CUP OR CHAMPIONSHIP?

We are being swamped with World class sport at the moment.

Alongside the nations-championship, we have a similar tournament being held for second tier nations (are Wales soon to be playing in this?)

Its called the Nations Cup, and seems to be getting little or no coverage. From the Wiki:-

As with the 2026 Nations Championship the initial competition will consist of two broadly geographic pools:

an America-Pacific pool, consisting of the four American teams plus Tonga and Samoa; and

a European-African-Asian pool, consisting of the four European sides, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong.

Each team will play all the teams in the opposite pool across the summer and autumn international windows.

For the first two editions in 2026 and 2028, there will not be a finals day, and two champions will be crowned, one in each pool.

Website can be found here:-

https://www.world.rugby/nations-cup/en

Current standings are:-

There is no promotion/demotion for the first 2 years.

Oh, and there's footy, tennis & cycling on, too ;-)