The Santos Festival of Rugby combines elite high-performance rugby with opportunities for regional Queensland and New South Wales rugby participants to play on the big stage.

The Queensland Reds and NSW Waratahs will meet across four formats in the country NSW hub: Super Rugby AUS and Super Rugby Under-19 competition fixtures, a Super Rugby Women’s exhibition match and four Women’s Rugby Sevens matches.

Other matches include the Classic Wallabies coming up against the Narrabri Blue Boars in an Over 35s match, and Queensland Country and NSW Country doing battle at U18 girl’s level.

Besides the action on the field, the program of events will include junior coaching clinics and family fun activities. There will be live entertainment throughout the weekend too, with an opening night street party to kick things off.