Will Skelton

Saracens

On 4 April 2017 it was announced that Skelton was to join Saracens on a 2-year deal beginning in the 2017/18 season following a successful run of 8 games whilst on a short-term loan earlier in the season. As of September 2018 Skelton had lost 21 kg weight since joining Saracens, bringing his weight to 125–130 kg. During his time at Saracens he has won two Premiership titles in 2018 and 2019. He also helped Saracens win the European Champions Cup in 2019.

La Rochelle He signed for French club La Rochelle ahead of the 2020–21 season. Skelton was called up to play for the Wallabies again for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals, alongside former teammates Kurtley Beale, Tolu Latu and Rory Arnold. On 22 June 2021, he extended his contract with the French side until 2025.

On 28 May 2022, he led La Rochelle to an epic 21–24 win against Leinster in the 2022 European Rugby Champions Cup Final at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, being one of the best players on the field and earning his third European Rugby Champions Cup trophy. The following season, he won his third Heineken Champions Cup with La Rochelle, beating once again Leinster in the 2023 final in Dublin, Ireland on 20 May.

International Skelton was named in the Australia squad for the June tests in 2014

1,814 days after his last test cap Skelton came off the bench in the Wallabies 2021 spring tour in 3 tests.

Honours Waratahs Super Rugby: 2014

Saracens European Rugby Champions Cup: 2016-17, 2018-19 Premiership: 2017-18, 2018-19 Premiership Rugby Cup runner-up: 2018–19

La Rochelle European Rugby Champions Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup runner-up: 2020–21 Top 14 runner-up: 2020-21 2022-23

Australia The Rugby Championship: 2015 Rugby World Cup runner-up: 2015 The Rugby Championship runner-up: 2016