How to Watch the Nations Championship in Australia

Every match of the Nations Championship streams live on Stan Sport in Australia, and that includes all three of the Wallabies' November Tests against England, Scotland and Wales, none of which is listed on free-to-air.

The first of them kicks off at 2:10am AEDT on Monday 9 November at Twickenham, so anyone keen to watch Les Kiss's side live is looking at a very early alarm.

Australia head north sitting third in the Southern conference after the July window, and the next three weekends decide which slot they land in at Finals Weekend in London, where the first Nations Championship rugby title is settled at the end of the month.

Here are the key details for Australian viewers:

• Competition: Nations Championship 2026, Rounds 4 to 6 plus Finals Weekend
• Broadcaster: Stan Sport, every match live and on demand
• Free-to-air: none listed for the November window
• Wallabies' next Test: England v Australia, 2:10am AEDT, Monday 9 November
• Final: 3:40am AEDT, Monday 30 November, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Where to Watch the Nations Championship in Australia

Stan Sport holds the Australian streaming rights to the whole tournament, so all 42 matches, from the round-robin games through to the six play-offs at Twickenham, are available live and on demand there.

When the same fixture was played at Twickenham last November, Stan's coverage started at 1:30am AEDT, so expect around 40 minutes of build-up before kick-off.

Free-to-air is where it gets trickier. Nine showed the Wallabies' July home Tests in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth free-to-air and on 9Now, but its free-to-air rugby covers Wallabies home Tests and matches against the All Blacks, and the away Tests in Europe sit outside that.

At the time of writing, the England, Scotland and Wales Tests are listed on Stan Sport only, which is the same arrangement Australian fans had for last year's Spring Tour.

Stan Sport runs on smart TVs, gaming consoles, streaming sticks, computers, tablets and phones. Some older smart TVs can run the regular Stan app but won't play live sport, so test your setup before a 2am kick-off rather than during the anthems.

How Much Stan Sport Costs

Stan Sport is an add-on rather than a standalone service, so you need a base Stan plan underneath it.

At the time of writing, the Sport add-on costs $20 a month and the cheapest base plan, Basic with Ads, is $9.99, which brings the entry price to $29.99 a month. Stan Standard ($17.99) and Premium ($23.99) remove the ads from the entertainment side of the app if you'd rather pay a bit more.

Stan has dropped its free trial, so billing starts from day one. The upside is the timing, because the England Test on November 9 and the final on November 30 are only three weeks apart, which means a single month's subscription taken out in Test week covers every remaining Wallabies match and the whole of Finals Weekend.

Wallabies Nations Championship Fixtures and Kick-Off Times

All three of Australia's November Tests are away from home, and the first two land in the middle of the night on the east coast:

• Round 4: England v Australia, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, 2:10am AEDT, Monday, November 9.
• Round 5: Scotland v Australia, Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 2:10am AEDT, Monday, November 16.
• Round 6: Wales v Australia, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, 7:10am AEDT, Sunday November 22.

Cardiff is the friendliest of the three for Aussie viewers, with a breakfast kick-off on a Sunday.

Twickenham is the one to stay up for, though, because this fixture has swung wildly lately: the Wallabies won 42-37 there in 2024, then England ground out a 25-7 win at the same ground last November.

Kick-Off Times by State

Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory don't run daylight saving, so the Wallabies' Tests land at very different hours around the country:

• England v Australia: 2:10am Monday (NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT), 1:40am (SA), 1:10am (Qld), 12:40am (NT), 11:10pm Sunday (WA)
• Scotland v Australia: 2:10am Monday (NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT), 1:40am (SA), 1:10am (Qld), 12:40am (NT), 11:10pm Sunday (WA)
• Wales v Australia: 7:10am Sunday (NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT), 6:40am (SA), 6:10am (Qld), 5:40am (NT), 4:10am (WA)

Perth gets the best of the first two Tests, with both kicking off late on a Sunday night rather than in the small hours, while the Cardiff Test flips that and hands WA the 4am start.

Full November Fixtures in AEDT

Stan carries every match, not just the Wallabies, and outside Australia's games the two to set an alarm for are Scotland against the All Blacks in Round 4 and France against the Springboks a week later. All times below are AEDT.

Round 4

• Ireland v Argentina: 7:10am, Saturday, November 7.
• Italy v South Africa: 10:40pm, Saturday, November 7.
• Scotland v New Zealand: 1:10am, Sunday, November 8.
• Wales v Japan: 3:40am, Sunday, November 8.
• France v Fiji: 7:10am, Sunday, November 8.
• England v Australia: 2:10am, Monday, November 9.

