Can Matt Sherratt’s men cause an upset against a Scotland side desperate for a victory?
Watch Scotland v Wales as two sides in need of a 2025 Six Nations win clash at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in Edinburgh. This article contains all the details you need to watch today’s game, wherever you are in the world.
Scotland have had a disappointing tournament so far, with their opening day victory over Italy followed by defeats to Ireland and – despite Gregor Townsend’s men being the better side for much of the game – England. After a miserable year, Wales showed signs of recovery against Ireland and will regard the Scots as beatable, even in their own back yard.
Scotland v Wales kicks off at 4.45pm GMT on what’s set to be a dry and mild evening in Edinburgh, and is available to watch for free the UK, Ireland and France. This guide is packed with the information you need to watch Scotland v Wales online, on TV, and from anywhere in the world. You’ll find a match preview and team news at the bottom of the page.
Key information
– Scotland v Wales date: Saturday 8 March 2025
– Scotland v Wales kick-off time: 4.45pm local (GMT) / 5.45pm CET / 11.45am ET / 6.45pm SAST / 3.45am AEDT (Sunday)
– Scotland v Wales venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
– Scotland v Wales on TV: BBC One, Virgin Media One, France 2
– Scotland v Wales streams: BBC iPlayer (free), Virgin Media Play (free), FranceTV (free)
– Watch from anywhere: Try NordVPN 100% risk-free
How to watch Scotland v Wales for free
Free live streams are available for Scotland v Wales in five of the six nations participating in the competition.
Scotland v Wales is on BBC One and BBC iPlayer across the UK, while Irish viewers can tune in on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play. France Télévisions have rights to all the games in France and are showing the match on France 2 and FranceTV.
Fans in Italy will have to pay to watch the match, however, via the Sky Italia subscription service.
Coverage in all cases is geo-restricted, but if you’re going to be abroad today you can still get your usual free streams by using a VPN – find out more below.
How to watch Scotland v Wales from abroad
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How to watch Scotland v Wales in the UK
UK-based rugby fans can watch Scotland v Wales live streams for free on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this afternoon.
The BBC’s pre-match build-up starts at 4.00pm GMT ahead of the 4.45pm kick-off.
BBC is sharing Six Nations TV coverage in the UK with ITV, showing one match per weekend – or, to put it another way, all of Scotland and Wales’ home fixtures. BBC iPlayer is free to use with a simple registration, but don’t forget to make sure you have an up-to-date TV Licence.
Six Nations TV coverage for this weekend’s other games – Ireland v France and England v Italy – is available via ITV in the UK.
How to watch Scotland v Wales in Ireland
Free-to-air broadcaster Virgin Media has the rights to Scotland v Wales in Ireland. If you’re watching on terrestrial TV you need to point your remote control at Virgin Media One. If streaming’s more your thing, head to Virgin Media Play. It’s dead easy to use through the app or a web browser – you don’t even need to register to tune into the action.
Coverage starts at 4.15pm GMT ahead of the 4.45pm kick-off.
How to watch Scotland v Wales in France
You can watch every Six Nations fixture for free in France via public broadcaster France Télévisions. Scotland v Wales be broadcast live on terrestrial channel France 2, and online via the FranceTV streaming platform. Both are free to use.
Scotland v Wales: Other global streams
USA: As with every Six Nations match this season, US-based rugby fans can watch Scotland v Wales via NBC-owned streaming platform Peacock. A subscription costs $7.99 per month.
Australia: Stan Sport will have the rights to Scotland v Wales in Australia. It costs $15 per month to add the sports package to your base Stan plan.
New Zealand: In New Zealand, Scotland v Wales is on Sky Sport. You can watch via satellite or stream through Sky Sport Now for $49.99 a month.
Italy: Italian fans will be looking over their shoulder hoping Wales don’t overtake them in the race to avoid the Wooden Spoon. You can keep an eye on the competition by watching Scotland v Wales on subscription service Sky Sports Italia.
South Africa: SuperSport has Scotland v Wales for fans in South Africa, available on satellite TV or streaming.
Watch from anywhere: You can use NordVPN to unblock your usual streams while abroad.
