The inaugural Nations Championship has completed its Southern Hemisphere series. After three rounds of matches, France and Scotland lead the northern hemisphere section, while the Springboks and All Blacks top the table south of the equator.

Honours have been split evenly between north and south across all three weekends, though South Africa and New Zealand are the only unbeaten sides. Italy and Fiji are the only sides looking for their first wins in the newest international competition in men’s rugby.

The Nations Championship features the six European teams from the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales), the four Rugby Championship sides (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina), and Fiji and Japan. (For the purposes of the Nations Championship Japan count as a southern hemisphere side, despite the country being north of the equator.)

Now that the July fixtures are complete, the competition will resume with three more rounds played in Europe in November. The final placings will then be decided via a finals weekend played at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, at the end of November.

• Want to know more about how it all works? Check out our in-depth “Everything You Need To Know About The Nations Championship” guide.

The tournament is designed to add an extra competitive element to summer and autumn internationals, while helping to align the global rugby calendar. It takes place in years when there’s no Rugby World Cup or British & Irish Lions tour.

Below you’ll find everything you need to know about the new competition, including results and scorers so far, top points scorers, Nations Championship 2026 fixtures, a free downloadable wall chart and TV information.

• Related: How to watch Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry: Live stream the All Blacks’ tour of South Africa as it happens

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Nations Championship 2026: Key information

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Nations Championship 2026 broadcasters

Broadcasters for the new competition are as follows:

• UK: ITV (free-to-air)
• Ireland: Virgin Media Television (free-to-air)
• France: TF1 (free-to-air)
• Australia: Stan Sport (subscription) (Wallabies home games free-to-air on Nine network)
• New Zealand: Sky Sport (subscription)
• South Africa: SuperSport (subscription)
• Italy: Sky Italia (subscription)
• Japan: Wowow (subscription)

Read more: How to watch the Nations Championship 2026 from anywhere

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Download your free Nations Championships wall chart

If you are after all of the fixtures in one place, Rugby World has made a handy wall chart for the Nations Championship listing all the games across summer and autumn, including the finals at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.

Print it off and stick it on your wall to keep up to date across the two international windows.

The wall chart can be downloaded as a PDF here.

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Nations Championship 2026 results and scorers

Round 1 

Saturday 4 July 2026

New Zealand 34 v 32 France
One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch

• New Zealand: Tries: Will Jordan (2), Peter Lakai, Cam Roigard (2); Conversions: Ruben Love (2); Penalties: Ruben Love (1)
• France: Tries: Damian Penaud, Antoine Hastoy, Théo Attisogbe, Matthieu Jalibert; Conversions: Maxime Lucu (2), Antoine Hastoy (1); Penalties: Maxime Lucu (2)

Japan 27 v 10 Italy
Tokyo Chichibuomiya Stadium, Tokyo

• Japan: Tries: Warner Dearns, Takuro Matsunaga, Ben Gunter; Conversions: Takuro Matsunaga (3); Penalties: Takuro Matsunaga (2)
• Italy: Juan Ignacio Brex; Conversions: Paolo Garbisi (1); Penalties: Paolo Garbisi (1)

Australia 31 v 33 Ireland
Allianz Stadium, Sydney

• Australia: Tries: Dylan Pietsch, Jock Campbell, Josh Canham, Ryan Lonergan, Tate McDermott; Conversions: Carter Gordon (3)
• Ireland: Tries: Cian Prendergast, Josh van der Flier, Jamison Gibson-Park, Hugo Keenan, Thomas Clarkson; Conversions: Sam Prendergast (5)

Fiji 24 v 39 Wales
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

• Fiji: Tries: Pita-Gus Sowakula, Elia Canakaivata, Selestino Ravutaumada; Conversions: Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula (3); Penalties: Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula (1)
• Wales: Tries: Jac Morgan (2), Rhys Carré, Josh Adams, Ryan Elias, Eddie James; Conversions: Dan Edwards, Sam Costelow (2); Penalties: Dan Edwards (1)

South Africa 45 v 21 England
Ellis Park, Johannesburg

• South Africa: Tries: Thomas du Toit, Cheslin Kolbe, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Grant Williams, Jesse Kriel, Malcolm Marx, Ben-Jason Dixon; Conversions: Cheslin Kolbe (5)
• England: Tries: Jamie George, George Martin, Alex Coles; Conversions: Fin Smith (3)

Argentina 38 v 47 Scotland
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba

• Argentina: Tries: Joaquín Oviedo, Rodrigo Isgró, Tomás Rapetti, Lucio Cinti, Augustín Moyano; Conversions: Tomás Albornoz (5); Penalties: Tomás Albornoz (1)
• Scotland: Tries: Sione Tuipulotu, Pierre Schoeman, Rory Hutchinson, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Gregor Hiddleston, Kyle Rowe; Conversions: Tom Jordan (3); Fergus Burke (3)

Round 2

Saturday 11 July 2026

New Zealand 47 v 17 Italy
Hnry Stadium, Wellington

• New Zealand: Tries: Sam Darry, Will Jordan (3), Cam Roigard, Ethan de Groot, Tupou Vaa’i; Conversions: Ruben Love (6)
• Italy: Tries: Tommaso Menoncello, Leonardo Marin; Conversions: Tommaso Allan, Paolo Garbisi; Penalties: Tommaso Allan

