A New Era in International Rugby

The Nations Championship 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 Northern Series at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, formerly 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

Nations Championship: Round 4-6 (November)

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. The action continues on home soil for the Northern Hemisphere Series in November, where Scotland will host New Zealand, Australia, and Japan at Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

7 November 2026 at 2:10pm: Scotland v New Zealand

15 November 2026 at 3:10pm: Scotland v Australia

21 November 2026 at 2:10pm: Scotland v Japan

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Our opponents at Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Saturday 7 November

Scotland v New Zealand

Last year’s epic saw Scotland fight back from 0-17 down to level the scores before substitute Damian McKenzie inspired the All Blacks to take the win.

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Sunday 15 November

Scotland v Australia

In the Wallabies' last visit, in November 2024, tries from captain Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe and Finn Russell helped Scotland to a 27-13 win.

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Saturday 21 November

Scotland v Japan

The Brave Blossoms finished runners-up in last year’s Pacific Nations Cup and recorded a famous win against Wales and a narrow loss to Australia.

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Ticket information

Multi-Match Package

The only multi-match package still available is the 2-match package for Australia and Japan.

Individual Match Tickets

The New Zealand game has sold out but tickets are still available for the Australia and Japan games.

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Finals Weekend

London, 27/28/29 November
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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The campaign kicked off in Córdoba with an explosive seven-try performance, securing a historic 47-38 win over Argentina as Pierre Schoeman and Scott Cummings celebrated their 50th international caps with tries, alongside a debut score from Gregor Hiddleston. Scotland then headed to Pretoria, delivering a brave four-try effort at high altitude against the world champion Springboks to collect a vital bonus point in a 42-28 defeat. The series concluded in Edinburgh as Fiji hosted their home Test at Scottish Gas Murrayfield; after falling behind in the first half, Scotland mounted a stunning second-half fightback, scoring 26 unanswered points to seal a 33-17 victory.

With 11 points on the board, Scotland trailing Northern leaders France by a single point heading into a massive November series at home against New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.

Sione Tuipulotu will once more lead Scotland as they enter November’s three home Nations Championship fixtures against New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

The Glasgow Warriors centre leads a 37-strong group, which includes the uncapped Ollie Leatherbarrow, for the visit of the All Blacks (7 November), Wallabies (15 November) and Brave Blossoms (21 November) to Scottish Gas Murrayfield, with the competition concluding the following weekend at Twickenham based around final hemisphere positions.

Tuipulotu, who has led Scotland in 15 of his 41 caps to date, forms part of a familiar centre stable, with Huw Jones, Rory Hutchinson, Ollie Smith and Stafford McDowall all named as options in midfield.

A versatile set of back-three players, some of whom can play multiple positions, is made up of Kyle Steyn, Duhan van der Merwe, Kyle Rowe, Blair Kinghorn and Darcy Graham.

Finn Russell, Tom Jordan and Fergus Burke are the two stand-offs in the 37-player group, with scrum-halves Jamie Dobie, Ben White and George Horne completing the half-backs.

Seb Stephen, who made his debut in July’s Nations Championship match against Fiji, is one of three hookers selected, alongside Ewan Ashman and Gregor Hiddleston.

Loosehead props Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland and Nathan McBeth, as well as tightheads Zander Fagerson, Will Hurd and Elliot Millar Mills, comprise the rest of the front row, with Scott Cummings, Gregor Brown, Alex Craig, Jonny Gray and Max Williamson selected as second rows.

Head coach Gregor Townsend has named Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey and Josh Bayliss, Liam McConnell, Jamie Ritchie and uncapped Ollie Leatherbarrow as the players to contest the back row positions. Leatherbarrow qualifies for Scotland due to his grandmother being from Perth and he has represented Scotland at Under-16s and 20s levels. Leatherbarrow began his career at Exeter Chiefs before moving to Newcastle Red Bulls in 2023.

After hosting New Zealand, Australia and then Japan, the Nations Championship Finals move to Allianz Stadium Twickenham on the weekend of 28/29 November, with fixtures determined by the placings of northern and southern hemisphere countries across these games and the ones played in July of this year.