Round 5

• France v South Africa: 7:10am, Saturday, November 14.
• Italy v Argentina: 10:40pm, Saturday, November 14.
• Wales v New Zealand: 1:10am, Sunday, November 15.
• England v Japan: 3:40am, Sunday, November 15.
• Ireland v Fiji: 7:10am, Sunday, November 15.
• Scotland v Australia: 2:10am, Monday, November 16.

Round 6

• England v New Zealand: 1:10am, Sunday, November 22.
• Scotland v Japan: 1:10am, Sunday, November 22.
• Ireland v South Africa: 3:40am, Sunday, November 22.
• Italy v Fiji: 3:40am, Sunday, November 22.
• France v Argentina: 7:10am, Sunday, November 22.
• Wales v Australia: 7:10am, Sunday, November 22.

Nations Championship Finals Weekend Schedule

The Nations Championship splits 12 nations into two conferences, with Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Fiji and Japan in the South and England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the North.

If the conference format and play-off pairings are your first real taste of the fifteen-a-side game, our rugby union rules for beginners explainer covers the basics.

Every team plays each side from the other conference once, three in the July window and three in November, and the final tables then pair teams by finishing position, so first plays first for the title, second plays second and so on down to sixth against sixth.

All six play-offs are double-headers at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November UK time, which works out like this in AEDT:

• 6th v 6th: 3:40am, Saturday, November 28.
• 3rd v 3rd: 7:10am, Saturday, November 28.
• 5th v 5th: 12:10am, Sunday, November 29.
• 2nd v 2nd: 3:40am, Sunday, November 29.
• 4th v 4th: 12:10am, Monday, November 30.
• Final (1st v 1st): 3:40am, Monday, November 30.

The draw has been kind to the Wallabies on one count, because if they hold third their play-off lands at 7:10am AEDT on a Saturday, easily the most watchable slot of the weekend for Australian fans.

In Queensland the final kicks off at 2:40am, and in Perth it starts at 12:40am on the Monday.

Where the Wallabies Stand Before November

Australia opened the tournament with two home defeats that both slipped away after half-time, going down 33-31 to Ireland in Sydney and 42-26 to France in Brisbane, before a nine-try 57-10 win over Italy in Perth, where lock Josh Canham scored a hat-trick in Joe Schmidt's final Test in charge.

That left them on eight points, seven behind South Africa and New Zealand, who both won all three of their July games with bonus points, and only one clear of Argentina.

Kiss has since taken over, and the Wallabies head north off a 43-21 Bledisloe defeat to the All Blacks in Sydney on October 17.

Harry Wilson captains the touring squad, and the late headline was the recall of 95-Test veteran Kurtley Beale in place of Hunter Paisami, who is unavailable for personal reasons.

Beale's last Test was against Wales in Cardiff in 2021, so Round 6 takes him back to the same ground.

Our read is that second place is out of reach unless one of the two unbeaten Southern sides falls apart, while third is the realistic target and is far from safe with the Pumas a point behind.

A win at Twickenham or Murrayfield probably decides if the Wallabies get that Saturday breakfast slot or drop into the small hours.

Nations Championship Betting Markets

Each Test carries the usual head to head, line and winning margin markets, and the standings give November more bite than a normal Spring Tour, because the Springboks and All Blacks are separated only by points difference at the top of the South while France lead a Northern table where four teams sit within two points.

If head to head, line and winning margin markets are new to you in this southern-hemisphere context, our guide to betting on the Rugby Championship walks through how each one works.

That leaves very few sides with a reason to treat these Tests as a chance to blood youngsters.

England against Australia at Twickenham looks set to be one of the most popular games of Round 4 with punters, given how unpredictable the last few meetings there have been.

For the latest Nations Championship odds and markets, check out our dedicated page here at Sportsbet.

Nations Championship FAQ

Is the Nations Championship on free-to-air TV in Australia?

Nine showed the Wallabies' July home Tests free-to-air and on 9Now, but the November away Tests against England, Scotland and Wales are listed on Stan Sport only at the time of writing.

Can I watch the Nations Championship on Kayo or Foxtel?

No. Stan Sport and Nine hold the Australian rights, so the tournament isn't available on Kayo or Foxtel.

What time is the Nations Championship final in Australia?

The final kicks off at 3:40am AEDT on Monday, November 30, which is 2:40am in Queensland, 3:10am in South Australia, 2:10am in the Northern Territory and 12:40am in Western Australia.

When is the next Nations Championship?

The tournament runs every second year, so after the inaugural 2026 edition the next one is scheduled for 2028.