It has been labelled a "tectonic shift", set to shake up the world of rugby union, but what is the Nations Championship, what have been the results so far, and what is the schedule this November?
England's rugby union squad are in a three-day training camp for their game against Australia, in the Nations Championship. Joe Marchant is back in the squad and has told Sky Sports' James Cole,he has changed as a player during his time away.
New Zealand rode a first-half try blitz to a 43-21 victory over Australia on Saturday, extending their win streak over their rivals to 13 matches.
Australia head coach Les Kiss has vowed the Wallabies will "return fire" against the All Blacks in Saturday's return Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney, live on Sky Sports.
New Zealand will retain the Bledisloe Cup for a 24th year after powering to a 50-19 victory over Australia at Eden Park on Saturday.
On Saturday, Australia travel to face New Zealand at Eden Park in the latest Bledisloe Cup contest on their best run of form for nearly a decade, live on Sky Sports.
Former Australia rugby international Nathan Charles, who overcame cystic fibrosis to forge a professional career in a contact sport, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
Australia beat South Africa 42-38 in Perth on Sunday after losing four players to yellow cards inside the final 11 minutes, seeing out the match with just 11 men on the field.
Highlights of the one-off Test match between Australia and South Africa.
Australia won their series against Argentina after the second Test finished in a 28-28 draw on Saturday night.
Australia completed a 2-0 series sweep of Japan with a 56-17 victory in Townsville, in which Massimo De Lutiis marked becoming the 1,000th player capped by the Wallabies in style.
Andy Farrell's injury-ravaged Ireland secured a madcap 33-31 victory over Australia in Sydney in the opening round of rugby's inaugural Nations Championship.
We look at some of the major talking points ahead of the summer's inaugural Nations Championship Tests...
At the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the four best sides in the world by a considerable margin - and ranked in the top four as such - were Ireland, South Africa, France and New Zealand. Yet, all four ended up on the same side of the draw and met in the quarter-finals.
England captain Maro Itoje and head coach Steve Borthwick have both said their aims are "definitely to win the 2027 Rugby World Cup" in Australia, reacting to Wednesday's pool stage draw.
England will face Wales, Tonga and Zimbabwe in the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup in 2027.
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