New Nations Championship to open with six-Test Super Saturday
The Nations Championship is a new biennial series that matches northern hemisphere superpowers against southern counterparts and begins on 4 July with a six-Test Super Saturday. Fans will get nearly nine hours of Test rugby with staggered kick-offs across time zones, starting with New Zealand hosting France at Christchurch's One New Zealand Stadium at 08:10 BST, and including Australia v Ireland (11:10), Fiji v Wales at Cardiff City Stadium (14:10), South Africa v England (16:40) and Argentina v Scotland in Cordoba (20:10). Organizers will repeat the packed single-day concept on 11 and 18 July, with Fiji staging home fixtures in the northern hemisphere to ease logistics and maximise revenue.
Six-Test Super Saturday opens the Nations Championship on 4 July.
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The Nations Championship is a new biennial series of test matches. It starts with six…
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