The lads’s Six Nations returns this January. Right here’s all it’s worthwhile to know concerning the northern hemisphere’s greatest rugby match.
The lads’s Six Nations Championship is a staple of the rugby calendar and probably the most in style worldwide tournaments on the planet. Happening yearly, it reignites previous rivalries between six rugby nations in Europe – England, Eire, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy.
The Six Nations 2025 will see Eire try to win the competitors for the third yr working. In 2022 they received the Grand Slam however in 2024 a loss towards England stopped their flawless run.
The stakes will probably be even greater in 2025, with the house nation gamers competing for a spot on the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.
Learn extra: Six Nations fixtures
Eire head into this match with momentary boss Simon Easterby on the helm, as head coach Andy Farrell has the honour of managing the Lions.
Associated: Take a look at final yr’s ultimate Six Nations desk
France have been their closest rivals lately and – with celebrity scrum-half Antoine Dupont again from successful gold within the Olympic rugby sevens – appear more likely to be the largest menace to an Irish hat-trick. That stated, Scotland can beat nearly anybody on their day, whereas Steve Borthwick’s England aspect will probably be extraordinarily harmful if they’ll flip their current run of slender defeats into victories. Italy have grown into a formidable unit beneath Gonzalo Quesada, and Wales will probably be determined to keep away from a second successive Wood Spoon.
The match is at all times important viewing all through the winter and early spring. Right here’s every little thing it’s worthwhile to know concerning the Six Nations 2025, together with Six Nations fixtures.
Six Nations 2025: Overview
Dates: 31 January – 15 March 2025
Groups: England, Eire, France, Italy, Wales and Scotland
Defending champions: Eire
Most titles: England and Wales, 39 every (England have 29 outright wins with 10 shared; Wales have 28 outright wins with 11 shared)
First season: The match started because the House Nations Championship in 1883. France joined in 1910 to make it the 5 Nations. The present Six Nations iteration kicked off in 2000 with the arrival of Italy
First title: England (England additionally received the first-ever 5 Nations and Six Nations titles)
UK TV protection: The BBC and ITV will share protection as soon as once more in 2025
Six Nations 2025: Fixtures and kick-off instances
Spherical 1
Friday 31 January 2025
- France v Wales
Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 8.15pm GMT / 10.15pm SAST / 7.15am AEDT (Saturday) / 9.15am NZDT (Saturday) / 3.15pm ET / 12.15pm PT
Saturday 1 February 2025
- Scotland v Italy
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 2.15pm GMT / 4.15pm SAST / 1.15am AEDT (Sunday) / 3.15am NZDT (Sunday) / 9.15am ET / 6.15am PT - Eire v England
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 4.45pm GMT / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday) / 5.45am NZDT (Sunday) / 11.45am ET / 8.45am PT
Spherical 2
Saturday 8 February 2025
- Italy v Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 2.15pm GMT / 4.15pm SAST / 1.15am AEDT (Sunday) / 3.15am NZDT (Sunday) / 9.15am ET / 6.15am PT - England v France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 4.45pm GMT / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday) / 5.45am NZDT (Sunday) / 11.45am ET / 8.45am PT
Sunday 9 February 2025
- Scotland v Eire
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 3.00pm GMT / 5.00pm SAST / 2.00am AEDT (Monday) / 4.00am NZDT (Monday) / 10.00am ET / 7.00am PT
Spherical 3
Saturday 22 February 2025
- Wales v Eire
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 2.15pm GMT / 4.15pm SAST / 1.15am AEDT (Sunday) / 3.15am NZDT (Sunday) / 9.15am ET / 6.15am PT - England v Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 4.45pm GMT / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday) / 5.45am NZDT (Sunday) / 11.45am ET / 8.45am PT
Sunday 23 February
- Italy v France
Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Kick-off: 3.00pm GMT / 5.00pm SAST / 2.00am AEDT (Monday) / 4.00am NZDT (Monday) / 10.00am ET / 7.00am PT
Spherical 4
Saturday 8 March 2025
- Eire v France
Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 2.15pm GMT / 4.15pm SAST / 1.15am AEDT (Sunday) / 3.15am NZDT (Sunday) / 9.15am ET / 6.15am PT - Scotland v Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 4.45pm GMT / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday) / 5.45am NZDT (Sunday) / 11.45am ET / 8.45am PT
Sunday 9 March 2025
- England v Italy
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 3.00pm GMT / 5.00pm SAST / 2.00am AEDT (Monday) / 4.00am NZDT (Monday) / 11.00am ET / 8.00am PT
Spherical 5
Saturday 15 March 2025
- Italy v Eire
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 2.15pm GMT / 4.15pm SAST / 1.15am AEDT (Sunday) / 3.15am NZDT (Sunday) / 10.15am ET / 7.15am PT - Wales v England
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 4.45pm GMT / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday) / 5.45am NZDT (Sunday) / 12.45pm ET / 9.45am PT - France v Scotland
Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 8.00pm GMT / 10.00pm SAST / 7.00am AEDT (Sunday) / 9.00am NZDT (Sunday) / 4.00pm ET / 1.00pm PT
Six Nations 2025: TV protection from anyplace on the planet
The BBC and ITV will share protection within the UK in the course of the 2025 match. Scotland and Wales house fixtures are broadcast by the BBC on its terrestrial channels and the iPlayer streaming service. England, France, Eire and Italy house video games can be found through ITV, each on terrestrial channels and the ITVX streaming service.
Elsewhere on the planet? Take a look at our information to watching the Six Nations wherever you might be.
Six Nations 2025: Outcomes
This part will probably be up to date because the 2025 match progresses.
Six Nations 2025: Squads
This part will probably be up to date when the England, France, Eire, Italy, Scotland and Wales squads are introduced.
Earlier Six Nations winners
Peter O’Mahony’s Eire lifted the Six Nations title in 2024. (Getty Pictures)
We have now a full record of earlier winners of the championship in all its completely different types courting again to 1883. Right here’s each winner of the Six Nations title since Italy joined the match in 2000:
2000 – England
2001 – England
2002 – France (Grand Slam)
2003 – England (Grand Slam)
2004 – France (Grand Slam)
2005 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2006 – France
2007 – France
2008 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2009 – Eire (Grand Slam)
2010 – France (Grand Slam)
2011 – England
2012 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2013 – Wales
2014 – Eire
2015 – Eire
2016 – England (Grand Slam)
2017 – England
2018 – Eire (Grand Slam)
2019 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2020 – England
2021 – Wales
2022 – France (Grand Slam)
2023 – Eire (Grand Slam)
2024 – Eire
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