The Tri-Nations triopoly has been broken only once - 2003, Jonny Wilkinson's glorious dropper and all that. England's triumph came at Sydney's Stadium Australia, the venue that will host the 2027 final.

The United States' men's national team announced its slate of 2026 friendlies on Tuesday as it continues its preparations for the World Cup.

We'll know more in just under two years when the action starts Down Under, but Scotland need to find a way to crack the Irish code before then. Uruguay and Portugal should not represent any problems, so we can at least be almost certain Scotland will make it out their pool for the first time since the 2015 World Cup.