US EditionScotland's Revenge Mission as Nations Championship Fixtures Revealed
The Nations Championship features 12 teams in cross-hemisphere matches with a Ryder Cup-style finals weekend to crown a champion hemisphere based on combined points.
- On July 4, 2026, Argentina will host Scotland to open the Nations Championship, a new tournament pitching Six Nations teams against southern hemisphere sides.
- Organisers say the format aims to impose a regular cross-hemisphere calendar, designed to bring a competitive structure to summer and autumn Test windows and lift standards across Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR.
- The format culminates in a three-day finals weekend at Twickenham featuring same-ranked matchups, with teams playing three Tests in July and three in November and Ryder Cup-style six finals deciding the champion hemisphere.
- Joe Schmidt will finish his Wallabies career facing Italy, Ireland and France while Les Kiss meets Eddie Jones twice; early July matches are likely in Sydney and Brisbane.
- Amid invitations to Japan and Fiji, critics warned the closed format sidelines so-called 'tier 2' nations, while organisers set the tournament on a biennial schedule excluding Rugby World Cup and Lions tour years.
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