New Rugby Tournament 2026 – Also, world rugby approved 24 teams for the 2027 rugby world cup in australia, the first expansion of the tournament since 1999. The 2027 rugby world cup in australia will see 24 teams taking part, up from the 20 competing in the current edition in france; And so on like this, going forward. A new global rugby tournament featuring the top 12 sides in the world will begin in 2026 following official approval from the world rugby council.
With this new competition running every two years, we will have the nations championship in 2026, a rugby world cup in australia in 2027, the championship again in the 2028, and then a british & irish lions tour in 2029. The tournament will be made up of 24 teams, split into two. Two international unions will join sanzaar's four nations along with the six nations rugby unions and federations, who will compete in the. [1]the competition will consist of twelve teams, involving the current six nations (england, france, italy.
New Rugby Tournament 2026
New Rugby Tournament 2026
It will be played in the existing july and november test windows in alternate. The six nations will lose a rest week to accommodate a new global men's competition outside of the rugby world cup starting in 2026. A biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the six nations and rugby championship is set to start in 2026.
A european conference of six nations sides will play the rest of the world featuring the rugby championship teams and two others — tipped to be japan and fiji — in the july and november test windows culminating in a grand final in europe at the end of the. Sanzaar and six nations rugby have issued a joint statement outlining their plan to launch a new international tournament in 2026 which will take place in the existing july and november test windows.
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