Later in the year, the Women’s Rugby World Cup will dominate headlines, with the tournament already smashing ticketing records—over 220,000 tickets have been sold to date.
A diverse and iconic array of venues
From intimate stadiums to grand stages, the selection of venues highlights a commitment to broadening the sport's reach while previewing the 2025 Rugby World Cup venues.
England
The reigning Guinness Women’s Six Nations champions will begin their campaign at a 2025 Rugby World Cup venue, as York's LNER Community Stadium hosts England v Italy on Sunday 23 March, offering the historic city a taste of what’s to come.
Their next home fixture will be in Round Four, when they head to Leicester Tigers’ Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Sunday 20 April as they welcome Scotland.
The Red Roses’ final fixture of the campaign could serve as a Championship decider as they face France at the home of English rugby, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday 26 April. This fixture underscores England's ambition to elevate the game to new audiences, with hopes of setting another record crowd.
Ireland
Ireland’s fixtures offer a geographical spread. They open their 2025 campaign at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast against the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations runners-up, France on Saturday 22 March. Their next home game is in Round Three, moving south to Cork’s Virgin Media Park for a clash with reigning champions England on Saturday 12 April.
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Italy
In recent years, the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma – the home of Zebre Rugby - has become a hub for age-grade and women’s rugby in Italy (including this year’s Women’s Summer Series). This continues for the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, with all of Italy’s home games hosted here, reflecting the nation's rich rugby culture and its commitment to developing the women’s game.
Italy welcome Ireland on Sunday 30 March in Round Two. Their next home game is in Round Four against France on Saturday 19 April. The Azzurre’s final home game is in Round Five against Wales on Saturday 26 April - a rematch of the record-breaking clash at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium during the 2024 Championship. Italy will be hoping to reverse the result in front of a packed crowd in Parma.
Scotland
Scotland will once again call the Hive Stadium in Edinburgh home for the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, playing all three home fixtures there.
In Round One, Scotland will welcome Wales to the Hive Stadium on Saturday 22 March, aiming for a similar result to their 18-20 win in 2024 (their first victory in Cardiff in 20 years). Round Three brings their second home match against Italy on Sunday 13 April. Scotland’s final fixture will see them host Ireland on Saturday 26 April, hoping to reverse their narrow 15-12 defeat in Belfast last year.
Wales
Under a new head coach (as yet unannounced), Wales will aim to recover from a disappointing 2024 campaign in which they took the wooden spoon.
Their first home game is a dramatic cross-bridge grudge match against reigning champions England at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 29 March. This could set another record crowd for Wales Women as they take on the World Cup contenders.
Wales’ second home game is in Round Four on Sunday 20 April as they welcome Ireland to Rodney Parade in Newport, which hosted a memorable Welsh win over Australia during the WXV warm-up in September.
France
Runners-up in the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, France will travel for much of the 2025 Championship. Their first match is on Saturday 29 March against Scotland at Marcel Deflandre Stadium in La Rochelle. Their final home fixture is in Round Three, hosting Wales at Stade Amédée-Domenech in Brive, on Saturday 12 April.
Paving the way for the future
The 2025 Championship forms part of a larger narrative for the women’s game. Following record-breaking audience engagement in 2024, the focus remains on accessibility and exposure, with global live broadcasts and significant digital outreach.
The 2024 women’s Championship underscored its significance at the heart of international rugby with audience growth that included a 22% rise in matchday attendance, and a total global live audience of 16.2 million fans tuning in to watch the 2024 Championship (a 9% increase on the previous year). Positive signs of increased fan engagement were evidenced in the 52% increase in participants in the women’s fantasy rugby game, and 32,000 votes for the Player of the Championship award (an impressive 140% increase on the previous year’s votes).
These fixtures aim to inspire the next generation, filling stadiums and igniting interest in communities where rugby may not yet be part of the sporting fabric.
The synergy between the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and the Women’s Rugby World Cup later in the year will spotlight the women’s game like never before, paving the way for broader global participation.
Fans will be able to watch every minute of the action, from every game, thanks to worldwide live broadcast coverage, which includes the BBC in the UK, and France Télévisions covering the Championship for audiences in France. Virgin Media and RTÉ both offer coverage of fixtures in Ireland, and Sky Italia will continue their support of rugby in Italy, through their broadcast coverage.
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