A New Era in International Rugby

Nations Championship 2026 brings together the best rugby teams from around the world in one historic tournament. For the first time, Northern and Southern Hemisphere series are linked, culminating in an action-packed Finals Weekend in London. From July’s Southern Hemisphere away fixtures to November’s home games at Scottish Gas Murrayfield—famously known as the Autumn Tests—every match now counts toward a global championship.

A new era of international rugby begins as the world’s best go head-to-head across two connected series. The Summer Tours and Autumn Tests now lead to one epic Finals Weekend, crowning the ultimate international champion.

Fixtures

Scotland begins the Nations Championship 2026 with the Southern Hemisphere Series in July, taking on South Africa, Argentina, and Fiji, with exact dates and venues to be confirmed. The action then moves to home soil for the Northern Hemisphere Series in November, where Scotland will host New Zealand, Australia, and Japan at Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

Nations Championship: Rounds 1-3 (July 2026)
Southern Hemisphere Series
Instead of embarking on what used to be called a Summer Tour, next year Scotland will head to the southern hemisphere to play South Africa, Argentina and Fiji. These games form the first three rounds of the Nations Championship.

Nations Championship: Round 4-6 (November 2026)
Northern Hemisphere Series
The traditional November games in Britain, Ireland and France (at Scottish Gas Murrayfield known as the Autumn Tests or Autumn Nations Series) will still take place but will now be the second set of games in the Nations Championship.

Finals Weekend
London, 27/28/29 November 2026
At the end of the final three rounds, the two Nations Championship tables will be complete, one for each hemisphere. Over three days of double-headers at Allianz Stadium (formerly Twickenham) the six teams of each hemisphere will play their correspondingly-placed counterpart, starting with 6^th place v 6^th place, and culminating in 1^st place v 1^st place to determine the Nations Championship winner.

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