2026 Women's Six Nations Championship

2026 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date	11 April – 17 May 2026
Countries	England   France   Ireland   Italy   Scotland   Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	TBD
Grand Slam	TBD
Triple Crown	TBD
Matches played	15
Top point scorer(s)	TBD
Top try scorer(s)	TBD
Player of the tournament	TBD
Official website	Official website
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The 2026 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 25th Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition featuring the women's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It will begin on 11 April and end on 17 May 2026.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Coach	Captain	World Rugby Ranking
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location			Start [a]	End [b]
England	Ashton Gate	26,462	Bristol	John Mitchell [1]	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London
France	TBD			Gaëlle Mignot [2] David Ortiz [2]	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Matmut Atlantique Stadium	42,115	Bordeaux
Ireland	TBD			Scott Bemand [3]	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Aviva Stadium	51,711	Dublin
Italy	TBD			Fabio Roselli [4]	TBD	TBD	TBD
Scotland	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium	7,800	Edinburgh	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh
Wales	TBD			Sean Lynn [5]	TBD	TBD	TBD
Principality Stadium	73,931	Cardiff

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	TB	LB	Pts		ENG	FRA	IRE	ITA	SCO	WAL
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		—		0–0			0–0
2	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–0	—	0–0	0–0
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—	0–0	0–0	0–0
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–0			—	0–0
5	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0–0	0–0			—
6	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0–0		0–0	0–0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Table ranking rules

• Four points are awarded for a win.
• Two points are awarded for a draw.
• A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries, or loses by seven points or fewer.
• Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
• Tiebreakers
  • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored against points conceded) is ranked higher.
  • If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
  • If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures

The fixtures for the 2026 Six Nations were announced on 12 June 2025, with a new format where each day would feature a "triple header" of action, the first four rounds as Super Saturday, and a finale on Super Sunday in Round 5. ^[6]

This edition will also feature standalone fixtures for Scotland ^[7] and Ireland ^[8] at their national home stadiums for the first time.

Round 1

11 April 2026 13:25 CET

France	v	Italy

TBD

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11 April 2026 14:25 GMT

England	v	Ireland

Allianz Stadium, London

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11 April 2026 16:40 GMT

Wales	v	Scotland

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Round 2

18 April 2026 13:30 GMT

Scotland	v	England

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

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18 April 2026 15:35 GMT

Wales	v	France

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

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18 April 2026 17:40 GMT

Ireland	v	Italy

TBD

Round 3

25 April 2026 14:15 GMT

England	v	Wales

Ashton Gate, Bristol

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25 April 2026 17:30 CET

Italy	v	Scotland

TBD

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25 April 2026 21:10 CET

France	v	Ireland

TBD

Round 4

9 May 2026 15:00 CET

Italy	v	England

TBD

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9 May 2026 16:15 GMT

Scotland	v	France

TBD

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9 May 2026 18:30 GMT

Ireland	v	Wales

TBD

Round 5

17 May 2026 12:15 GMT

Wales	v	Italy

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

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17 May 2026 14:30 GMT

Ireland	v	Scotland

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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17 May 2026 17:45 CET

France	v	England

Stade Atlantique, Bordeaux

See also

• 2026 Six Nations Championship

Notes

1. As of 11 April 2026
2. As of 17 May 2026

References

1. "John Mitchell appointed Red Roses Head Coach". England Rugby. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
2. "How Gaëlle Mignot became France co-coach in only a few months". World Rugby. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
3. "Scott Bemand Appointed Ireland Women's Team Head Coach". Irish Rugby. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
4. "Italia Femminile, Fabio Roselli è il nuovo Commissario Tecnico" [Italy Women, Fabio Roselli is the new Head Coach] (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. 4 December 2024. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
5. Coleman-Phillips, Ceri (20 January 2025). "Sean Lynn named Wales women's new head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
6. https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/w6n/news/2026-guinness-womens-six-nations-fixtures-rugby
7. https://scottishrugby.org/scotland-women-v-england-2026/
8. https://www.irishrugby.ie/2025/09/12/ireland-women-to-take-centre-stage-at-aviva-stadium-in-guinness-womens-six-nations-showdown-with-scotland/