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2025 Six Nations Championship

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2025 Six Nations Championship
Date31 January – 15 March 2025
Countries
Tournament statistics
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The 2025 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons and branded as M6N) is a rugby union competition scheduled to take place between January and March 2025, featuring the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the 131st season of the competition (including its incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship), but the 26th since it expanded to become the Six Nations Championship in 2000. It is scheduled to start on 31 January 2025 with a Friday night match between France and Wales, and to end with France against Scotland on 15 March.[1] Ireland will enter the tournament as two-time reigning champions. France will return to their normal venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, after a year away while the stadium was being prepared for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Participants

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Nation Stadium Coach Captain World Rugby Ranking
Home stadium Capacity Location Start[a] End[b]
 England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London England Steve Borthwick Maro Itoje[2] 7th
 France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis France Fabien Galthié Antoine Dupont[3] 4th
 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin Ireland Simon Easterby[c] Caelan Doris[5] 2nd
 Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome Argentina Gonzalo Quesada Michele Lamaro 10th
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh Scotland Gregor Townsend Rory Darge/Finn Russell[d] 6th
 Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff New Zealand Warren Gatland Jac Morgan[8] 11th

Squads

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Main article: 2025 Six Nations Championship squads

Table

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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 — 8 Feb 9 Mar 22 Feb
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 15 Mar 31 Jan
3  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Feb 8 Mar —
4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Feb 15 Mar — 8 Feb
5  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Feb 1 Feb — 8 Mar
6  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Mar 22 Feb —
First match(es) will be played: 31 January 2025. Source: Six Nations Rugby

Table ranking rules[9]

  • 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. If a team scores four or more tries, and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
  • 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 there would otherwise be a scenario where a team could win all five matches with no bonus points for a total of 20 points and another team could win four matches with bonus points and lose their fifth match while claiming one or more bonus points giving a total of 21 or 22 points.
  • Tiebreakers
    • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less 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

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Round 1

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FB 15 Thomas Ramos
RW 14 Théo Attissogbé
OC 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi
IC 12 Yoram Moefana
LW 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey
FH 10 Romain Ntamack
SH 9 Antoine Dupont (c)
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt
OF 7 Paul Boudehent
BF 6 François Cros
RL 5 Emmanuel Meafou
LL 4 Alexandre Roumat
TP 3 Uini Atonio
HK 2 Peato Mauvaka
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements:
HK 16 Julien Marchand
PR 17 Cyril Baille
PR 18 Georges-Henri Colombe
LK 19 Hugo Auradou
BR 20 Mickaël Guillard
BR 21 Oscar Jégou
SH 22 Nolann Le Garrec
CE 23 Émilien Gailleton
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 Tom Rogers
OC 13 Nick Tompkins
IC 12 Owen Watkin
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Ben Thomas
SH 9 Tomos Williams
N8 8 Aaron Wainwright
OF 7 Jac Morgan (c)
BF 6 James Botham
RL 5 Dafydd Jenkins
LL 4 Will Rowlands
TP 3 Henry Thomas
HK 2 Evan Lloyd
LP 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee
PR 17 Nicky Smith
PR 18 Keiron Assiratti
LK 19 Freddie Thomas
FL 20 Tommy Reffell
SH 21 Rhodri Williams
FH 22 Dan Edwards
WG 23 Blair Murray
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Assistant referees:
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)
Foul play review officer:
Damon Murphy (Australia)

