The Nations Championship will take place every two years, outside of Rugby World Cup and British & Irish Lions Tour years. The tournament will see twelve of the strongest international rugby nations in the world form two groups of six teams.
The Six Nations teams form a European group to represent the Northern Hemisphere, and will face the powerhouse SANZAAR nations, plus invitational teams Japan and Fiji, who complete the line up representing the Southern Hemisphere.
Next July, the Northern Hemisphere group of teams will travel to play three rounds of fixtures, with every team playing a different rival from the opposing Hemisphere group. In November next year, the Southern Hemisphere group will then travel north of the equator for the remaining three rounds.
The Finals Weekend will deliver wall-to-wall elite sporting entertainment to fans, with three days of double headers taking centre stage at Allianz Stadium, . Twickenham.
The RFU has ensured that their affiliated clubs will have early access to purchase tickets to for the three November 2026 home pool games and then the three days that make up the finals weekend.
England’s senior men's team will be playing the following pool matches:
- England v Australia: Sunday 8 November, KO 15:10
- England v Japan: Saturday 14 November, KO 16:40
- England v New Zealand: Saturday 21 November, KO 14:10
We will also be able to buy tickets for the 3 Finals days:
- Friday 27 November, 6 v 6 final - KO 16:40 followed by the 3 v 3 final - KO 20:10
- Saturday 28 November, 5 v 5 final - KO 13:10 followed by the 2 v 2 final - KO 16:40
- Sunday 29 November, 4 v 4 final KO 13:10 followed by the 1 v 1 final - KO 16:40
A ticket bought for any given finals day gives you both finals played on that day, so if you buy a ticket for the Friday, you get to watch the 6 v 6 and the 3 v 3 finals.
The RFU have allocated 69 tickets per match at Club price to be allocated by RWBRFC ballot.
The ticket prices are as follows:
Alcohol-free areas
Twickenham Stadium will continue to apply alcohol-free areas for all 2026 Rugby Nations Championship. These alcohol-free areas will be restricted to a set number of blocks and cannot be extended once at capacity. Within these blocks ticket holders will not be able to consume alcohol at their seats with checks being made at the entrances to the stadium seating ensuring alcohol is not being taken into these areas.
Alcohol free blocks will be as follows – Lower Tier L15 & L16 / Upper Tier U14 & U15
Ticket bids
There are four membership groups of persons entitled to bid for an allocation of tickets, as follows:
- M1 - Club Sponsors (each sponsor knows their individual allocation)
- M2 - Club recognition awards (max 2 tickets per award)
- M3 - Full-voting members applications – a ballot for each match
- M4 - Non-voting members applications – a ballot for each match
Members should send bid via email to peter@kinsman.me.uk by Midnight 6th February 2026. The ballots will take place on 8th February 2026.
Successful bidders will have their seats reserved by RWBRFC international ticket administrator on the RFU ticketing site. The bidders will receive an email from the RFU telling them that the tickets have been reserved and that they can now purchase them by logging into their account (or activating their account if they’ve not previously registered). If not completed within 72 hours the reservation will be cancelled.
All tickets will be sent out as mobile phone tickets. No paper tickets will be issued.
Your bid should state:
- First and last name of member
- Membership group of member (use membership group number above, eg. M3 if full voting member)
- Number of tickets per match (Max 4 for each match, but this may be restricted at time of ballot to 2, depending on uptake)
- Number of Junior tickets in total bid
- Ticket Category eg Cat 1
- alcohol-free area Yes/No
- Confirmation of email address to be used in RFU ticketing process
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