The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a match between NSW Waratahs and Moana Pasifika on the last night of their Australia tour
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on April 17, 2026.Credit : DAN HIMBRECHTS/EPA/Shutterstock
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are wrapping up their visit to Australia, but first, they had to take in a rugby match.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in the crowd as the NSW Waratahs hosted Moana Pasifika at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Friday night, local time, April 17.
The couple were all smiles in the bleachers, with Meghan, 44, wrapping up in a camel-colored coat, while Harry, 41, dressed in all-black.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Brendon Thorne/Getty
As a fan of the sport, Harry was previously the patron of the English Rugby Football Union. The patronage went back to the crown after he and Meghan stepped back from their working roles within the royal family in 2020, and Harry’s sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, took on the patronage in 2022.
Prince Harry also got to try his hand at Australian rules football during his visit Down Under. On April 15, he made a solo appearance at an event held by the men’s health charity Movember at the headquarters of the Western Bulldogs, a professional Australian rules football club in Melbourne.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty
Harry spoke with the crowd of local fathers and children about his own parenting experience, was gifted Bulldogs jerseys for his kids, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, and chatted with a few of the Bulldogs players while they kicked a ball around.
“He kicked the ball okay, actually,” Bulldogs midfielder Adam Treloar told PEOPLE at the event. “When foreigners come to Australia and pick up a footy, the handballing can be a bit awkward, but Prince Harry’s kicking form was good.”
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Prince Harry kicks around a ball with members of the Western Bulldogs Australian rules football club on April 15, 2026 in Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.Jonathan Brady-Pool/Getty
Meghan also had some solo outings during the trip. After the couple landed in Melbourne, she visited McAuley Community Services for Women, which supports women and children experiencing family violence, homelessness and related challenges.
At the center, Meghan immediately donned an apron and hopped on the kitchen line, helping to serve up frittatas. She then sat down at a table and joined people eating, admitting, “We landed here this morning, so my jet lag hasn’t quite hit yet.”
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Meghan Markle helps serve a resident at the McAuley Community Services for Women in Melbourne, Australia, on April 14, 2026.Jonathan Brady / POOL / AFP via Getty
Just before the rugby match, Meghan and Harry also made a stop at the “Girl’s Weekend” retreat hosted by the Her Best Life podcast at the InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach.
Her Best Life co-hosts Jackie Henderson and Gemma O’Neill announced Meghan’s appearance last month, sharing that they’d connected with the duchess through mutual friend Markus Anderson.
“I am, like, beside myself, because I have admired this woman, and what she has endured, how she’s risen above it, and how she has demonstrated how a woman can be pushed down and she can still rise, and that person is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,” O’Neill said.
“And I can’t believe I’m even saying those words. There’s no one more shocked than me,” she continued. “She’s doing this because she really loves what our community is about, which is women trying to grow, trying to be their best selves and trying to help other women.”
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