must be played behind closed doors. There are two pools of four countries in the tournament. The Scottish Government has confirmed that although Each team will play the other three teams in their group, over the course of the first three weekends of the competition. Autumn Nations Cup 2020 Over four weekends, the Autumn Nations Cup will bring together Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Italy, Fiji and Georgia for a new International rugby tournament, with three games being played at BT Murrayfield. The Nations Cup has replaced the originally planned autumn rugby internationals which had to be called off by the Covid-19 pandemic. Everyone applying for match tickets to the Autumn Nations Cup games via the ballot can be assured that the safety measures put in place at BT Murrayfield on match days will be in stringent compliance with all Scottish Government guidelines. Read more information about browsers and how to upgrade yours. Six Nations, Autumn Nations Cup and Rugby World Cup qualifiers: Steyn and Franco on Italy’s return to international rugby Braam Steyn and a youthful-looking Azzurri side are ready to cause an upset as international rugby resumes. Read more: Autumn Nations Cup 2020 fixtures list. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Find out more, England Six Nations and Autumn Cup squad 2020: latest team news and injuries, Six Nations return lacked fizz, but the finale promises to be unpredictable and exciting, Loughborough maintain winning start to Premier 15s season as Harlequins brush aside Exeter, Antoine Dupont blows Wales away as France win warm-up fixture, British and Irish Lions fly-on-the-wall documentary will be first to show both camps, Finn Russell cameo in win against Georgia reminds Scotland and British Lions of his brilliance, have the main broadcast rights for the tournament. We would also like to use cookies to continually improve our sites, offer you a better experience and deliver personalised content to you. Amazon Prime will broadcast the emergency Autumn Nations Cup rugby tournament this November and December – with three of 16 matches free to view on Channel 4. Group A consists of England, Ireland, Wales, and Georgia. Over four weekends, the Autumn Nations Cup will bring together Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Italy, Fiji and Georgia for a new International rugby tournament, with three games being played at BT Murrayfield. Each team in Group A will face the team in the corresponding position in Group B. Braam Steyn and a youthful-looking Azzurri side are ready to cause an upset as international rugby resumes. © Copyright Scottish Rugby Union Limited 2020. Therefore, the two first place teams will contest for first overall and so on. As the situation changes on a daily basis, it’s possible that if permission is granted by the Scottish Government, it could be granted at short notice. Scottish Rugby will have in place similar measures for Scotland games this season, and strongly advises all ticket purchasers (indeed, all supporters) to download the Protect Scotland app. Therefore, to ensure we’re ready to operate a fully ticketed international match in the event we are given the green light to permit spectator entry, ticket ballots are NOW OPEN to NEVIS members for the three Autumn Nations Cup games at BT Murrayfield. Autumn Nations Cup 2020 to replace international as Georgia and Fiji to join Six Nations. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of these sites will not then work. This means that all eight teams are guaranteed four matches over the course of the four weekends. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads, processing data about what advertisements were shown, how often they were shown, when and where they were shown, and whether you took any action related to the advertisement, including for example clicking an ad. The NEVIS membership allows access to ticket ballots for the Autumn Nations Cup and 2021 Guinness Six Nations games to which crowds are permitted by the Scottish Government. The game will be shown live on ITV4. Our use of cookies is described further in our. It is a separate competition to the 2020 Six Nations, which will be completed before the Autumn Nations Cup starts. Tournament will begin once the Six Nations has been completed at the end of October Giada Franco and her Azzurre teammates have it all to play for as RWC 2021 qualification looms. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. Amazon Prime have the main broadcast rights for the tournament, although a number of the matches will also be shown on Channel 4, including England-Ireland. It is a separate competition to the 2020 Six Nations, which will be completed before the Autumn Nations Cup starts. Flying Fijians player, Semi Radradra has been ruled out for next month’s Autumn Nations Cup. Group B is made up of France, Scotland, Italy, and Fiji. France France hoping to build towards something big as Autumn Nations Cup and Rugby World Cup 2021 loom. These cookies may be on-site cookies or third party cookies. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. Before the tournament kicks off in November, Scotland will play one warm-up match against Georgia at BT Murrayfield (Friday 31 October, 7.30pm) and their final match of the Guinness Six Nations 2020 championship against Wales (Saturday 31 October, 2.15pm). We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Each group will be its own mini league. Six Nations Rugby together with its constituent unions and federations is extremely pleased to announce details of the Autumn Nations Cup - a completely new and innovative tournament that will take place over four weekends between November 13th and December 6th, 2020. Sign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby. We use cookies to help make our sites function properly. How does it work? The Scottish Government will be reviewing its guidelines on public gatherings, events and physical-distancing at least once before Scotland’s next home games, and although obviously unable to guarantee crowds will be permitted, Scottish Rugby must still prepare for such an eventuality. 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