The inaugural tournament will take place in 2025 and is a revival of the original Ashes series between Australia and Great Britain which was contested 39 times between 1908 and 2003.
In 2009 with the prospect of not contesting them until after the 2013 World Cup, Britain's Rugby Football League (RFL) challenged the Australian Rugby League (ARL) to play the round-robin stage match of the Four Nations tournament with the Ashes at stake.
The one-off game would be a departure from the usual three-match series, additionally the contest would be between England, rather than Great Britain, and Australia.
[9] In October 2022, Meninga stated that talks were underway for a potential Ashes tour of England in 2024.
The revamped competition will also feature a women's test series for the first time,[a] with the first edition to take place in 2025.