{"id":825966,"date":"2026-11-06T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/825966\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:28:10","slug":"nations-championship-round-four-teams-predictions-global-tv-channels-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/825966\/","title":{"rendered":"Nations Championship, Round Four: Teams, predictions, global TV channels and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the fourth round of the Nations Championship, here are all the weekend teamsheets, broadcasting channels and referee appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland and Argentina get the weekend\u2019s Test rugby underway at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The action moves to Turin on Saturday with Italy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/south-africa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a> colliding in the opening match of the day which is shortly followed by Scotland versus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> at Murrayfield.<\/p>\n<p>Wales then host Japan at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff with France hosting Fiji in Lyon in the final match of the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> and Australia face off at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham which is the only game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/nations-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nations Championship<\/a> predictions as well as all the team sheets, kick-off times and more below.<\/p>\n<p>Nations Championship round four<br \/>\nIreland v Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Ireland by 15<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>Replacements: 16 R\u00f3nan Kelleher, 17 Tom O\u2019Toole, 18 Sam Illo, 19 James Ryan, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Bundee Aki<\/p>\n<p>Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mall\u00eda, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Justo Piccardo, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tom\u00e1s Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Mart\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Francisco Moreno, 2 Juli\u00e1n Montoya, 1 Boris Wenger<br \/>Replacements:\u00a016 Leonel Oviedo, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Juan Martin Scelzo, 21 Sim\u00f3n Ben\u00edtez Cruz, 22 Ger\u00f3nimo Prisciantelli, 23 Lucio Cinti<\/p>\n<p>Date: Friday, 6 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)<br \/>Assistant Referees: Hollie Davidson (SRU) and Morn\u00e9 Ferreira (SARU)<br \/>TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)<br \/>FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetrugby.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Italy v South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: South Africa by 40<\/p>\n<p>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 Niccol\u00f2 Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera (c), 1 Muhamed Hasa<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Allianz Stadium, Turin<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)<br \/>Assistant Referees: James Doleman (NZR) and Sam Grove-White (SRU)<br \/>TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)<br \/>FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p>Scotland v New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: New Zealand by five<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019i, 5 Fabian Holland, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Fletcher Newell, 2 Codie Taylor (c), 1 Ethan de Groot<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)<br \/>Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR) and Jordan Way (RA)<br \/>TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)<br \/>FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p class=\"px-3 xs:px-4 mt-3 mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-base text-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-team-five-takeaways-as-dave-rennie-keeps-the-status-quo-for-scotland-despite-strong-argument-for-change\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks team: Five takeaways as Dave Rennie keeps the status quo for Scotland despite \u2018strong argument\u2019 for change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wales v Japan<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Wales by two<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Rhys Carr\u00e9, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 James Botham, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Dan Edwards, 23 Louie Hennessey<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)<br \/>Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley (RFU) and Angus Mabey (NZR)<br \/>TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)<br \/>FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p>France v Fiji<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: France by 40+<\/p>\n<p>France: 15 Th\u00e9o Attissogbe, 14 Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Fran\u00e7ois Cros, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Cameron Woki, 5 Micka\u00ebl Guillard, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Sipili Falatea, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros3<br \/>Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 R\u00e9gis Montagne, 19 Charles Ollivon, 20 Tom Staniforth, 21 Esteban Capilla, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Emilien Gailleton<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>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<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, 7 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Groupama Stadium, Lyon<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)<br \/>Assistant Referees: Dami\u00e1n Schneider (UAR) and Katsuki Furuse (JRFU)<br \/>TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)<br \/>FPRO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p>England v Australia<\/p>\n<p>Prediction:<\/p>\n<p>England: TBC<\/p>\n<p>Australia: TBC<\/p>\n<p>Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026<br \/>Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham<br \/>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)<br \/>Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)<br \/>Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU) and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Rozier (FFR)<br \/>TMO: Tual Trainini (FFR)<br \/>FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)<br \/>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)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-team-dave-rennie-resists-leicester-faingaanuku-temptation-as-new-zealand-leave-nothing-to-chance-for-scotland-clash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks team: Dave Rennie resists Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku temptation as New Zealand leave nothing to chance for Scotland clash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the fourth round of the Nations Championship, here are all the weekend teamsheets, broadcasting channels 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