World Rugby announces a new competition starting in 2026 as part of a 'significant overhaul' of the men's international calendar.
The Rugby World Cup will be expanded from 20 to 24 teams in 2027, when it will be hosted by Australia
The top division will include the 10 sides from the Six Nations and Rugby Championship, plus two unnamed others.The new competition - yet to be given an official name - will be played in July and November, replacing the current summer and autumn international windows. "An era that will support the many, not the few, and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries.
Teams confirmed to be participating in the top division of the new global competition are the sides which compete in the annual Six Nations tournament in Europe - England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy - as well as South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina, who compete in the southern hemisphere's Rugby Championship.
Fiji were the only tier-two side to qualify for the last eight, and there were mixed fortunes for the other sides competing in France.
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