Six Nations 2026 Schedule: Full Fixtures List, Kick-off-Time, Venues, How to Watch

Six Nations 2026 schedule: Fixtures, Kick off times, How to watch, TV channel, get tickets for Championship, scores, results.

The Six Nations has concluded with France denied England crowned the Six Nations Champions as they named the best rugby nation in Europe in 2025.

The 2026 Six Nations Championship features England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Italy competing across historic stadiums in Europe. Running from February 5 to March 14, the tournament sees each team play home and away matches. Key fixtures include France vs Ireland to kick off the championship in Paris, and England vs Wales at Twickenham. Matches are broadcast live on major sports networks and streaming platforms in participating countries.

Here's what to know about the 2026 Six Nations, including the full schedule:

When does the 2025 Six Nations starts? 

The 2026 Six Nations Championship starts on Thursday, 5 February 2026, with France hosting Ireland at the Stade de France in Paris. 

Where It’s Played Six Nations Championship?

Matches rotate between the home stadiums of the six competing nations:

England – Twickenham Stadium, London

France – Stade de France, Paris (plus occasional fixtures at other major venues)

Ireland – Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Scotland – Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Wales – Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Italy – Stadio Olimpico, Rome

2026 Six Nations Fixtures: Kick-off times, venues, TV schedule, results, scores.

All times GMT

Round 1 – February 5–7

Thursday, February 5

France vs Ireland – Stade de France, Paris – 8:10pm - ITV

Saturday, February 7

Italy vs Scotland – Stadio Olimpico, Rome – 2:10pm - BBC

England vs Wales – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham – 4:40pm - ITV

Round 2 – February 14–15

Saturday, February 14

Ireland vs Italy – Aviva Stadium, Dublin – 2:10pm - ITV

Scotland vs England – Murrayfield, Edinburgh – 4:40pm - ITV

Sunday, February 15

Wales vs France – Principality Stadium, Cardiff – 3:10pm - BBC

Round 3 – February 21–22

Saturday, February 21

England vs Ireland – Twickenham – 2:10pm  - ITV

Wales vs Scotland – Principality Stadium – 4:40pm  - BBC

Sunday, February 22

France vs Italy – Decathlon Arena, Lille – 3:10pm  - ITV

Round 4 – March 6–7

Friday, March 6

Ireland vs Wales – Aviva Stadium – 8:10pm - ITV

Saturday, March 7

Scotland vs France – Murrayfield – 2:10pm - BBC

Italy vs England – Stadio Olimpico – 4:40pm - ITV

Round 5 – March 14

Ireland vs Scotland – Aviva Stadium – 2:10pm - ITV

Wales vs Italy – Principality Stadium – 4:40pm - BBC

France vs England – Stade de France – 8:10pm - ITV

2025 Six Nations Final table, Standings, Ranking.

How to get Six Nations tickets -- Where and How to Buy Six Nations 2026 Tickets, prices?

Tickets for Six Nations are always in high demand, and it is recommended to go directly through each nation’s Union, or an official partner.


Fans looking forward to visiting and attending Six Nations 2026 games in person can buy their tickets through WRU’s official online ticket office, and by phone or in person at the Westgate Street Ticket Office, when the tickets are available.  

You can also Buy all the Game Tickets on Viagogo.

Check the full details on tickets and hospitality.

Prices for the Six Nations 2025 tickets start at £40 each and go up to £130 per person. The tickets for the first round between Wales and Ireland are costing £40, £80, £105, £110 and £120, while the third round tickets between England and Wales cost between £40 and £130.

Tickets to watch Italy vs Scotland - Guinness Six Nations

Tickets to watch England vs Wales - Guinness Six Nations

Tickets to watch Scotland vs England - Guinness Six Nations

Tickets to watch Wales vs France - Guinness Six Nations

Tickets to watch England vs Ireland - Guinness Six Nations

What channels are six-nations matches on? How to watch 2026 Six Nations games.

The matches are divided between BBC and ITV, and this is great news both are free to watch. The TV channels that the Six Nations will be available on is BBC One, BBC Two and ITV One.

You can Also live stream the 2024 Six Nations online via BBC iPlayer or the ITV Hub. These are both free and all you have to do is create an account.

BUT - The long-term future of the Six Nations on free-to-air TV is uncertain after the government rejected calls to add the tournament to the list of sporting events that must be shown for free. 

It is expected that the BBC will also provide a weekly highlights program every Sunday evening throughout the tournament.

Who are the favorites to win the 2025 Six Nations, betting dds?

Ireland and France are the bookies’ favourites, with England a little way behind. Scotland, Wales and Italy are not favoured.

Ireland - 7/4

France - 2/1

England - 7/2

Scotland - 11/2

Wales - 50/1

Italy - 150/1

2025 Six Nations squads in full: All teams players list

England

Forwards: Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Theo Dan, Alex Dombrandt, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Joe Heyes, Ted Hill, Maro Itoje (c), George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Bevan Rodd, Will Stuart, Tom Willis.

Backs: Oscar Beard, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Harry Randall, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Ollie Sleightholme, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet.

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, Marko Gazzotti, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Matthias Halagahu, Oscar Jegou, Anthony Jelonch, Maxime Lamothe, Julien Marchand, Peato Mauvaka, Emmanuel Meafou, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Romain Taofifenua.

Backs: Theo Attissogbe, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Leo Barre, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 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, 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, Scott Cummings, Rory Darge, 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, Kyle Rowe, Sione Tuipulotu (c), 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.

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