SANZAAR and tournament hosts, Rugby Australia, have confirmed the match schedule for the 2020 Rugby Championship.
The six-week tournament will feature 12 Tests on back-to-back weekends between the Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
Each round will be played as a doubleheader with the opening fixture at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, 7 November before five straight doubleheaders across Sydney and Newcastle.
ANZ Stadium and Bankwest Stadium will each host two rounds of The Rugby Championship while Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium will be set for the clash between reigning Rugby World Cup winners, the Springboks, and the All Blacks on Saturday, 28 November.
Australia’s fixtures against New Zealand during The Rugby Championship will also double as matches for the Bledisloe Cup. Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium will host a Bledisloe Cup Test on Saturday, 7 November before Sydney’s ANZ Stadium hosts the final trans-Tasman clash on Saturday, 12 December.
November’s historic tournament will also be the first time that Tier One Rugby nations will have ever featured in a Test match doubleheader.
Kick-off times for the double-header matches will be announced in due course.
The Rugby Championship 2020 fixtures
Round One – Saturday 7 November 2020
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Argentina v South Africa
Australia v New Zealand
Round Two – Saturday 14 November
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
New Zealand v Argentina
South Africa v Australia
Round Three – Saturday 21 November
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
New Zealand v South Africa
Australia v Argentina
Round Four – Saturday 28 November
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Argentina v Australia
South Africa v New Zealand
Round Five – Saturday 5 December
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
Argentina v New Zealand
Australia v South Africa
Round Six – Saturday 12 December
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
South Africa v Argentina
Australia v New Zealand
