2025 Men's Six Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 31 January – 15 March 2025 | ||
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Matches played | 15 | ||
Attendance | 1,050,465 (70,031 per match) | ||
Tries scored | 108 (7.2 per match) | ||
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The 2025 Men's Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons and branded as M6N) is a rugby union competition, taking place between January and March 2025, featuring the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the 131st season of the competition (including its incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship), but the 26th since it expanded to become the Six Nations Championship in 2000. It started on 31 January 2025 with a Friday night match between France and Wales, and ended with France against Scotland on 15 March. [1] Ireland entered the tournament as two-time reigning champions, aiming to become the first team to win the Championship outright three years in a row. France returned to their normal home venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, after a year away while the stadium was being prepared for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
France won the championship in the final match, crowned Six Nations champions for the seventh time, their 19th outright title in all formats and their 27th title overall. Three teams – France, England and holders Ireland – won four games and lost a fifth, with France triumphing on bonus points. Wales finished with a second successive Wooden Spoon after losing all five games. No team won the Grand Slam, although Ireland completed their 14th Triple Crown before defeat to France.
Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | World Rugby Ranking | |||
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Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Start [a] | End [b] | |||
![]() | Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London | ![]() | Maro Itoje [2] | 7th | 6th |
![]() | Stade de France | 81,338 | Saint-Denis | ![]() | Antoine Dupont [3] | 4th | 4th |
![]() | Aviva Stadium | 51,700 | Dublin | ![]() | Caelan Doris [5] | 2nd | 3rd |
![]() | Stadio Olimpico | 73,261 | Rome | ![]() | Michele Lamaro | 10th | 10th |
![]() | Murrayfield Stadium | 67,144 | Edinburgh | ![]() | Rory Darge [N 2] Finn Russell [N 2] | 6th | 7th |
![]() | Millennium Stadium | 73,931 | Cardiff | ![]() ![]() | Jac Morgan [9] | 11th | 12th |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | GS | TB | LB | Pts | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 93 | +125 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | — | 35–16 | 43–0 | ||||
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 105 | +74 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 26–25 | — | 16–15 | 47–24 | |||
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 117 | +18 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 27–42 | 27–22 | — | ||||
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 131 | −16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 18–32 | — | 31–19 | 35–29 | |||
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 188 | −82 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 24–73 | 17–22 | — | 22–15 | |||
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 195 | −119 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14–68 | 18–27 | — |
Table ranking rules [10]
31 January 2025 21:15 CET (UTC+1) |
(1 BP) France ![]() | 43–0 | ![]() |
Try: Attissogbé (2) 18' c, 34' c Bielle-Biarrey (2) 23' c, 40+1' c Marchand 55' m Gailleton 68' m Alldritt 78' m Con: Ramos (4/5) 19', 24', 35', 40+2' | Report |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,752 Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand) [11] |
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1 February 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) Scotland ![]() | 31–19 | ![]() |
Try: Darge 3' c Jones (3) 8' c, 60' c, 65' m White 28' m Con: Russell (3/5) 4', 9', 61' | Report | Try: Brex 45' c Con: Allan (1/1) 46' Pen: Allan (4/4) 20', 23', 38', 43' |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,144 Referee: Karl Dickson (England) [11] |
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1 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) Ireland ![]() | 27–22 | ![]() |
Try: Gibson-Park 34' m Aki 51' m Beirne 63' c Sheehan 71' c Con: Crowley (2/2) 64', 72' Pen: S. Prendergast (1/1) 55' | Report | Try: Murley 8' c T. Curry 75' m Freeman 80+1' c Con: M. Smith (2/3) 9', 80+1' Pen: M. Smith (1/1) 40' |
Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 51,700 Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) [11] |
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8 February 2025 15:15 CET (UTC+1) |
Italy ![]() | 22–15 | ![]() |
Try: Capuozzo 20' c Con: Allan (1/1) 21' Pen: Allan (5/7) 7', 29', 34', 61', 74' | Report | Try: Wainwright 69' m Penalty try 79' Pen: B. Thomas (1/1) 17' |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 60,518 Referee: Matthew Carley (England) [11] |
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8 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) England ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() |
Try: Lawrence 36' c Freeman 58' m Baxter 70' c Daly 79' c Con: M. Smith (1/2) 37' F. Smith (2/2) 71', 80' | Report | Try: Bielle-Biarrey (2) 30' c, 75' c Penaud 61' m Con: Ramos (2/3) 31', 76' Pen: Ramos (2/3) 50', 56' |
Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) [11] |
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9 February 2025 15:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
Scotland ![]() | 18–32 | ![]() |
Try: Van der Merwe 40+1' m White 76' c Con: Kinghorn (1/2) 76' Pen: Kinghorn (2/2) 43', 49' | Report | Try: Nash 8' c Doris 31' c Lowe 54' c Conan 59' m Con: S. Prendergast (3/4) 9', 32', 55' Pen: S. Prendergast (2/2) 23', 70' |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,144 Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand) [11] |
