Six Nations fixtures, standings, try-scorers & coverage

The 2025 Men's Six Nations returned on Saturday with title favourites Ireland overcoming a battling Wales at the Principality Stadium and England edging out old rivals Scotland at Allianz Stadium.

Ireland's 27-18 victory clinched the Triple Crown following convincing wins over England and Scotland and keeps Simon Easterby's side on course for a Grand Slam.

Wales produced a much-improved performance under new interim coach Matt Sherratt but still fell to their 15th defeat in a row.

England recorded a nail-biting 16-15 win after Finn Russell missed a 79th-minute conversion to snatch the game for Scotland.

The home side's victory kept alive their title hopes and ended Scotland's run of four successive Calcutta Cup triumphs.

On Sunday, 2022 champions France proved their error-riddled defeat by England two weeks ago was a one-off as they scored 11 tries in a thumping 73-24 victory over Italy in Rome.

That impressive performance sets up a potential Six Nations decider with back-to-back champions Ireland on 8 March.

Six Nations fixtures and kick-off times

Matches are subject to late changes, so details may differ from this page. All times are GMT. Kick-off times in brackets.

Saturday, 8 March

Ireland v France (14:15) - ITV & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Scotland v Wales (16:45) - BBC One from 16:00-19:00 & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Sunday, 9 March

England v Italy (15:00) - ITV & listen on BBC Sounds & BBC Sport website and app

Highlights - Six Nations Rugby Special - BBC Two from 18:30-19:30

Saturday, 15 March

Italy v Ireland (14:15) - ITV & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Wales v England (16:45) - BBC One from 16:00-19:00 - BBC Radio 5 Live

France v Scotland (20:00) - BBC Radio 5 Live

Sunday, 16 March

Highlights - Six Nations Rugby Special - BBC Two from 18:00-19:00

Standings

Try-scorers

Six Nations results

Round three

Wales 18-27 Ireland

England 16-15 Scotland

Italy 24-73 France

Round two

Italy 22-15 Wales

England 26-25 France

Scotland 18-32 Ireland

Round one

France 43-0 Wales

Scotland 31-19 Italy

Ireland 27-22 England

The Six Nations on TV, iPlayer, radio, podcasts & online

BBC TV and BBC iPlayer broadcast live coverage of Scotland and Wales home games, while there is live radio commentary of every England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland match on BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.

Match highlights and key moments from every game will be available on the BBC Sport website and app as well as iPlayer and the BBC's social media channels shortly after full-time.

In addition, you can watch highlights and in-depth analysis of every match on Six Nations Rugby Special on BBC Two and iPlayer on Sunday evenings.

The online coverage will also feature live streams, text commentaries, the latest news from all the teams and a range of in-depth features.

BBC Radio 5 Live or BBC 5 Sports Extra will bring you live match commentary every weekend, while the Rugby Union Weekly podcast will provide insight and interviews as it becomes a daily offering.

Meanwhile, all Scotland games will be on BBC Radio Scotland Extra, all Ireland games will be live on BBC Radio Ulster, and all Wales games will be on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.

S4C will offer Welsh commentary and interviews for all of Wales' under-20 and senior games.

BBC Sport also has live coverage on its digital platforms of every match of the Under-20 Six Nations, commencing on Thursday, 30 January, as well as the Women's Six Nations, which begins on Saturday, 22 March.

• Watch Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer and add to your Watchlist

• Follow the Six Nations on the BBC Sport website

• Listen to Rugby Union Weekly podcast on BBC Sounds and subscribe

Recent Six Nations champions

2024: Ireland

2023: Ireland *

2022: France *

2021: Wales

2020: England

2019: Wales *

2018: Ireland *

2017: England

2016: England *

2015: Ireland

* = Grand Slam (winning all five matches)

Who are the BBC's Six Nations experts?

Gabby Logan presents live coverage on BBC One and iPlayer with Andrew Cotter providing the match commentary.

Expert analysis will come from a team of rugby union greats including Martin Johnson, Sam Warburton, John Barclay, Chris Paterson, Jonathan Davies, Danny Care, Tommy Bowe, Sergio Parisse and former referee Nigel Owens.

Live radio coverage is led by rugby union correspondent Chris Jones, while the likes of Matt Dawson, Paul Grayson, Chris Ashton, Johnnie Beattie, Fraser Brown, Philippa Tuttiett, Ken Owens and Donncha O'Callaghan will be on hand to offer their analysis.