Six Nations 2025 Round One: All the teamsheets as Steve Borthwick shocks with selections
All the team news and lineups in one place ahead of the opening weekend of the Six Nations.
Ahead of the opening round of action in the 2025 Six Nations, we run through all the teamsheets.
The action gets underway as Antoine Dupont marks his return to the Championship alongside Toulouse teammate Romain Ntamack as France look to kickstart their tournament on a high note against Wales on Friday evening.
Team news
Warren Gatland will be out to improve on last year’s Six Nations Wooden Spoon finish while also ending Wales‘ horrific losing streak. He has a got a major boost in his pursuit of just that with Josh Adams and Liam Williams returning to the starting XV.
Saturday’s action gets underway at Murrayfield with Scotland hosting Italy at Murrayfield. Gregor Townsend’s charges are without captain Sione Tuipulotu due to injury with Finn Russell and Rory Darge now sharing the captaincy for the clash.
As for the Azzurri, they have welcomed back playmaker Tommaso Allan in another otherwise settled matchday 23.
The action concludes at the Aviva Stadium as interim head coach Simon Easterby takes charge of Ireland for the first time against an England team that will be striving for better results than they produced in 2024.
Easterby sprung a surprise with Ryan Baird earning a start for the fixture while he has selected young fly-half Sam Prendergast in the number 10 jersey.
Finally, Steve Borthwick has handed Maro Itoje with the captaincy for the Six Nations and sprung a real surprise naming Ben and Tom Curry in the England starting XV while Tom Willis claims a place on the bench.
There is also a debut for Harlequins winger Cadan Murley.
Six Nations round one teams, referees, TV and kick-off times
France v Wales
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Théo Attissogbe, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine?Dupont (c), 8 Grégory Alldritt, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Fran?ois Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Alexandre Roumat, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Hugo Auradou, 20 Micka?l Guillard, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Nolann Le Garrec, 23 ?milien Gailleton
Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Ben Thomas, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan (c), 6 James Botham, 5 Dafydd Jenkins, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Evan Lloyd, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Dan Edwards, 23 Blair Murray
Date: Friday, January 31
Venue: Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Kick-off: 21:15 local (20:15 GMT)
Referee: Paul Williams (NZR)
Assistant Referee 1: Chris Busby (IRFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Jordan Way (RA)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
FPRO: Damon Murphy (RA)
Broadcasters: ITV, France Télévisions, Virgin Media One, Sky Sport / TV8 (Italy), Supersport (Africa), WOWOW (Japan), Premier Sports (Pan Asia), Stan Sport (Australia), Sky NZ (New Zealand), DAZN (Canada), NBC / Peacock / FuboTV (USA)
Scotland v Italy
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 Ben White, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Gregor Brown, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 George Horne, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Kyle Rowe
Italy: 15 Tommaso Allan, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Dino Lamb, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Ross Vintcent, 22 Alessandro Garbisi, 23 Simone Gesi
Date: Saturday, February 1
Venue: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 14:15 GMT
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Damian Schneider (UAR)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)
FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
Broadcasters: BBC, France Télévisions, RT?, Sky Sport / TV8 (Italy), Supersport (Africa), WOWOW (Japan), Premier Sports (Pan Asia), Stan Sport (Australia), Sky NZ (New Zealand), DAZN (Canada), NBC / Peacock / FuboTV (USA)
Ireland v England
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 James Ryan, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Robbie Henshaw
England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell,?8 Ben Earl,?7 Ben Curry,?6 Tom Curry,?5 George Martin,?4 Maro Itoje (c),?3 Will Stuart,?2 Luke Cowan-Dickie,?1 Ellis Genge,
Replacements:?16 Theo Dan,?17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Tom Willis, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Fin Smith
Date: Saturday, February 1
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
Assistant Referee 1: James Doleman (NZR)
Assistant Referee 2: Hollie Davidson (SRU)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZR)
FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
Broadcasters: ITV, France Télévisions, Virgin Media One, Sky Sport / TV8 (Italy), Supersport (Africa), WOWOW (Japan), Premier Sports (Pan Asia), Stan Sport (Australia), Sky NZ (New Zealand), DAZN (Canada), NBC / Peacock / FuboTV (USA)
