Liam Wright

Liam Wright (born 6 November 1997) is an Australian rugby union player currently playing for the Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship (URC). He has most recently played for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby, being the teams co-captain alongside Tate McDermott. He also played for in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). His usual position is flanker. He has also captained Australia in one international Test match, receiving the honour under coach Joe Schmidt for the Wallabies' 2024 Test series against Wales.

Early life Wright was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 1997 to mother Lee, and father Glynn, an accountant. Growing up, Wright and his father were passionate about rugby. He would reportedly wake at 5 a.m. on Sunday morning and watch every Super Rugby match they'd pre-recorded overnight.

In 2004, at 7-years-old, Wright's family moved to Australia, settling in Sydney, New South Wales. where Liam began his education at Anglican Church Grammar School (nicknamed "Churchie"). He was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2016 and 2017 for the World Championships in Italy and Georgia. Wright joined the team and made his debut in Australia's National Rugby Championship (NRC) in October 2016, playing against the .

In 2017, he signed a two-year professional contract with the Queensland Reds for the following two seasons. After impressing national selectors during the NRC in 2017, Wright played for Australia against the Barbarians in Sydney, and was then chosen as one of two development players in the Wallabies tour squad for the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.

Wright made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds off the bench in the team's first match of the 2018 season, playing against the Rebels in Melbourne.

He was selected in the Australia squad for the Bledisloe Cup in 2019, and made his test debut against New Zealand at Eden Park in August that year. Wright had played just 58 minutes of rugby in 2025 after sustaining a shoulder injury against Wales on their 2024 tour of Australia. Wright joined fellow Australians Ryan Smith and Lalakai Foketi. WalesOnline described the signing as a "coup", noting that the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) had identified Wright as a potential international recruit. Eligible to represent the Wales national team through his Welsh grandfather,

In July 2019, Wright was named in Australia's 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby Championship, which was shortened due to the upcoming 2019 Rugby World Cup. Wright made his international debut on 17 August 2019 against New Zealand in the second Bledisloe Cup Rugby World Cup warm-up Test. Wright, who replaced Lukhan Salakaia-Loto in the 60th minute, was named Wallaby #928. although he was not called-up for the eventual Rugby World Cup squad in Japan.

The following year (2020), Wright was called-up to the Wallabies squad for their Bledisloe Cup Tests, and later Tri Nations Series, Days before the first Test on 6 July, Wright was named team captain by new coach Joe Schmidt. Wright, who had played just five Tests and was the least experienced Australian captain since Ken Catchpole in the 1961, However, Wright did not feature again for the Wallabies for the remainder of the year.