Autumn Nations Cup Rugby Union

Taking place from 13 november to 6 december eight countries will play 16 matches across four consecutive weekends.

Autumn nations cup rugby union. This years autumn international rugby matches will be replaced by a new eight team tournament the autumn nations cup which features the six nations teams plus fiji and georgia. Each team plays every other. The tournament will be played across four weekends of games featuring the six nations namely england scotland wales ireland france and italy and two guest teams. The autumn nations cup begins on november 13 running over the course of four rounds with england ireland scotland wales france italy georgia and fiji competing.

But the nature of the autumn nations cup 2020 means teams will. The autumn nations cup will be the first competitive autumn international tournament and the first full tournament after a six month break for international rugby. Pool a comprises england ireland wales and georgia. The revised schedule means that the four home unions england ireland scotland and wales have a very busy autumn of rugby.

The autumn nations cup is a rugby union competition being held in november and december 2020 in place of the usual autumn internationals series typically held in the same period each year as many teams are avoiding extended travel due to the covid 19 pandemic. Three rounds of fixtures will then be followed by a finals weekend. The tournament involves eight teams split into two pools. Sport rugby rugby union international autumn nations cup 2020 to replace international as georgia and fiji to join six nations tournament will begin once the six nations has been completed at the.

The autumn nations cup schedule has been released with england vs ireland being broadcast on channel 4 and amazon image. The tournament is a slight expansion for the six nations with fiji and georgia joining in to make it an eight team competition. Pool b is france scotland italy and fiji. In addition the rescheduled six nations matches take place across the final two weekends in october.

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