Australia 26 v 42 France
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

• Australia: Tries: Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Fraser McReight (2), Jeremy Williams; Conversions: Ryan Longergan (3)
• France: Emmanuel Meafou, Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang (2), Romain  Ntamack, Florian Verhaeghe, Théo Attissogbé; Conversions: Maxime Lucu (3); Penalties: Maxime Lucu (2)

Japan 20 v 36 Ireland
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, Australia

• Japan: Tries: Taira Main, Hayate Era; Conversions: Takuro Matsunaga (2); Penalties: Takuro Matsunaga (2)
• Ireland: Tries: Nick Timoney, Tom O’Toole, Robbie Henshaw, Sean Jansen, Tom Stewart; Conversions: Ciaran Frawley (3), Harry Byrne (1); Penalties: Harry Byrne (1)

Fiji 8 v 73 England
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, England

• Fiji: Tries: Tevita Ikanivere; Penalties: Caleb Muntz (1)
• England: Tries: Marcus Smith, Jamie George, Guy Pepper, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Seb Atkinson, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Henry Pollock (3), Henry Slade, Noah Caluori; Conversions: Fin Smith (9)

South Africa 42 v 28 Scotland
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

• South Africa: Tries: Embrose Papier, Evan Roos, Wilco Louw, Damian Willemse, Zach Porthen, Jesse Kriel; Conversions: Handre Pollard (5), Quan Horn
• Scotland: Matt Fagerson, Kyle Rowe, Josh Bayliss Ben White; Conversions: Finn Russell (4)

Argentina 35 v 21 Wales
Estadio San Juan de Bicentenario, San Juan

• Argentina: Tries: Joaquin Oviedo (2), Justo Piccardo, Marcos Kremer, Santi Carreras; Conversions: Tomás Albornoz (5)
• Wales: Tries: Dewi Lake, Rhys Carre, Ben Warren, Conversions: Sam Costelow (3) 

Round 3

Saturday 18 July 2026

New Zealand 40 v 21 Ireland
Eden Park, Auckland

• New Zealand: Tries: Patrick Tuipuolotu, Ardie Savea, Will Jordan, Asafo Aumua, Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown; Conversions: Ruben Love (5)
• Ireland: Jack Conan, Joe McCarthy, Hugo Keenan; Conversions: Sam Prendergast (3)

Japan 15 v 42 France
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

• Japan: Tries: Kippei Ishida, Sojiro Otsuka; Conversions: Takuro Matsunaga (1); Penalties: Takuro Matsunaga (1)
• France: Tries: Maxime Lamothe (2), Matthieu Jalibert (2), Alexandre Roumat, Maxime Lucu; Conversions: Maxime Lucu (5), Romain Ntamack 

Australia 57 v 10 Italy
HBF Park, Perth

• Australia: Tries: Josh Canham (3), Tom Wright, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Angus Bell, Len Ikitau, Billy Pollard, Ben Donaldson; Conversions: Ryan Lonergan (5), Ben Donaldson
• Italy: Michele Lamaro, Monty Ioane

Fiji 17 v 33 Scotland
Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Fiji: Tries: Tevita Ikanivere, Selestino Ravutaumada, Elia Canakaivata; Conversions: Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula
• Scotland: Tries: Jonny Gray, Pierre Schoeman, Jamie Dobie (2), Scott Cummings; Conversions: George Horne, Fergus Burke (3)

South Africa 43 v 0 Wales
Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban

• South Africa: Tries: Jasper Wiese, Cobus Reinach, Jesse Kriel, Jaco Williams, Herschel Jantjies, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Paul de Villiers 79; Conversions: Vusi Moyo, Manie Libbok

Argentina 24 v 31 England
Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero

• Argentina: Mateo Carreras, Justo Piccardo; Conversions: Tomás Albornoz (2); Penalties: Tomás Albornoz
• England: Tries: Tommy Freeman, Ben Earl (2), Marcus Smith, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso; Conversions: Fin Smith (3)

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Nations Championship 2026 top scorers

Top try scorers

1. Will Jordan (New Zealand)  – 6 tries
2. Josh Canham (Australia) – 4 tries
3. Cam Roigard (New Zealand), Henry Pollock (England), Joaquin Oviedo (Argentina), Jesse Kriel (South Africa), Matthieu Jalibert (France) – 3 tries

Top points scorers

1. Maxime Lucu (France) – 37 points
2. Takuro Matsunaga (Japan) – 32 points
3. Ruben Love (New Zealand) – 31 points

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Nations Championship 2026 fixtures (Autumn)

Finals weekend

Friday 27 November 2026

• Northern Hemisphere 6 v Southern Hemisphere 6
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC
• Northern Hemisphere 3 v Southern Hemisphere 3
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC

Saturday 28 November 2026

• Northern Hemisphere 5 v Southern Hemisphere 5
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC
• Northern Hemisphere 2 v Southern Hemisphere 2
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC

Sunday 29 November 2026

• Northern Hemisphere 4 v Southern Hemisphere 4
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC
• Northern Hemisphere 1 v Southern Hemisphere 1
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  Kick-off: TBC

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