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22 February 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
Wales ![]() | 18–27 | ![]() |
Try: Morgan 40+3' c Rogers 43' m Con: Anscombe (1/2) 40+4' Pen: Anscombe (2/2) 23', 35' | Report | Try: Conan 7' c Osborne 56' m Con: Prendergast (1/2) 8' Pen: Prendergast (5/6) 21', 49', 67', 70', 78' |
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,623 Referee: Christophe Ridley (England) [11] |
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22 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
England ![]() | 16–15 | ![]() |
Try: Freeman 9' c Con: M. Smith (1/1) 9' Pen: M. Smith (2/2) 56', 67' F. Smith (1/1) 70' | Report | Try: White 4' m Jones 19' m Van der Merwe 79' m |
Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Pierre Brousset (France) [11] |
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23 February 2025 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
Italy ![]() | 24–73 | ![]() |
Try: Menoncello 11' c Brex 28' c P. Garbisi 61' c Con: Allan (2/2) 12', 29' P. Garbisi (1/1) 61' Pen: Allan (1/2) 18' | Report | Try: Guillard 14' c Mauvaka 21' c Dupont (2) 24' c, 54' c Boudehent 30' c Barré (2) 39' c, 65' c Alldritt 45' c Bielle-Biarrey 50' m Attissogbé 76' c Barassi 80' m Con: Ramos (8/9) 15', 22', 25', 31', 40', 46', 55', 66' Lucu (1/2) 77' |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 65,766 Referee: Karl Dickson (England) [11] |
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8 March 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
Ireland ![]() | 27–42 | ![]() |
Try: Sheehan 43' c Healy 77' c Conan 80+1' c Con: Prendergast (3/3) 44', 78', 80+1' Pen: Prendergast (2/3) 35', 40+3' | Report | Try: Bielle-Biarrey (2) 21' m, 50' c Boudehent 47' c Jégou 59' c Penaud 75' c Con: Ramos (4/5) 47', 51', 60', 75' Pen: Ramos (3/3) 36', 56', 68' |
Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 51,700 Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) [11] |
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8 March 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) Scotland ![]() | 35–29 | ![]() |
Try: Kinghorn (2) 5' c, 48' c Jordan (2) 11' c, 33' c Graham 27' c Con: Russell (5/5) 6', 12', 28', 34', 49' | Report | Try: Murray 24' m B. Thomas 61' c Te. Williams 68' c Llewellyn 80+4' c Con: Evans (3/3) 62', 69', 80+4' Pen: Anscombe (1/1) 3' |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy) [11] |
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9 March 2025 15:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) England ![]() | 47–24 | ![]() |
Try: Willis 4' c Freeman 27' c Sleightholme (2) 35' c, 53' c M. Smith 44' c T. Curry 47' c Earl 80+1' m Con: F. Smith (6/7) 4', 28', 36', 45', 48', 53' | Report | Try: Capuozzo 14' c Vintcent 31' c Menoncello 71' c Con: P. Garbisi (3/3) 14', 32', 72' Pen: P. Garbisi (1/2) 38' |
Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 81,912 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland) [11] |
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15 March 2025 15:15 CET (UTC+1) |
(1 BP) Italy ![]() | 17–22 | ![]() |
Try: Ioane 12' c Varney 63' c Con: Allan (2/2) 13', 65' Pen: Allan (1/1) 33' | Report | Try: Keenan 24' c Sheehan (3) 40' m, 47' m, 58' m Con: Crowley (1/4) 24' |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 68,981 Referee: Luke Pearce (England) [11] |
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15 March 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
Wales ![]() | 14–68 | ![]() |
Try: Thomas (2) 31' c, 77' c Con: Anscombe (1/1) 32' Evans (1/1) 77' | Report | Try: Itoje 3' c Roebuck 10' c Freeman 34' c Cunningham-South (2) 38' c, 80+2' c Stuart 40' m Mitchell 55' c Pollock (2) 67' c, 79' c Heyes 70' c Con: F. Smith (5/6) 3', 11', 35', 38', 56' M. Smith (4/4) 68', 70', 80', 80+3' |
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,169 Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) [11] |
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15 March 2025 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
(1 BP) France ![]() | 35–16 | ![]() |
Try: Moefana (2) 18' c, 62' m Bielle-Biarrey 43' c Ramos 57' c Con: Ramos (3/4) 18', 44', 58' Pen: Ramos (3/3) 4', 26', 39' | Report | Try: Graham 29' c Con: Russell (1/1) 30' Pen: Russell (3/3) 21', 36', 51' |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Matthew Carley (England) [11] |
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Most points
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Team | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
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![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Player | Match | Citing date | Law breached | Result | Ref |
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Romain Ntamack | ![]() ![]() (Round 1 – 31 January 2025) | 5 February 2025 | 9.13 – Dangerous Tackle (Red card) | 3-match ban [c] | [67] |
Garry Ringrose | ![]() ![]() (Round 3 – 22 February 2025) | 25 February 2025 | 9.13 – Dangerous Tackle (Red card) | 3-match ban [c] | [68] |
Ross Vintcent | ![]() ![]() (Round 5 – 15 March 2025) | To be confirmed | 9.13 – Dangerous Tackle (Red card) | To be determined |
Note: The cited player's team is listed in bold italics. [69]
Awards | Player | Team | Opponent |
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2 | Jamison Gibson-Park | ![]() | England (R1) |
Wales (R3) | |||
1 | Fin Smith | ![]() | France (R2) |
Ollie Chessum | Italy (R4) | ||
Ben Curry | Wales (R5) | ||
Grégory Alldritt | ![]() | Wales (R1) | |
Antoine Dupont | Italy (R3) | ||
Louis Bielle-Biarrey | Ireland (R4) | ||
Yoram Moefana | Scotland (R5) | ||
Sam Prendergast | ![]() | Scotland (R2) | |
Dan Sheehan | Italy (R5) | ||
Lorenzo Cannone | ![]() | Wales (R2) | |
Huw Jones | ![]() | Italy (R1) | |
Duhan van der Merwe | England (R3) | ||
Blair Kinghorn | Wales (R4) |