Scotland welcome Wales to Murrayfield in the fourth round of the 2025 Six Nations Championship.
Wales are the whipping boys of this edition of the competition, having played three lost three, although they were much improved against Ireland in round three.
Scotland’s title hopes were ended by England at Twickenham. They have no played three, lost two, with just the solitary win.
When is Scotland v Wales?
Scotland host Wales on Saturday, March 8. The match will kick-off at 4.45pm (GMT).
In the other round-four matches, Ireland play France in Dublin at 2.15pm and, the following day, Italy play England at Twickenham at 3pm.
Where is Scotland v Wales taking place?
At Murrayfield. The match will be Scotland’s third home game of the championship.
Supporters planning to attend the match might be advised to where possible take pre-emptive action as Murrayfield’s toilet facilities have been rated as the worst of all six home venues in the Six Nations, according to a survey conducted by Boyle Sport. The only other venue that comes close to Murrayfield’s 10.79 per cent of negative reviews is Twickenham, which received 1,649 negative reviews out of 19,433 combined reviews across Tripadvisor and Google. Wales’ Principality Stadium, the Stade de France, Ireland’s Aviva Stadium and Italy’s Stadio Olimpico by contrast all returned less than 5 per cent of negative reviews.
How to watch Scotland v Wales on TV?
It will be on BBC. BBC and ITV once again share coverage of the Six Nations in the UK: ITV has the rights for the home games of England, Ireland, France and Italy while the BBC has all the matches at Murrayfield and the Principality Stadium.
Who is the referee?
Italy’s Andrea Piardi will take charge of proceedings at Murrayfield, where compatriot Gianluca Gnecchi and Nic Berry, of Australia, will run the line.
Eric Gauzins of France will perform TMO duties and Mike Adamson from the Scottish Rugby Union will be the Foul Play Review Officer.
Piardi made history last year when he became the first Italian match official to referee a Six Nations Match, taking charge of Ireland v Wales in Dublin.
Born in Brescia, the 32-year-old was introduced to the game by a friend with whom he would embark on a long refereeing career, the very same Gianluca Gnecchi who ran the line for his Six Nations debut at the Aviva Stadium last February, and who will be doing so again at Murrayfield on 8 March.
What is the team news?
Scotland and Wales will not name their revised squads for the match on March 8 until after the third-round fixtures.
What are the teams’ world rankings?
The defeat by Italy dropped Wales to 12th place in the rugby world rankings, where they now lie between Georgia and Japan.
South Africa lead the way above Ireland, with New Zealand in third place, France fourth and Argentina in fifth. England have risen to sixth, swapping places with Scotland, who have fallen to seventh. Italy, meanwhile, are 10th.
Scotland’s current squad
Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Jamie Bhatti, Gregor Brown, Dave Cherry, Luke Crosbie, Rory Darge (co-captain), Jack Dempsey, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Euan Ferrie, Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray, Patrick Harrison, Cameron Henderson, Will Hurd, Euan Johnson, Jack Mann, Alexander Masibaka, D’Arcy Rae, 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 (co-captain), Arron Reed, Kyle Rowe, Duhan van der Merwe, Ollie Smith, Ben White.
Wales’ current squad
Forwards: Keiron Assiratti, James Botham, Elliot Dee, Taulupe Faletau, Dafydd Jenkins, Evan Lloyd, Kemsley Mathias, Jac Morgan (captain), Sam Parry, Taine Plumtree,Tommy Reffell, Will Rowlands, Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Freddie Thomas, Henry Thomas, Christ Tshinunza, Aaron Wainwright, Ben Warren, 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, Liam Williams, Rhodri William,s Tomos Williams.
When did Scotland and Wales last win the Six Nations?
Scotland have never won the Six Nations – they did, however, win the last iteration of the Five Nations in 1999. Wales, by contrast, won the Six Nations relatively recently, taking their sixth title in 2021.
What was the score last year?
Scotland clung on to edge a dramatic victory against Wales last year winning 27-26 after having been 27-0 up in Cardiff. With Finn Russell pulling the strings and Duhan van der Merwe scoring two tries a first win at the Pricipality Stadium looked to be a formality. However, the hosts roused themselves to reel off 26 points in 20 minutes as the maul produced three tries and Rio Dyer scampered over for another. Scotland wobble, but somehow held firm to earn a long-awaited win in Wales.
