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Autumn Nations Cup

The Autumn Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held in November and December 2020 in place of the usual Autumn internationals series typically held in the same period each year, as many teams were avoiding extended travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight teams participated – the teams involved in the Six Nations Championship plus Georgia and Fiji – divided into two groups of four. Japan were originally going to take part but withdrew due to travel restrictions, resulting in them being replaced by Georgia and moving Fiji to Group B.

Overview
Participants World Rugby rankings denoted in (parentheses) as per start of the tournament Venues ==Fixtures==
Fixtures
Group A Round 1 Notes:Jacob Stockdale and Iain Henderson were named to start but were ruled out on matchday and replaced by Quinn Roux and Andrew Conway; Tadhg Beirne was added to the bench. • Billy Burns and James Lowe (both Ireland) and Callum Sheedy (Wales) made their international debuts. • Tomas Francis (Wales) earned his 50th test cap. • George North became the seventh Wales player to earn 100 test caps (97 for Wales, 3 for the British and Irish Lions). He also became the youngest player to earn his 100th cap at 28 years and 225 days, surpassing Australia's Michael Hooper's record of 28 years and 348 days. • Johnny Sexton became the seventh Ireland player to earn 100 test caps (94 for Ireland, 6 for the British and Irish Lions). • Alun Wyn Jones became the first player to earn 150 test caps (141 for Wales, 9 for the British and Irish Lions). ---- Notes:Demur Tapladze had been named on the bench for Georgia, but was withdrawn ahead of kick off and replaced by Giorgi Javakhia. • Max Malins, Jack Willis (both England) and Sandro Svanidze (Georgia) made their international debuts. • Jamie George became the first England men's hooker to score a hat-trick. • The two nations faced each other outside of a Rugby World Cup for the first time. Round 2 ---- Notes:James Botham, Kieran Hardy, Ioan Lloyd and Johnny Williams (all Wales) made their international debuts. • Joy Neville became the first woman to perform television match official duties in a major men's international competition. Round 3 ---- Notes:Shane Daly (Ireland) and Mikheil Alania and Davit Niniashvili (both Georgia) made their international debuts. Group B Round 1 Notes:Jacopo Trulla and Stephen Varney (both Italy) made their international debuts. ---- Round 2 ---- Notes: • Scotland lost at home to France for the first time since 2014. Round 3 ---- Notes:Jean-Pascal Barraque, Teddy Baubigny, Louis Carbonel, Cyril Cazeaux, Kilian Geraci, Hassane Kolingar, Yoram Moefana, Rodrigue Neti, Baptiste Pesenti, Swan Rebbadj, Gabin Villière (all France), Michele Lamaro and Cristian Stoian (both Italy) made their international debuts. • Nigel Owens became the first referee to officiate 100 test matches. Finals 7th/8th place play-off Notes:Haereiti Hetet, Tevita Ikanivere, Mesulame Kunavula, Simione Kuruvoli, Temo Mayanavanua, Chris Minimbi, Manueli Ratuniyarawa and Samu Tawake (all Fiji) made their international debuts. 5th/6th place play-off Notes:Monty Ioane (Italy) made his international debut. • Johnny Williams (Wales) was named to start at inside centre, but picked up an injury ahead of kick-off and Jonathan Davies replaced him in the starting XV. 3rd/4th place play-off Notes:Eric O'Sullivan (Ireland) and Jaco van der Walt (Scotland) made their international debuts. • Sean Maitland (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap. • Stuart McInally (Scotland) was named among the replacements, but was replaced before kick-off by George Turner. Final Notes:Guillaume Ducat and Selevasio Tolofua (both France) made their international debuts. ==Final standings==
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