Ireland and France have actually improved their standing as Six Nations favourites after outstanding triumphes in the opening round.
France humbled Wales in Paris on the debut. Scotland after that held off a typically spirited Italy prior to Ireland originated from behind to comfortably beat England on Saturday mid-day.
Ireland are the ruling champs, their only loss in 2015 coming with the hands of England atTwickenham This year, the Irish have actually currently defeated Steve Borthwick’s guys in Dublin and likewise host France, which is a big benefit in their quest for 3 Six Nations titles straight.
There is an aspect of risk, nonetheless, because of head instructor Andy Farrell’s absence. Farrell has actually turned over the Irish reins, on an acting basis, to Simon Easterby to ensure that he can concentrate on preparation for the 2025 British and Irish Lions scenic tour of Australia.
When are the following Six Nations suits?
There are 2 successive weekend breaks of Six Nations activity (Jan 31-Feb 1, Feb 8-9), after that a week’s break, one more weekend break of components (Feb 22-23), one more week-long break and after that the last 2 weekend breaks of video games run back to back (Mar 8-9, Mar 15).
The Six Nations table 2025
Fixtures: complete timetable
(All times GMT)
Round one
Round 2
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Sat, Feb 8: Italy v Wales, Stadio Olimpico, 2.15 pm, ITV
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Sat, Feb 8: England v France, Twickenham, 4.45pm, ITV
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Sun, Feb 9: Scotland v Ireland, Murrayfield, 3pm, BBC
Round 3
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Sat, Feb 22: Wales v Ireland, Principality Stadium, 2.15pm, BBC
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Sat, Feb 22: England v Scotland, Twickenham, 4.45pm, ITV
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Sun, Feb 23: Italy v France, Stadio Olimpico, 3pm, ITV
Round 4
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Sat, Mar 8: Ireland v France, Aviva Stadium, 2.15 pm, ITV
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Sat, Mar 8: Scotland v Wales, Murrayfield, 4.45 pm, BBC
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Sun, Mar 9: England v Italy, Twickenham, 3pm, ITV
Round 5
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Sat, Mar 15: Italy v Ireland, Stadio Olimpico, 2.15 pm, ITV
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Sat, Mar 15: Wales v England, Principality Stadium, 4.45 pm, BBC
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Sat, Mar 15: France v Scotland, Stade de France, 8pm, ITV
What television networks are suits on?
The BBC and ITV are once more sharing protection in the UK, with S4C offering Welsh language alternatives. France Television is the home of the Championship for French followers. RTE and Virgin Media are once again covering the video games inIreland In Italy, Sky Italia proceeds its protection of the Championship.
Radio protection of the entire champion is readily available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
This might yet be the in 2015 that every suit of the Six Nations is revealed on free-to-air earthbound tv in the UK. The existing program handle ITV and the BBC just goes to completion of this year’s event. It is comprehended that event organisers are considering bids from pay-TV broadcasters like TNT Sports orSky Sports A pursue a paywall ended up being an opportunity when the federal governmentopted not to continue to designate the Six Nations as a “crown jewel” event Concerns have actually been elevated concerning the negative impact of the Six Nations going behind the paywall might have on the game.
Are Six Nations tickets still for sale?
Tickets took place sale in 2015. If any kind of are still readily available, they are up for sale by means of the host country for each and every components.
What occurred to the Six Nations logo design?
It was upgraded at the end of in 2015 and releasedamid much mockery Supporters have actually otherwise contrasted the brand-new variation to the Mars logo design, a Looney Tunes advert and Microsoft Word Art.
What are the very best of the most recent chances?
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Ireland 11/8
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France evens
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England 9/2
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Scotland 12/1
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Wales 500/1
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Italy 500/1
The Six Nations teams completely
England
Forwards: Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Arthur Clark, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Ted Hill, Maro Itoje (c), Curtis Langdon, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Henry Pollock, Bevan Rodd, Will Stuart, Tom Willis.
Backs: Oscar Beard, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Raffi Quirke, Harry Randall, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Ollie Sleightholme, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward.
France
Forwards: Esteban Abadie, Dorian Aldegheri, Gregory Alldritt, Uini Atonio, Hugo Auradou, Cyril Baille, Giorgi Beria, Paul Boudehent, Joshua Brennan, Georges-Henri Colombe, Francois Cros, Thibaud Flament, Marko Gazzotti, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Micka ël Guillard, Matthias Halagahu, Oscar Jegou, Maxime Lamothe, Julien Marchand, Peato Mauvaka, Emmanuel Meafou, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Romain Taofif énua.
Backs: Theo Attissogbe, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Leo Barre, Nicolas Depoortere, Gael Drean, Antoine Dupont (c), Antoine Frisch, Emilien Gailleton, Matthieu Jalibert, Nolann le Garrec, Maxime Lucu, Yoram Moefana, Noah Nene, Romain Ntamack, Damien Penaud, Thomas Ramos, Killian Tixeront, Gabin Villiere.
Italy
Forwards: Lorenzo Cannone, Niccolo Cannone, Riccardo Favretto, Simone Ferrari, Danilo Fischetti, Alessandro Izekor, Dino Lamb, Michele Lamaro, Gianmarco Lucchesi, Sebastian Negri, Giacomo Nicotera, Marco Ricconi, Luca Rizzoli, Federico Ruzza, Ross Vintcent, Giosue Zilocchi, Manuel Zuliani.
Backs: Tommaso Allan, Juan Ignacio Brex, Ange Capuozzo, Matt Gallagher, Alessandro Garbisi, Paolo Garbisi, Simone Gesi, Monty Ioane, Leonardo Marin, Tommaso Menoncello, Martin Page-Relo, Jacopo Trulla, Stephen Varney.
Ireland
Forwards: Ryan Baird, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Jack Boyle, Thomas Clarkson, Jack Conan, Caelan Doris (c), Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Cormac Izuchukwu, Rónan Kelleher, Gus McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, Peter O’Mahony, 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, Conor Murray, Calvin Nash, Jimmy O’Brien, Jamie Osborne, Sam Prendergast, Garry Ringrose.
Scotland
Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Jamie Bhatti, Gregor Brown, Dave Cherry, Luke Crosbie, Rory Darge (cc), Jack Dempsey, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray, Patrick Harrison, Will Hurd, Jack Mann, D’Arcy Rae, Dylan Richardson, Jamie Ritchie, Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland, Marshall Sykes.
Backs: Fergus Burke, Matt Currie, Jamie Dobie, Darcy Graham, George Horne, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Tom Jordan, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Finn Russell (cc), Kyle Rowe, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White.
Wales
Forwards: Keiron Assiratti, James Botham, Elliot Dee, Taulupe Faletau, Dafydd Jenkins, Will Griff John, Evan Lloyd, Kemsley Mathias, Jac Morgan, Sam Parry, Tommy Reffell, Will Rowlands, Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Freddie Thomas, Henry Thomas, Christ Tshiunza, Aaron Wainwright, Teddy Williams.
Backs: Josh Adams, Ellis Bevan, Dan Edwards, Josh Hathaway, Eddie James, Ellis Mee, Blair Murray, Joe Roberts, Tom Rogers, Ben Thomas, Nick Tompkins, Owen Watkin, Liam Williams, Rhodri Williams, Tomos Williams.
Last year’s outcomes and standings
Ireland won the Six Nations in 2024, protecting their 2nd succeeding champion. England ended up third, yet protected against Ireland from winning the conquest with an unforeseen triumph on the penultimate weekend break.
