2025 Women's Six Nations Championship

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2025 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date22 March – 26 April 2025
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
Flag of France.svg  France
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tournament statistics
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2024 (Previous)(Next) 2026

The 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, except in France, and branded as W6N) will be the 24th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It will begin on 22 March and end on 26 April 2025.

Contents

Participants

NationStadiumCoachCaptain World Rugby Ranking
Home stadiumCapacityLocationStart [a] End [b]
Flag of England.svg  England York Community Stadium 8,500 York Flag of New Zealand.svg John Mitchell [1] Zoe Aldcroft [2]
Welford Road 25,849 Leicester
Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London
Flag of France.svg  France Stade Marcel-Deflandre 16,700 La Rochelle Flag of France.svg Gaëlle Mignot [3]
TBA
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Ravenhill Stadium 18,196 Belfast Flag of England.svg Scott Bemand [4]
Musgrave Park 8,008 Cork
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 5,000 Parma Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Raineri [5]
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Edinburgh Rugby Stadium 7,800 Edinburgh Flag of Scotland.svg Bryan Easson [6]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sean Lynn [7]
Rodney Parade 8,700 Newport

Squads

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTAGSTBLBPtsFlag of England.svg  ENG Flag of France.svg  FRA IRFU flag.svg  IRE Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL
1Flag of England.svg  England 0000000000000 26 Apr 19 Apr 23 Mar
2Flag of France.svg  France 0000000000000 29 Mar 12 Apr
3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 0000000000000 12 Apr 22 Mar
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 0000000000000 26 Apr 13 Apr 22 Mar
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0000000000000 19 Apr 30 Mar 26 Apr
6Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 0000000000000 29 Mar 20 Apr
Source: Women's Six Nations

Table ranking rules

Fixtures

Round 1

22 March 2025
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  IRFU flag.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) [8]

22 March 2025
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Kat Roche (United States) [8]

23 March 2025
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
LNER Community Stadium, York
Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe) [8]

Round 2

29 March 2025
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle
Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy) [8]

29 March 2025
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Ella Goldsmith (Australia) [8]

30 March 2025
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvIRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
Referee: Natarsha Ganley (New Zealand) [8]

Round 3

12 April 2025
13:45 CEST (UTC+2)
France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
TBA
Referee: Holly Wood (England) [8]

Round 4

19 April 2025
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
Referee: Sara Cox (England) [8]

19 April 2025
16:45 BST (UTC+1)
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Mattioli Woods Welford Road, Leicester
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy) [9]

20 April 2025
15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svgvIRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Rodney Parade, Newport
Referee: Lauren Jenner (Italy) [8]

Round 5

26 April 2025
12:15 BST (UTC+1)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svgvIRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy) [8]

26 April 2025
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
Referee: Sara Cox (England) [9]

26 April 2025
16:45 BST (UTC+1)
England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand) [8]

Notes

  1. As of 22 March 2024
  2. As of 26 April 2024

References

  1. "John Mitchell appointed Red Roses Head Coach". England Rugby . 4 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. Meagher, Gerard (9 January 2025). "'Phenomenal' Zoe Aldcroft named England women's rugby union captain". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. "How Gaëlle Mignot became France co-coach in only a few months". World Rugby . 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. "Scott Bemand Appointed Ireland Women's Team Head Coach". Irish Rugby . 27 July 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. "Raineri new Italy head coach after Di Giandomenico steps down". Women's Six Nations . 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. "Easson to lead Scotland Women through to 2025". Scottish Rugby . 23 December 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  7. "Sean Lynn named Wales women's new head coach". BBC Sport . 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Match Officials Appointments | Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025". World Rugby. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025 match officials update". World Rugby. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.