Six Nations Championship

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Established
1883 (142 years old)

First Recorded Event
2000-02-05

Current Season
2026

Current Round
5

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Europe

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - NBC Sports [2014-2021]

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Upcoming
05 Feb	France Ru	8:10pm	Ireland R
07 Feb	Italy Rug	2:10pm	Scotland
07 Feb	England R	4:40pm	Wales Rug
14 Feb	Ireland R	2:10pm	Italy Rug
14 Feb	Scotland	4:40pm	England R
15 Feb	Wales Rug	3:10pm	France Ru
21 Feb	England R	2:10pm	Ireland R
21 Feb	Wales Rug	4:40pm	Scotland
22 Feb	France Ru	3:10pm	Italy Rug
06 Mar	Ireland R	8:10pm	Wales Rug
Results
15 Mar	France Ru	35 - 16	Scotland
15 Mar	Wales Rug	14 - 68	England R
15 Mar	Italy Rug	17 - 22	Ireland R
09 Mar	England R	47 - 24	Italy Rug
08 Mar	Scotland	35 - 29	Wales Rug
08 Mar	Ireland R	27 - 42	France Ru
23 Feb	Italy Rug	24 - 73	France Ru
22 Feb	England R	16 - 15	Scotland
22 Feb	Wales Rug	18 - 27	Ireland R
09 Feb	Scotland	18 - 32	Ireland R

Description

The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament contested by the Home Nations. The championship holders are France, who won the 2025 tournament.

The tournament is organised by the unions of the six participating nations under the banner of Six Nations Rugby, which is responsible for the promotion and operation of the men's, women's and under-20s tournaments, and the Autumn International Series, as well as the negotiation and management of their centralised commercial rights.

The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship (1883–1909 and 1932–39), played by teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, which was the first international rugby union tournament. With the addition of France, this became the Five Nations Championship (1910–31 and 1947–99), and the Six Nations Championship with Italy joining in 2000.

England and Wales have won the championship the most times, both with 39 titles, but England have won the most outright titles with 29 (28 for Wales). Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title.

The women's tournament started as the Women's Home Nations in the 1996 season. The men's Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the successor to the Under 21s tournament which began in 2004.

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