The 2024 Queensland Reds season was the 28th Queensland Reds season in the Super Rugby since entering the professional era in 1996. In addition to the domestic competition (Super Rugby Pacific) played across the Tasman and the Pacific, the Reds also hosted Wales on their tour of Australia (July) following the conclusion of the season, and toured Tonga, playing a development XV fixture in Nukuûalofa.
It was the third back-to-back Super Rugby Pacific season in which the Reds successfully competed in the Finals Series.
Following the resignation of former Reds coach Brad Thorn at the end of the 2023 season, the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) unveiled Queenslander Les Kiss as coach of the team just later. It was believed in June that the QRU had interest in a number of coaches with significant experience domestically and internationally. One such coach was The Sydney Morning Herald-endorsed candidate Michael Cheika. Cheika had vast top-tier experience, coaching Australia at the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups (RWC), and previously won the Super Rugby with Queensland Reds rivals the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014. Cheika's coaching duties with Argentina were to end following the 2023 Rugby World Cup, making him available before the 2024 season. The other two speculated interests of the QRU were London Irish coach Les Kiss and the former Wallabies Director of Rugby Scott Johnson.
With reporting in early July pointing to Kiss being the favourite candidate, it wasn't until late July that Kiss was confirmed as the new head coach. Kiss was selected over forty-plus prospective coaches, which included former Wallaby and Tonga coach (2016âÂÂ2023) Toutai Kefu, former New Zealand assistant coach (2020âÂÂ2022) Brad Mooar, former Australia defence coach and Australia U20 coach Nathan Grey, and Queensland Reds assistant under Thorn Mick Heenan.
Once Kiss assumed the coaching position he brought along much of his coaching staff at London Irish.
The Queensland Reds squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season was announced in November 2023.
Does not include tour matches.