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New Queensland Red Coach Vern Cotter has selected 17 Wallabies at the club Super Rugby Pacific next season’s squad, which includes three players who were captains Australia at the highest level.
Wallabies captain Harry Wilson has joined openside flanker Fraser McReight and scrum-half Tate McDermott in a strong Reds squad. Four players have played 100 Super Rugby or cap games for the Reds, with a further 11 making at least 50 appearances.
Izaia Perese is among the new faces in the Reds squad, with the Wallaby returning to Australian shores after a successful stint overseas. Lachlan Hooper, Toby Brial and Coby Milne are some of the club’s other new recruits ahead of the 2027 season.
Milne is a quality playmaker with extensive experience in Australia and overseas. The 27-year-old helped Warringah win the Shute Shield title in 2025, until 2026. Major League Rugby big dance with the California Legion and featured North Harbour in the New Zealand NPC.
Limited-time Wallabies Carter Gordon and Tom Lynagh will compete with Milne on a week-to-week basis for places in the 23-man squad, while Australia U20 Fly-half Finn Mackay is rehabbing a serious knee injury. Milne was listed as ‘useful’ along with Wallabies winger Filip Daugunu.
“We’ve had three good weeks of training and we’ve got one more to go before we go on tour next week. Playing four games overseas will be a strong way to reinforce the style of play we want to put on the field next year,” Cotter said.
“The Reds used 37 players during this year’s Super Rugby season, so we know the value of a tour like this. It will develop our depth and effective habits to take on a season that has been extended to 16 games (from 14 in the regular season).
“Players like Lachie Hooper, after a great season for Northland (in the NPC), are yet to join us. Izzy (Perese) has been fully involved in training for a while. Coby and Toby are new. Cadeyrn knows his way around Super Rugby. He’s got a lot of top experience in our Wallabies.
“It will be exciting to put all the pieces together and realize the growth I see in this team for the new season.”
2027 QUEENSLAND REDS SQUAD
Props
Aidan Ross
George Blake
Tom Lambert
Kingsley Uys
Zane Nonggorr
Massimo De Lutius
Trevor King
Nick Bloomfield
Whores
Matt Faessler
Josh Nasser
Zac Hough
Locks
Lukhan Salakaia-Lotto
Josh Canham
Will Ross
Cadeyrn Neville
Charlie Brosnan
Loose Forwards
Joe Brial
Vaiuta Latu
Tom Robinson
John Bryant
Fraser McReight
Toby Brial
Lachie Hooper
Harry Wilson
Scrum-halves
Tate McDermott
Kalani Thomas
James Martens
Fly-halves
Carter Gordon
Tom Lynagh
Find Mackay
Centers
Isaac Henry
Dre Pake
Isaiah Peres
Xavier Rubens
Taka City
Outside Backs
Lachie Anderson
Tim Ryan
Nicholas Conway
Treyvon Pritchard
Utilities
Philip Daugunu
Coby Milne
