He is also the current captain of Australia in international rugby, receiving the honour under coach Joe Schmidt for the Wallabies’ 2024 Test series against Wales and Georgia.
[8] After impressing national selectors during the NRC in 2017, Wright played for Australia against the Barbarians in Sydney,[9] and was then chosen as one of two development players in the Wallabies tour squad for the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.
[10][11] 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.
[12] He was selected in the Australia squad for the Bledisloe Cup in 2019,[13] and made his test debut against New Zealand at Eden Park in August that year.
[3] After suffering a run of injury, Wright returned to the Wallabies fold under newly-appointed coach Joe Schmidt.