Scotland v Wales preview
Unlike today’s first game, Ireland v France, this Scottish Gas Murrayfield encounter will have little bearing on the destination of this year’s Six Nations championship. Even so, Scotland v Wales promises to be every bit as intriguing – especially as the tournament has not panned out as either side would have expected.
2025 has been yet another year when Scotland have struggled to turn the immense talent of their back line into a genuine shot at the championship. Losing centre, captain and potential British & Irish Lion Sione Tuipulotu on the eve of the tournament was a massive blow to their plans, but even so, their return of one win in three games makes this game much more important than anyone would have predicted. Lose to Wales and Gregor Townsend’s men need to win in Paris on the final day to avoid their worst championship performance since 2019. Although extremely unlikely, a potential Wooden Spoon would also be a little too close for comfort.
To describe the Scots’ tournament as mixed would be an understatement. They had moments of brilliance as they ran in five tries (including a hat trick for Huw Jones) against Italy, yet nearly let the Azzurri back into a game they should have won with ease. The following match was their now-traditional capitulation to Ireland (that’s 11 defeats in a row against the men in green), but recovered to come within a conversion of beating England at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham – a match many felt they deserved to win.
Read more: I think Wales can finally lose their 15-game losing streak against vulnerable Scots
Unfortunately for Scotland, they’d have been much more confident of victory against Wales a month ago, after the visitors had limped to a miserable defeat in Rome. While Wales are still on a record-breaking run of defeats (the counter now stands at 15), they’ve been rejuvenated since Warren Gatland’s surprise departure last month.
Interim head coach Matt Sherratt shuffled players around, put his faith in familiar club combinations, and sprinkled some magic dust on the team as they ran a much-fancied Ireland team close at the Principality Stadium. While they couldn’t hold on to their half-time lead (they ultimately lost 18-27), pride was restored in Welsh rugby. With Sherratt keeping faith with the same starting XV – the first time Wales have put out an unchanged team since 2019 – fans will be optimistic they can build on the momentum of a fortnight ago.
Even if Wales lose, it seems unlikely we’ll see a performance akin to the 43-0 defeat to France on the opening day. So with both sides leaning towards open, running rugby – on what promises to be a beautiful evening in Edinburgh – this could be a belter.
Scotland v Wales teams and officials
Gregor Townsend has made a single change to the starting line-up that narrowly lost the Calcutta Cup to England a fortnight ago, bringing back Darcy Graham in place of Kyle Rowe who drops to the bench. The other changes come on the bench, where he opts for a 5-3 split. Scrum-half George Horne is the only addition to the 23.
Wales, meanwhile, have stuck with the XV that made life so difficult for the Irish. They do, however, welcome back highly rated highly rated hooker Dewi Lake to the replacements bench after injury. Prop Keiron Assiratti is the only other new addition.
SCOTLAND
15. Blair Kinghorn
14. Darcy Graham
13. Huw Jones
12. Tom Jordan
11. Duhan van der Merwe
10. Finn Russell (co-captain)
9. Ben White
1. Pierre Schoeman
2. Dave Cherry
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Jonny Gray
5. Grant Gilchrist
6. Jamie Ritchie
7. Rory Darge (co-captain)
8. Jack Dempsey
Replacements:
16. Ewan Ashman
17. Rory Sutherland
18. Will Hurd
19. Gregor Brown
20. Matt Fagerson
21. George Horne
22. Stafford McDowall
23. Kyle Rowe
WALES
15. Blair Murray
14. Tom Rogers
13. Max Llewellyn
12. Ben Thomas
11. Ellis Mee
10. Gareth Anscombe
9. Tomos Williams
1. Nicky Smith
2. Elliot Dee
3. WillGriff John
4. Will Rowlands
5. Dafydd Jenkins
6. Jac Morgan (captain)
7. Tommy Reffell
8. Taulupe Faletau
Replacements:
16. Dewi Lake
17. Gareth Thomas
18. Keiron Assiratti
19. Teddy Williams
20. Aaron Wainwright
21. Rhodri Williams
22. Jarrod Evans
23. Joe Roberts
The Scotland v Wales referee is Andrea Piardi of Italy, assisted by fellow Italian Gianluca Gnecchi and Australia’s Nic Berry. Eric Gauzins of France is the TMO.
Read more: Six Nations referees: officials for the 2025 tournament
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