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.
New Rugby Competition 2026
New Rugby Competition 2026
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.
Set to begin in 2026, the new elite competition will feature each of the four sanzaar rugby championship teams (argentina, australia, new zealand and. 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.

Rugby League World Cup 2026 Qualifying group stage draw details with seven nations involved

World Rugby launching new international competition as part of global calendar shakeup SportsPro

Rugby gets huge overhaul with new Nations Championship and expanded World Cup The Independent

Plans unveiled for new twotier global international rugby tournament Rugby

Rugby's new 'World League' competition to kick off in July of 2026

SANZAAR and Six Nations prepare to launch new global rugby competition in 2026 South African Business

New World League Comp from 2026 Tier 2 Left Out? YouTube

No Rugby Championship in 2026, 2028 or 2030 Americas Rugby News

World Rugby U20 Championship Could Be Expanded To Include 16 Teams In 2026 While the U20 Trophy Could Be a CrossRegional Competition RugbyAsia247
It's a go — Springboks and All Blacks to resume full tours in 2026

New biennial tournament for Six Nations and SANZAAR tea
ms set to start in 2026 STV News

NEW World Rugby Tournament Coming in 2026 Great Idea? Or the DEATH of tier 2 rugby? YouTube
New men's global rugby competition starting in 2026 hailed and assailed AP News

World Rugby confirms new international men's competition to launch in 2024 World Rugby

World Rugby New international competition announced in 'significant overhaul' BBC Sport
