The men’s Six Nations concludes on Saturday 15 March with Super Saturday. Three sides can still win the championship. Here’s all you need to know about the northern hemisphere’s biggest and most beloved rugby tournament.
The men’s Six Nations 2025 will conclude on Saturday 15 March with three sides still in contention for the championship in the final weekend.
After four rounds, France, England and Ireland are all in with a shot of taking the title.
France are in pole position after their ruthless demolition of Ireland and could win a first title since 2022. They host Scotland on Saturday. England are second and will need a win against Wales and results to go their way in Paris should they be successful. Meanwhile Ireland would need a win against Italy and losses for France and England to claim their third Six Nations trophy in a row.
Meanwhile at the bottom of the table, Wales and Italy will jostle it out for the Wooden Spoon. In a peculiar turn of events, should Italy lose and Wales pick up losing bonus points against England, this could be the first championship in history where a team without a win have not finished bottom.
Read more: Check out last season’s final standings in the Six Nations table
The tournament is always essential viewing. Here’s everything you need to know about the Six Nations 2025 as it approaches the halfway stage, including Six Nations fixtures, results and squads for all six teams.
Six Nations 2025: overview
Dates: 31 January – 15 March 2025
Teams: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales
Defending champions: Ireland
The backstory: The tournament began as the Home Nations Championship in 1883, contested between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France joined in 1910 to make it the Five Nations, were suspended in 1932, and subsequently readmitted in 1947 when the Five Nations resumed after the Second World War. The current Six Nations iteration kicked off in 2000 with the arrival of Italy.
First title: England (England also won the first-ever Five Nations and Six Nations titles)
Most titles: England and Wales have both won 39 titles. (England have 29 outright wins with 10 shared; Wales have 28 outright wins with 11 shared). We have a full list of previous winners of the championship in all its different forms dating back to 1883.
UK TV coverage: The BBC and ITV will share coverage once again in 2025
Six Nations 2025: results so far
Round 1
Friday 31 January 2025
- France 43 – 0 Wales
Stade de France, Paris
Saturday 1 February 2025
- Scotland 31 – 19 Italy
Murrayfield, Edinburgh - Ireland 27 – 22 England
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Round 2
Saturday 8 February 2025
- Italy 22 – 15 Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome - England 26 – 25 France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Sunday 9 February 2025
- Scotland 18 – 32 Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Round 3
Saturday 22 February 2025
- Wales 18-27 Ireland
Principality Stadium, Cardiff - England 16-15 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London
Sunday 23 February
- Italy 24-73 France
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Round 4
Saturday 8 March 2025
- Ireland 27-42 France
Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Scotland 35-29 Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Sunday 9 March 2025
- England 47-24 Italy
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Six Nations 2025: upcoming fixtures
Round 5
Saturday 15 March 2025
- Italy v Ireland
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 coverage from anywhere in the world
The BBC and ITV share free UK coverage of the 2025 tournament. Scotland and Wales home fixtures are broadcast by the BBC on its terrestrial channels and the iPlayer streaming service. England, France, Ireland and Italy home games are available via ITV, both on terrestrial channels and the ITVX streaming service.
Free coverage of the tournament is also available in Ireland (shared between RTÉ and Virgin Media Television) and France (via France Télévisions). Fans in Italy can watch the Azzurri’s matches on TV8.
Here’s how to watch the Six Nations Championship wherever you are on planet Earth.
Six Nations 2025: squads
Here are all the players the respective head coaches will be choosing from during the Six Nations 2025. For more detailed information on the teams, check out our guides to the England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales squads.
