Ahead of the fourth round of the Nations Championship, here are all the weekend teamsheets, broadcasting channels and referee appointments.
Ireland and Argentina get the weekend’s Test rugby underway at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday evening.
The action moves to Turin on Saturday with Italy and South Africa colliding in the opening match of the day which is shortly followed by Scotland versus New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Wales then host Japan at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff with France hosting Fiji in Lyon in the final match of the day.
England and Australia face off at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham which is the only game on Sunday.
Check out our Nations Championship predictions as well as all the team sheets, kick-off times and more below.
Nations Championship round four
Ireland v Argentina
Prediction: Ireland by 15
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Mack Hansen, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (c), 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Rónan Kelleher, 17 Tom O’Toole, 18 Sam Illo, 19 James Ryan, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Bundee Aki
Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Justo Piccardo, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martín González, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Francisco Moreno, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Boris Wenger
Replacements: 16 Leonel Oviedo, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Juan Martin Scelzo, 21 Simón Benítez Cruz, 22 Gerónimo Prisciantelli, 23 Lucio Cinti
Date: Friday, 6 November 2026
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 20:10 (local), 20:10 (UK), 21:10 (France), 22:10 (South Africa), 07:10 (7 November, AEDT), 09:10 (7 November, New Zealand), 17:10 (Argentina), 05:10 (7 November, JST), 15:10 (EST)
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Hollie Davidson (SRU) and Morné Ferreira (SARU)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
Broadcasters: Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), TF1 (France), Sky Italia (Italy), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)
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Italy v South Africa
Prediction: South Africa by 40
Italy: 15 Mirko Belloni, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Paolo Odogwu, 12 Leonardo Marin, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Alessandro Ortombina, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera (c), 1 Muhamed Hasa
Replacements: 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi, 20 Ross Vintcent, 21 Manuel Zuliani, 22 Stephen Varney, 23 Tommaso Allan
South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok
Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Turin
Kick-off: 12:40 (local), 11:40 (UK), 12:40 (France), 13:40 (South Africa), 22:40 (AEDT), 00:40 (8 November, New Zealand), 08:40 (Argentina), 20:40 (JST), 06:40 (EST)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: James Doleman (NZR) and Sam Grove-White (SRU)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Broadcasters: Sky Italia (Italy), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), TF1 (France), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)
Scotland v New Zealand
Prediction: New Zealand by five
Scotland: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 George Horne, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Blair Kinghorn
New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Wallace Sititi, 7 Peter Lakai, 6 Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Fabian Holland, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Fletcher Newell, 2 Codie Taylor (c), 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 George Bower, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Christian Lio-Willie, 20 Anton Segner, 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 23 Rieko Ioane
Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 14:10 (local), 14:10 (UK), 15:10 (France), 16:10 (South Africa), 01:10 (8 November, AEDT), 03:10 (8 November, New Zealand), 11:10 (Argentina), 23:10 (JST), 09:10 (EST)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR) and Jordan Way (RA)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
Broadcasters: ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), TF1 (France), Sky Italia (Italy), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)
Wales v Japan
Prediction: Wales by two
Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Eddie James, 12 Max Llewellyn, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Rhys Carré, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 James Botham, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Dan Edwards, 23 Louie Hennessey
Japan: 15 Kazuma Ueda, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Samisoni Tua, 11 Inoke Burua, 10 Riku Kitahara, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Jack Cornelsen, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Harry Hockings, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Yota Kamimori
Replacements: 16 Kenji Sato, 17 Sojiro Otsuka, 18 Opeti Helu, 19 Michael Stolberg, 20 Tiennan Costley, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Shinya Komura, 23 Jisu Lee
Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 16:40 (local), 16:40 (UK), 17:40 (France), 18:40 (South Africa), 03:40 (8 November, AEDT), 05:40 (8 November, New Zealand), 13:40 (Argentina), 01:40 (8 November, JST), 11:40 (EST)
Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)
Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley (RFU) and Angus Mabey (NZR)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)
FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
Broadcasters: ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), S4C (Wales), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), TF1 (France), Sky Italia (Italy), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)
France v Fiji
Prediction: France by 40+
France: 15 Théo Attissogbe, 14 Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 François Cros, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Cameron Woki, 5 Mickaël Guillard, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Sipili Falatea, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros3
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Régis Montagne, 19 Charles Ollivon, 20 Tom Staniforth, 21 Esteban Capilla, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Emilien Gailleton
Fiji: 15 Salesi Rayasi, 14 Selestino Ravutaumada, 13 Iosefo Masi, 12 Vinaya Habosi, 11 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 10 Isikeli Rabitu, 9 Simione Kuruvoli, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Kitione Salawa, 6 Pita-Gus Sowakula, 5 Isoa Nasilasila, 4 Mesake Vocevoce, 3 Luke Tagi, 2 Tevita Ikanivere (c), 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Zuriel Togiatama, 17 Peni Ravai, 18 Inoke Ravuiwasa, 19 Peceli Yato, 20 Elia Canakaivata, 21 Frank Lomani, 22 Ben Volavola, 23 Sireli Maqala
Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026
Venue: Groupama Stadium, Lyon
Kick-off: 21:10 (local), 20:10 (UK), 21:10 (France), 22:10 (South Africa), 07:10 (8 November, AEDT), 09:10 (8 November, New Zealand), 17:10 (Argentina), 05:10 (8 November, JST), 15:10 (EST)
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Damián Schneider (UAR) and Katsuki Furuse (JRFU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
FPRO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)
Broadcasters: TF1 (France), ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), Sky Italia (Italy), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)
England v Australia
Prediction:
England: TBC
Australia: TBC
Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 15:10 (local), 15:10 (UK), 16:10 (France), 17:10 (South Africa), 02:10 (9 November, AEDT), 04:10 (9 November, New Zealand), 12:10 (Argentina), 00:10 (9 November, JST), 10:10 (EST)
Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU) and Jérémy Rozier (FFR)
TMO: Tual Trainini (FFR)
FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
Broadcasters: ITV / ITVX (United Kingdom), TF1 (France), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), Sky Italia (Italy), SuperSport (South Africa / Africa), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), Sky Sport (New Zealand), FloSports (USA), Wowow (Japan)