2025 Six Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 31 January – 15 March 2025 | ||
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The 2025 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons and branded as M6N) is a rugby union competition scheduled to take 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 is scheduled to start on 31 January 2025 with a Friday night match between France and Wales, and to end with France against Scotland on 15 March. [1] Ireland will enter the tournament as two-time reigning champions. France will return to their normal venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, after a year away while the stadium was being prepared for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Nation | Stadium | Coach | Captain | World Rugby Ranking | |||
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Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Start [a] | End [b] | |||
England | Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London | Steve Borthwick | Maro Itoje [2] | 7th | |
France | Stade de France | 81,338 | Saint-Denis | Fabien Galthié | Antoine Dupont [3] | 4th | |
Ireland | Aviva Stadium | 51,700 | Dublin | Simon Easterby | Caelan Doris [4] | 2nd | |
Italy | Stadio Olimpico | 73,261 | Rome | Gonzalo Quesada | 10th | ||
Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium | 67,144 | Edinburgh | Gregor Townsend | Sione Tuipulotu [5] | 6th | |
Wales | Millennium Stadium | 73,931 | Cardiff | Warren Gatland | Jac Morgan [6] | 11th |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | GS | TB | LB | Pts | ENG | FRA | IRE | ITA | SCO | WAL | |
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1 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 Feb | 9 Mar | 22 Feb | |||
2 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 Mar | 31 Jan | ||||
3 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 Feb | 8 Mar | — | ||||
4 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 Feb | 15 Mar | — | 8 Feb | |||
5 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 Feb | 1 Feb | — | 8 Mar | |||
6 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Mar | 22 Feb | — |
Table ranking rules [7]
31 January 2025 21:15 CET (UTC+1) |
France | v | Wales |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand) [8] |
1 February 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
Scotland | v | Italy |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Karl Dickson (England) [8] |
1 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
Ireland | v | England |
Aviva Stadium, Dublin Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) [8] |
8 February 2025 15:15 CET (UTC+1) |
Italy | v | Wales |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Referee: Matthew Carley (England) [8] |
8 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
England | v | France |
Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) [8] |
9 February 2025 15:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
Scotland | v | Ireland |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand) [8] |
22 February 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
Wales | v | Ireland |
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Christophe Ridley (England) [8] |
22 February 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
England | v | Scotland |
Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Pierre Brousset (France) [8] |
23 February 2025 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
Italy | v | France |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Referee: Karl Dickson (England) [8] |
8 March 2025 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
Ireland | v | France |
Aviva Stadium, Dublin Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) [8] |
8 March 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
Scotland | v | Wales |
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy) [8] |
9 March 2025 15:00 GMT (UTC+0) |
England | v | Italy |
Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland) [8] |
15 March 2025 15:15 CET (UTC+1) |
Italy | v | Ireland |
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Referee: Luke Pearce (England) [8] |
15 March 2025 16:45 GMT (UTC+0) |
Wales | v | England |
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) [8] |
15 March 2025 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
France | v | Scotland |
Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Matthew Carley (England) [8] |
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