All Blacks 2026 home Test venues announced

All Blacks

08/12/2025By: ALLBLACKS.COM

The All Blacks will kick off an epic 2026 Test season against France at Christchurch’s new One New Zealand Stadium in the first of four home fixtures.

All Blacks 2026 Home Test schedule

2026 Nations Championship

All Blacks v France

Saturday 4 July

One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch

Kick off 7.10pm.

All Blacks v Italy

Saturday, 11 July

SKY Stadium, Wellington.

Kick off 5.10pm NZT.

All Blacks v Ireland

Saturday, 18 July

Eden Park, Auckland

Kick off kick off 7.10pm.

Bledisloe Cup Game 1

All Blacks v Australia

Saturday 10 October

Eden Park, Auckland

Kick off 7.10pm.

Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland to host All Blacks

The All Blacks action-packed 2026 season, featuring 17 matches including 13 Tests live and exclusive on Sky, kicks off at the 30,000-seat covered One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch at 7.10pm on Saturday, 4 July.

Tickets are available here, with the first test match of the season in Christchurch sold out.

The season opener will mark the All Blacks first Test at a large, permanent stadium in the Canterbury region since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake saw the end of the Lancaster Park era. It will also be the first Test of the new 12-team Nations Championship.

Italy will play their first Test in Wellington and fourth in New Zealand since the two side’s first met in their opening pool match at the 1987 Rugby World Cup.

The All Blacks 52 Test unbeaten streak at Eden Park will be on the line twice in 2026, first against Ireland, then against an Australian team trying to win the Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2002.

Ireland’s visit to Eden Park will be their fourth in New Zealand since their first trip to New Zealand in 1976. They have never won at Eden Park and only twice in New Zealand, but the rivalry between the teams have been evenly matched in recent years with the All Blacks winning six of the last 10 Tests.