Latest news on the Nations Championship, an international rugby union competition where the Six Nations teams play against sides from the Southern Hemisphere. Created by World Rugby, the tournament includes twelve teams, with the ‘Southern Hemisphere’ sides being made up of the four Rugby Championship nations plus Fiji and Japan.
The inaugural edition began in 2026, with future tournaments scheduled to be held every two years. Each team plays six matches, split evenly across the July and November Test windows, before a Finals Weekend of six Tests across three days. This weekend then culminates in a final match between the top Northern and Southern Hemisphere sides.
NewsNow aims to be the world’s most accurate and comprehensive Nations Championship news aggregator, bringing you the latest headlines from the best rugby sites and other key regional and national news sources. Whether it’s the very latest squad announcements and team selections, quotes from a press conference, match previews and reports, or news about each nation’s progress in the competition, we’ve got it covered.