Homepage Accessibility links Skip to contentAccessibility Help Sign in News Sport Reel Worklife Travel Future More Search the BBC Search Search the BBC BBCSPORT Home Football Formula 1 Cricket Rugby U Tennis Golf Athletics Cycling All Sport Rugby Union Scores & Fixtures Tables All Teams English Scottish Welsh Irish ADVERTISEMENT Autumn Nations Cup: Ireland v Wales to kick-off eight-team tournament wales scotland rugby live on tv free By Chris Jones BBC rugby union correspondent Last updated on11 September 202011 September 2020. From the sectionRugby Union Ireland and Wales Ireland beat Wales 24-14 in the Six Nations in February A Friday night match between Ireland and Wales in Dublin will kick off the Autumn Nations Cup, an eight-team tournament involving the Six Nations sides, plus Fiji and Georgia. The competition will be played over four weekends, starting on 13 November. The other opening games are England v Georgia and Italy v Scotland on the Saturday, then France v Fiji on Sunday. England, Ireland, Wales and Georgia are in Group A, while Group B contains Scotland, France, Italy and Fiji.
The Autumn Nations Cup starts two weeks after the final round of the 2020 Six Nations is completed and finishes on the weekend of 5-6 December. On that final weekend, teams will face the side in the equivalent finishing position in the other group. England v Ireland on 21 November will be shown on Channel 4, as will Ireland v Wales and Ireland v Georgia. Amazon Prime will provide coverage of the tournament's other fixtures. Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney said he remained "cautiously optimistic" that fans will return for the internationals. "We look forward to hearing from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the detail following yesterday's government update. We will provide more information in due course," he added. England will play their home matches at Twickenham, Scotland at Murrayfield and Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, but the venues for Wales, France and Italy's home games are still to be decided. Prior to England's men taking on France on 21 November, England's women will play the second of two internationals against France in a Twickenham double-header. Simon live stream wales vs scotland Rugby Middleton's side will have played the French the previous weekend, before facing Italy over the weekend of 31 October. Japan were initially set to join the tournament before travel restrictions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic forced their withdrawal. "While the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic made the traditional autumn Test window unfeasible, we remained determined to deliver a unique and compelling tournament proposition which would ensure world-class rugby for our fans globally, and competitive matches for players, unions and federations," said Six Nations chief executive Ben Morel. While there had been talks regarding South Africa's involvement, it has been confirmed Georgia will take Japan's place, a boost for Los Lelos as they battle for exposure and experience against the established rugby union nations.
"We are especially pleased to be joined by Fiji and Georgia and expect them both to be tremendous additions to the competition," added Morel. Autumn Nations Cup fixtures (all times GMT) Round one Ireland v Wales, 13 November, 19:00 Italy v Scotland, 14 November, 12:45 England v Georgia, 14 November, 15:00 France v Fiji, 15 November, time TBC Round two Italy v Fiji, 21 November, 12:45 England v Ireland, 21 November, 15:00 Wales v Georgia, 21 November, 17:15 Scotland v France, 22 November, 15:00 Round three Scotland v Fiji, 28 November, 13:45 Wales v England, 28 November, 16:00 France v Italy, 28 November, 20:00 Ireland v Georgia, 29 November, 14:00 Finals weekend Georgia v TBC, 5 December, 12:00 Ireland v TBC, 5 December, 14:15 Wales v TBC, 5 December, 16:45 England v TBC, 6 December, 14:00 All times GMT Top Stories Edinson Cavani Striker Cavani set to join Man Utd 9habout 9 hours scotland vs wales rugby game agoFrom the sectionFootball1481Comments Pep Guardiola and Marcelo Bielsa shake hands 'Bielsa has Leeds here to stay' 8habout 8 hours agoFrom the sectionFootball Trainers, Kipchoge and London London Marathon - all you need to know 23habout 23 hours agoFrom the sectionAthletics ADVERTISEMENT Explore the BBC Unsung Hero Unsung Hero 2020 Nominations Submit your entry for a superstar volunteer now Featured An image depicting the features of the BBC Sport app - notifications on a home screen and the home page Rugby notifications, social media and more Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online. Girls playing rugby union How to get into rugby union How to get into rugby union - get into the social team game that brings people together Explore the BBC Home News Sport Reel Worklife Travel Future Culture Music TV Weather Sounds Terms of Use About the BBC Privacy Policy Cookies Accessibility Help Parental Guidance Contact the BBC Get Personalised Newsletters Advertise with us AdChoices / Do Not Sell My Info Copyright © 2020 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.
