The third round of the 2025 Six Nations powers up this weekend with Wales hosting Ireland, England entertaining Scotland and Italy against France.
Defeat to Italy in round two cost Warren Gatland his job, with Wales suffering a 14th successive Test defeat and eighth Six Nations reversal in a row. Interim head coach Matt Sherratt has stepped into the Gatland void but faces an almost impossible task to stop the rot against Ireland, the best team in the northern hemisphere who have won their first two games convincingly.
When are the next Six Nations matches?
There have already been two consecutive weekends of Six Nations action (Jan 31-Feb 1, Feb 8-9) before we had a week’s break. Now there is another weekend of fixtures (Feb 22-23), followed by a week-long break, and then the final two weekends of games run consecutively (Mar 8-9, Mar 15).
The Six Nations table 2025
Fixtures: full schedule
(All times GMT)
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Sat, Mar 8: Ireland v France, Aviva Stadium, 2.15pm, ITV
Sat, Mar 8: Scotland v Wales, Murrayfield, 4.45pm, BBC
Sun, Mar 9: England v Italy, Twickenham, 3pm, ITV
Round five
Sat, Mar 15: Italy v Ireland, Stadio Olimpico, 2.15pm, ITV
Sat, Mar 15: Wales v England, Principality Stadium, 4.45pm, BBC
Sat, Mar 15: France v Scotland, Stade de France, 8pm, ITV
What TV channels are matches on?
The BBC and ITV are once again sharing coverage in the UK, with S4C offering Welsh language options. France Television is the home of the Championship for French fans. RTE and Virgin Media are again covering the games in Ireland. In Italy, Sky Italia continues its coverage of the Championship.
Radio coverage of the whole championship is available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
This may yet be the last year that every match of the Six Nations is shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. The existing broadcast deal with ITV and the BBC only runs to the end of this year’s tournament. It is understood that tournament organisers are considering bids from pay-TV broadcasters like TNT Sports or Sky Sports. A move behind a paywall became a possibility when the government opted not to continue to designate the Six Nations as a “crown jewel” event. Concerns have been raised about the negative impact of the Six Nations going behind the paywall might have on the game.
Are Six Nations tickets still on sale?
Tickets went on sale last year. If any are still available, they are for sale via the host nation for each fixtures.
What happened to the Six Nations logo?
It was redesigned at the end of last year and launched amid much mockery. Supporters have variously compared the new version to the Mars logo, a Looney Tunes advert and Microsoft Word Art.
What are the best of the latest odds?
Ireland 8/15
France 7/2
England 6/1
Scotland 100/1
Wales 250/1
Italy 1000/1
The Six Nations squads in full
England
Forwards: Fin Baxter, Ollie Chessum, Arthur Clark, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Tom Curry, Theo Dan, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Joe Heyes, Ted Hill, Maro Itoje (c), Curtis Langdon, George Martin, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Henry Pollock, Bevan Rodd, Will Stuart, Tom Willis.
Backs: Oscar Beard, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Cadan Murley, Raffi Quirke, Harry Randall, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Ollie Sleightholme, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward.
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, Thibaud Flament, Marko Gazzotti, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Mickaël Guillard, Matthias Halagahu, Oscar Jegou, Maxime Lamothe, Julien Marchand, Peato Mauvaka, Emmanuel Meafou, Dany Priso, Rabah Slimani, Romain Taofifénua.
Backs: Theo Attissogbe, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Leo Barre, 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, Killian Tixeront, 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, Rory Darge (cc), 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 (cc), Kyle Rowe, 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.
Last year’s results and standings
Ireland won the Six Nations in 2024, securing their second successive championship. England finished third, but prevented Ireland from winning the grand slam with an unexpected victory on the penultimate weekend.
