmidt axed Lukhan Salakaia-Loto from his Wallabies squad on Friday.

Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt. Pic: Matt King/Getty Images

The Wallabies’ last Test might have been almost eight months ago, but it would appear that some of the lessons from the end of the miserable campaign have already been forgotten. Or, worse still, ignored.

Without some heavy timber for most of 2025, the Wallabies were crushed up front and paid the price on the scoreboard.