ENGLAND
Forwards
Fin Baxter
Ollie Chessum
Alex Coles
Luke Cowan-Dickie
Chandler Cunningham-South
Ben Curry
Tom Curry
Theo Dan
Ben Earl
Ellis Genge (vice-captain)
Joe Heyes
Ted Hill
Maro Itoje (captain)
Curtis Langdon
Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Henry Pollock
Bevan Rodd
Will Stuart
Tom Willis
Backs
Oscar Beard
Elliot Daly
Fraser Dingwall
George Ford
Tommy Freeman
Max Ojomoh
Alex Mitchell
Harry Randall
Tom Roebuck
Henry Slade
Ollie Sleightholme
Fin Smith
Marcus Smith
Freddie Steward
Jack van Poortvliet
FRANCE
Forwards
Esteban Abadie
Dorian Aldegheri
Grégory Alldritt
Uini Atonio
Hugo Auradou
Cyril Baille
Giorgi Beria
Paul Boudehent
Joshua Brennan
Georges-Henri Colombe
François Cros
Thibaud Flament
Marko Gazzotti
Jean-Baptiste Gros
Mickaël Guillard
Matthias Halagahu
Oscar Jégou
Maxime Lamothe
Julien Marchand
Peato Mauvaka
Emmanuel Meafou
Dany Priso
Alexandre Roumat
Rabah Slimani
Romain Taofifénua
Backs
Théo Attissogbé
Pierre-Louis Barassi
Leo Barré
Louis Bielle-Biarrey
Nicolas Depoortère
Gaël Dréan
Antoine Frisch
Émilien Gailleton
Matthieu Jalibert
Nolann Le Garrec
Maxime Lucu
Yoram Moefana
Noah Nene
Romain Ntamack
Damian Penaud
Thomas Ramos
Gabin Villière
IRELAND
Forwards
Ryan Baird
Finlay Bealham
Tadhg Beirne
Jack Boyle
Thomas Clarkson
Jack Conan
Gavin Coombes
Caelan Doris (captain)
Tadhg Furlong
Cian Healy
Rob Herring
Rónan Kelleher
Gus McCarthy
Joe McCarthy
Peter O’Mahony
Tom O’Toole
Andrew Porter
Cian Prendergast
James Ryan
Dan Sheehan
Josh van der Flier
Backs
Bundee Aki
Caolin Blade
Jack Crowley
Ciaran Frawley
Jamison Gibson-Park
Mack Hansen
Robbie Henshaw
Hugo Keenan
James Lowe
Stuart McCloskey
Conor Murray
Calvin Nash
Jimmy O’Brien
Jamie Osborne
Sam Prendergast
Garry Ringrose
Jacob Stockdale
ITALY
Forwards
Simone Ferrari
Riccardo Faveretto
Danilo Fischetti
Federico Ruzza
Marco Riccioni
Lorenzo Cannone
Luca Rizzoli
Alessandro Izekor
Giosue Zilocchi
Michele Lamaro (captain)
Gianmarco Lucchesi
Sebastian Negri
Gianmarco Nicotera
Ross Vintcent
Niccolo Cannone
Manuel Zuliani
Dino Lamb
Backs
Alessandro Garbisi
Juan Ignacio Brex
Martin Page-Relo
Tommaso Menoncello
Stephen Varney
Ange Capuozzo
Tommaso Allen
Matt Gallagher
Paolo Garbisi
Simone Gesi
Leonardo Marin
Monty Ioane
Jacopo Trulla
SCOTLAND
Forwards
Ewan Ashman
Jamie Bhatti
Gregor Brown
Dave Cherry
Rory Darge (co-captain)
Jack Dempsey
Matt Fagerson
Zander Fagerson
Euan Ferrie
Grant Gilchrist
Jonny Gray
Patrick Harrison
Will Hurd
Euan Johnson
Jack Mann
Alexander Masibaka
D’Arcy Rae
Jamie Ritchie
Pierre Schoeman
Sam Skinnet
Rory Sutherland
Marshall Sykes
Backs
Fergus Burke
Matt Currie
Jamie Dobie
Darcy Graham
George Horne
Adam Hastings
Huw Jones
Tom Jordan
Blair Kinghorn
Stafford McDowall
Finn Russell (co-captain)
Kyle Rowe
Kyle Steyn
Duhan van der Merwe
Ollie Smith
Ben White
WALES
Forwards
Keiron Assiratti
James Botham
Elliot Dee
Taulupe Faletau
Dafydd Jenkins
WillGriff John
Dewi Lake
Evan Lloyd
Kemsley Mathias
Jac Morgan (captain)
Sam Parry
Taine Plumtree
Tommy Reffell
Will Rowlands
Nicky Smith
Gareth Thomas
Freddie Thomas
Henry Thomas
Christ Tshinunza
Aaron Wainwright
Ben Warren
Teddy Williams
Backs
Gareth Anscombe
Ellis Bevan
Dan Edwards
Josh Hathaway
Eddie James
Max Llewellyn
Ellis Mee
Blair Murray
Joe Roberts
Ben Thomas
Nick Tompkins
Rhodri Williams
Tomos Williams
Previous Six Nations winners
Ireland lift the Six Nations trophy in March 2024 (Getty Images)
Here’s every winner of the Six Nations title since Italy joined the tournament 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 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2010 – France (Grand Slam)
2011 – England
2012 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2013 – Wales
2014 – Ireland
2015 – Ireland
2016 – England (Grand Slam)
2017 – England
2018 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2019 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2020 – England
2021 – Wales
2022 – France (Grand Slam)
2023 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2024 – Ireland
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