Six Nations 2025: Fixtures, squads and how to watch on TV

Damian Penaud of France breaks clear of Sam Prendergast to score his team's fifth try in the rout of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on March 8, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. — Damian Penaud of France breaks clear of Sam Prendergast to score his team’s fifth try in the rout of Ireland - Getty Images /David Rogers

The fourth round of the Six Nations got under way on Saturday with France completing an emphatic 42-27 victory over Ireland in Dublin before Scotland survived a second-half rally to beat Wales 35-29 at Murrayfield later the same day.

Then on Sunday, England shed their straitjacket to beat Italy 47-24.

Victory for France has thrown the Six Nations championship wide open and means Fabien Galthié’s side can wrap up their first title since 2022 with a bonus-point victory over Scotland in Paris on March 15.

England remain in contention to win the Six Nations title, however, but they must beat Wales on March 15 and hope other results go their way.

Ireland are also still on for the ‘three-peat’ but need a big win in Rome next weekend, potentially leaving points difference to decide the championship between Ireland and England in the event that France lose.

When are the next Six Nations matches?

The final round of games are on March 15.

The Six Nations table 2025

Fixtures: full schedule

(All times GMT)

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Sat, Mar 15: Italy v Ireland – follow LIVE
Sat, Mar 15: Wales v England, Principality Stadium, 4.45pm, BBC
Sat, Mar 15: France v Scotland, Stade de France, 8pm, ITV

What TV channels are matches on?

The BBC and ITV are once again sharing coverage in the UK, with S4C offering Welsh language options. France Television is the home of the Championship for French fans. RTE and Virgin Media are again covering the games in Ireland. In Italy, Sky Italia continues its coverage of the Championship.

Radio coverage of the whole championship is available on BBC Radio 5 Live.

This may yet be the last year that every match of the Six Nations is shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. The existing broadcast deal with ITV and the BBC only runs to the end of this year’s tournament. It is understood that tournament organisers are considering bids from pay-TV broadcasters like TNT Sports or Sky Sports. A move behind a paywall became a possibility when the government opted not to continue to designate the Six Nations as a “crown jewel” event. Concerns have been raised about the negative impact of the Six Nations going behind the paywall might have on the game.

Are Six Nations tickets still on sale?

Tickets went on sale last year. If any are still available, they are for sale via the host nation for each fixtures.

What happened to the Six Nations logo?

It was redesigned at the end of last year and launched amid much mockery. Supporters have variously compared the new version to the Mars logo, a Looney Tunes advert and Microsoft Word Art.

What are the best of the latest odds?

France 1/12
England 10/1
Ireland 22/1
Scotland 375/1

Odds from Paddy Power on March 10, 2025

The Six Nations squads in full

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, Mickaël Guillard, Matthias Halagahu, Oscar Jegou, Maxime Lamothe, Julien Marchand, Peato Mauvaka, Emmanuel Meafou, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Romain Taofifénua.
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, WillGriff 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 results and standings

Ireland won the Six Nations in 2024, securing their second successive championship. England finished third, but prevented Ireland from winning the grand slam with an unexpected victory on the penultimate weekend.

Round one results 2024

Round two results 2024

Round three results 2024

Round four results 2024

Round five results 2024

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