Women’s Six Nations 2025: Fixtures, results, how to watch and England’s venues

England winger Abby Dow insists the Red Roses are ready to “smash it” in their Grand Slam decider against France at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham on Saturday.

John Mitchell’s side will be looking to secure a seventh consecutive Women’s Six Nations title and fourth clean sweep at the home of English rugby to cap off another convincing campaign in World Cup year.

England have become used to attracting bumper crowds at the national stadium in recent seasons, with Saturday’s fixture marking the second time the team will have hosted the French in a winner-takes-all encounter.

The Red Roses set an attendance record when they last beat Les Bleues at Twickenham in the fixture two years ago, attracting a 58,498-strong crowd in what was a major milestone for the women’s game while nearly 49,000 fans watched their win over Ireland last year.

“As a team we are so excited. We love playing at Twickenham, we love playing with a home crowd, the crowd push and take it to the next level,” said Dow, who crossed twice in the Red Roses 59-7 rout of Scotland last weekend. “If I think about what the crowd sizes were for my first cap, the growth of the women’s game is always so easy to see when you play important games like that. All of us are really excited and ready to go and smash it.”

In a sign that England’s dominance of the championship might be proving a switch-off for fans, tickets for Saturday’s marquee fixture are understood to have been a harder sell, although Six Nations organisers have been competing with the ticket sale window for this year’s World Cup. More than 32,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday’s game.

“We’ve had two years when we’ve been able to generate not just a crowd but a performance to go with it where there’s excitement and there are people who want more,” said Dow. “It’s so important that whatever happens we’re pushing for a performance we can be proud of no matter what scoreline it is.”

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What are England’s fixtures?

Venues for England’s fixtures

England are taking their home Six Nations fixtures across the country this year.

The Red Roses played at a 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup venue in round one as York’s LNER Community Stadium hosted their win over Italy.

The stadium, home of National League football club York City, is among eight venues for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England next year.

After Six Nations away games against Wales and Ireland, the Red Roses then tackle Scotland at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in Leicester on April 19 before hosting France at the renamed Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, a week later on April 26.

2025 Women’s Six Nations fixtures

Round one

Saturday, March 22: Ireland 15 France 27
Saturday, March 22: Scotland 24 Wales 21
Sunday, March 23: England 38 Italy 5

Round two

Saturday, March 29: France 38 Scotland 15

Three tries in seven minutes and the first Women’s Six Nations dropped goal in more than decade helped France ease to a 38-15 win over Scotland.

The Scots had limited France to a single try, from Carla Arbez, in the first half and scored one of their own when Emma Orr profited from a French knock-on as they trailed just 13-7 at the break.

However, Manae Feleu’s side drew on the energy of the sell-out crowd in La Rochelle to pull away in the second 40 minutes. A penalty from Morgane Bourgeois and a dropped goal from Pauline Bourdon Sansus – incredibly, the first in the women’s championship for 11 years – extended the hosts’ lead, then came the tries.

Back rows Teani Feleu and Seraphine Okemba both crossed within three minutes of the hour mark as France found space out wide with crisp offloads. Four minutes later, Bourgeois took her points tally to 20 when converting her own bonus-point try.

Captain Feleu hailed the 15,000 spectators, saying: “The atmosphere was incredible. It felt like we had a 16th player on the team.”

Elis Martin did deliver a second try for Scotland from a driving maul once the clock was in the red, but the game was already done.

“It’s really tough,” said Scotland captain Rachel Malcolm. “At half-time there was a real energy about us but in the 20 minutes after half-time they turned it up a notch and we didn’t really react. We showed today we can compete against the best but if we don’t concentrate and keep our intensity at 100 per cent for the 85 minutes teams will punish us.

“I’m proud of the effort and to score a try at the death shows what this team is all about.”

Saturday, March 29: Wales 12 England 67
Sunday, March 30: Italy 12 Ireland 54

Round three

Saturday, April 12: France 42 Wales 12

France overpowered Wales in Brive to maintain their winning start to the Women’s Six Nations.

The French had opted for a 6-2 split between forwards and backs on the bench, and their physicality told in the second half as they pulled away while keeping the visitors scoreless.

Wales – in their third match under new coach Sean Lynn – had kept in touch with France in the first half. Emilie Boulard’s two early tries were cancelled out by Kate Williams and Gwen Crabb before hooker Manon Bigot crossed from a line-out drive shortly before the break to give the hosts a 21-12 lead.

The French power game came to the fore in the second 40, though. Tries from captain Manae Feleu and Lea Champon book-ended the half, both scored after a series of strong carries stretched the Welsh defence. In between those scores, France were awarded a penalty try after a dominant scrum forced Wales onto the back foot and Maisie Davies infringed.

Saturday, April 12: Ireland 5 England 49
Sunday, April 13: Scotland 17 Italy 25

Round four

Saturday, April 19: Italy 21 France 34

France produced a second-half fightback to beat Italy 34-21 and maintain their 100 per cent record in the Women’s Six Nations, setting up a potential Grand Slam decider against England.

Joanna Grisez’s early try had given France a flying start in Parma, but after French lock Madoussou Fall was sent to the sin-bin for a high tackle, Italy recovered to lead 21-12 at half-time following tries from Vittoria Vecchini, Aura Muzzo and Silvia Turani. Morgane Bourgeois also touched down for the visitors.

France rallied for the second half, going on to secure a bonus point following tries from Romane Menager and Marine Menager before replacement Alexandra Chambon went over in the last minute – with Les Bleues now set for a potential winner-takes-all showdown away to England on April 26.

Saturday, April 19: England 59 Scotland 7
Sunday, April 20: Wales 14 Ireland 40

Round five

Saturday, April 26: Italy v Wales, 12.15pm, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi (BBC iPlayer)
Saturday, April 26: Scotland v Ireland, 2.30pm, Hive Stadium (BBC iPlayer) 
Saturday, April 26: England v France, 4.45pm, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (BBC Two)

How to watch the Women’s Six Nations on TV

BBC Sport is broadcasting coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. The live coverage is presented by Gabby Logan and Sonja McLaughlan.

The deal means there will also be content across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.

France Télévisions will cover the tournament for audiences in France, Virgin Media and RTE both offer coverage of fixtures in Ireland and Sky Italia’s broadcast coverage continues their support of women’s rugby in Italy.