The End of year rugby union tests, known as Autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, are a series of rugby union test matches that are contested approximately each November. Teams from Europe's Six Nations Championship play against teams from the Southern Hemisphere's The Rugby Championship; second-tier teams, such as those from North American and Pacific countries, also participate. Each side typically plays three or four Test matches, and may choose to play games against provincial or "A" teams. Also, one of the Rugby Championship teams generally plays the invitational Barbarians club in the traditional "Final Challenge", usually at Twickenham in London, although Australia's Final Challenge in 2008 and South Africa's in 2016 was at Wembley Stadium.
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Teams taking part
Home teams
- Barbarians
- England (England's matches are called the Quilter Internationals for sponsorship reasons.)
- Wales (Wales matches are called the Under Armour Autumn Series for sponsorship reasons.)
- Scotland
- Ireland (Ireland's matches are called the Guinness Autumn Series for sponsorship reasons.)
- France
- Italy
- Romania
- Georgia
- Germany
- Spain
- Belgium
Away teams
- New Zealand M?ori (officially M?ori All Blacks)
- New Zealand
- Australia
- South Africa
- Argentina
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Fiji
- Japan
- Canada
- USA
- Brazil
- Uruguay
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The Grand Slam
A touring nation may also have the opportunity to complete a Grand Slam by beating the four home unions of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This has been achieved nine times:
See also
- Mid-year rugby union internationals
References
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