New Rugby Competition 2026

New Rugby Competition 2026 – The world rugby council met in france today to finalise and vote for the reform of international rugby, with the sport's governing body announcing the changes. A biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the six nations and rugby championship is set to start in 2026. The creation of the new competition has been a collective process from the sport, including world rugby, unions, key leagues, competitions, and crucially, the international rugby players. World rugby chairman bill beaumont hailed it as an historic moment for our.

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. World rugby has unveiled a fresh competition set to commence in 2026, marking a pivotal transformation of the men's international calendar. It will be played in the existing july and november test windows in alternate. The tournament will see 24 teams divided into two divisions of 12 teams apiece and will be played in july and november in the place of summer and autumn series.

The 2027 rugby world cup in australia will see 24 teams taking part, up from the 20 competing in the current edition in france; The tournament will be made up of 24 teams, split into two. [1]the competition will consist of twelve teams, involving the current six nations (england, france, italy.

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. World rugby has announced a new competition starting in 2026 as part of a significant overhaul of the men’s international calendar.

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