FB 15 Blair Kinghorn
RW 14 Darcy Graham
OC 13 Huw Jones
IC 12 Stafford McDowall
LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe
FH 10 Finn Russell (cc)
SH 9 Ben White
N8 8 Matt Fagerson
OF 7 Rory Darge (cc)
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist
LL 4 Jonny Gray
TP 3 Zander Fagerson
HK 2 Dave Cherry
LP 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements:
HK 16 Ewan Ashman
PR 17 Rory Sutherland
PR 18 Will Hurd
LK 19 Gregor Brown
N8 20 Jack Dempsey
SH 21 George Horne
FH 22 Tom Jordan
WG 23 Kyle Rowe
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
FB 15 Tommaso Allan
RW 14 Ange Capuozzo
OC 13 Ignacio Brex
IC 12 Tommaso Menoncello
LW 11 Monty Ioane
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi
SH 9 Martin Page-Relo
N8 8 Lorenzo Cannone
OF 7 Michele Lamaro (c)
BF 6 Sebastian Negri
RL 5 Federico Ruzza
LL 4 Dino Lamb
TP 3 Simone Ferrari
HK 2 Giacomo Nicotera
LP 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements:
HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi
PR 17 Luca Rizzoli
PR 18 Marco Riccioni
LK 19 Niccolò Cannone
FL 20 Manuel Zuliani
N8 21 Ross Vintcent
SH 22 Alessandro Garbisi
WG 23 Simone Gesi
Coach:
Gonzalo Quesada

Assistant referees:
Luke Pearce (England)
Damian Schneider (Argentina)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Foul play review officer:
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

FB 15 Hugo Keenan
RW 14 Mack Hansen
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 James Lowe
FH 10 Sam Prendergast
SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
N8 8 Caelan Doris (c)
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 Ryan Baird
RL 5 Tadhg Beirne
LL 4 James Ryan
TP 3 Finlay Bealham
HK 2 Rónan Kelleher
LP 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements:
HK 16 Dan Sheehan
PR 17 Cian Healy
PR 18 Tom Clarkson
LK 19 Iain Henderson
N8 20 Jack Conan
SH 21 Conor Murray
FH 22 Jack Crowley
CE 23 Robbie Henshaw
Coach:
Simon Easterby
FB 15 Freddie Steward
RW 14 Tommy Freeman
OC 13 Ollie Lawrence
IC 12 Henry Slade
LW 11 Cadan Murley
FH 10 Marcus Smith
SH 9 Alex Mitchell
N8 8 Ben Earl
OF 7 Ben Curry
BF 6 Tom Curry
RL 5 George Martin
LL 4 Maro Itoje (c)
TP 3 Will Stuart
HK 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
LP 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements:
HK 16 Theo Dan
PR 17 Fin Baxter
PR 18 Joe Heyes
LK 19 Ollie Chessum
FL 20 Chandler Cunningham-South
N8 21 Tom Willis
SH 22 Harry Randall
FH 23 Fin Smith
Coach:
Steve Borthwick

Assistant referees:
James Doleman (New Zealand)
Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Foul play review officer:
Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Round 2

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8 February 2025
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)[10]

Round 3

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23 February 2025
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v France
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)[10]

Round 4

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Round 5

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15 March 2025
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Ireland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ As of 27 January 2025
  2. ^ As of 17 March 2025
  3. ^ Simon Easterby was named as the interim head coach of the Ireland team while Andy Farrell is in charge of the British & Irish Lions for their tour to Australia.[4]
  4. ^ Rory Darge and Finn Russell were named as co-captains of the Scotland team, after original captain Sione Tuipulotu was ruled out of the competition due to a rib injury.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Six Nations 2025 fixtures: France host Wales in opener & England travel to Dublin". BBC Sport. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Maro Itoje named England captain for Six Nations | Rugby Football Union". englandrugby.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Dupont and Ntamack back in French squad for 2025 Championship". sixnationsrugby.com. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Easterby taking reins will be 'seamless' - Farrell". BBC Sport. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Six Nations 2025: Uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle named in Ireland's squad". BBC Sport. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Six Nations 2025: Scotland squad includes Fergus Burke & Jack Mann". BBC Sport. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Scotland captain Tuipulotu ruled out of Six Nations". BBC Sport. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Wales Squad for the 2025 Guinness Men's Six Nations". sixnationsrugby.com. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Rules". Six Nations Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Match Officials Appointments | Guinness Men's Six Nations 2025". World Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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