Women’s Six Nations 2026: All you need to know including fixtures, squads and past winners

The Women’s Six Nations 2026 concludes on Sunday 17 May with world champions England in prime position to reclaim their title. In this 29th edition of the tournament, the Red Roses are targeting their 22nd championship overall and eighth in a row.

Only France, the last team other than England to lift the trophy, stand in their way, though with four wins under their belts, Les Bleues will be chasing a Grand Slam of their own in Bordeaux this weekend. Can they end the Red Roses’ world-record winning run of 37 games, and avenge September’s Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final defeat?

Ireland have been the best of the rest, and victory over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium will guarantee third place in the tournament. While Wales are currently propping up the table, they’ll also be aware that beating Italy at Cardiff Arms Park could help them avoid a third consecutive Wooden Spoon if the Scots slip up in Dublin.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Women’s Six Nations 2026, including fixtures, squads and where you can watch this year’s championship.

Women’s Six Nations 2026: overview

• Dates: 11 April – 17 May 2026
• Competing teams: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales
• Defending champions: England
• The backstory: The competition began in 1996 at the Home Nations Championship, with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales competing. In 1999 France were added to create the Five Nations and in 2000 Ireland were replaced by Spain. Ireland were reintroduced in 2002 when the competition became the Six Nations. Italy later replaced Spain in 2007, bringing the tournament in-line with the men’s championship.
• First title: France (England won the first ever Home Nations and Five Nations titles)
• Most titles: England have won 21 titles to date and have won the past seven editions of the competition too. France are the next most successful team in the competition having won the Women’s Six Nations on six occasions since 2002. Ireland have won the tournament twice and Scotland were 1998 winners of the Home Nations.

Women’s Six Nations 2026 remaining fixtures

Round 5

Sunday 17 May

• Wales v Italy
  Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
  Kick-off: 12.15pm BST (local) / 1.15pm CET /1.15 pm SAST / 9.15pm AEST / 11.15pm NZST / 7.15am EDT / 4.15am PDT
• Ireland v Scotland
  Aviva Stadium, Dublin
  Kick-off: 2.30pm BST (local) / 3.30pm CET / 3.30pm SAST / 11.30pm AEST/ 1.30am NZST (Monday) / 9.30am EDT / 6.30am PDT
• France v England
  Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux
  Kick-off: 4.45pm BST / 5.45pm CET (local) / 5.45pm SAST / 1.45am AEST (Monday) / 3.45am NZST (Monday) / 11.45am EDT / 8.45am PDT

France v England, the final game of the 2026 Women’s Six Nations, will be a Grand Slam decider (David Rogers/Getty Images)

Women’s Six Nations 2026 results

Round 1

Saturday 11 April

• France 40 v 7 Italy
  Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
  
• England 33 v 12 Ireland
  Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
  
• Wales 19 v 24 Scotland
  Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Round 2

Saturday 18 April

• Scotland 7 v 84 England
  Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
• Wales 7 v 38 France
  Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
• Ireland 57 v 20 Italy
  Dexcom Stadium, Galway

Round 3

Saturday 25 April

• England 62 v 24 Wales
  Ashton Gate, Bristol
• Italy 41 v 14 Scotland
  Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
• France 26 v 7 Ireland
  Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand

Round 4

Saturday 9 May

• Italy 33 v 61 England
  Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
• Scotland 28 v 69 France
  Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
• Ireland 33 v 12 Wales
  Affidea Stadium, Belfast

Women’s Six Nations 2026 TV coverage

The BBC has sole rights to the Guinness Women’s Six Nations across the United Kingdom and live streams every fixture (for free) on the iPlayer service. Selected matches are also available on terrestrial broadcast channels BBC One and BBC Two.

There is also free coverage of the tournament available in Ireland via RTÉ and Virgin Media, and in France through France TV.

Women’s Six Nations 2026 squads*

England

Forwards

Christiana Balogun (Bristol Bears), Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears), Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears), Abi Burton (Trailfinders Women), May Campbell (Saracens), Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury), Kelsey Clifford (Saracens), Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks – vice captain), Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs), Lizzie Hanlon (Harlequins), Daisy Hibbert-Jones (Loughborough Lightning), Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning), Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning), Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lightning), Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury – vice captain), Annabel Meta (Trailfinders Women), Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury), Marlie Packer (Saracens), Connie Powell (Harlequins), Demelza Short (Bristol Bears), Morwenna Talling (Sale Sharks), Jodie Verghese (Saracens)

Backs

Holly Aitchison (Sale Sharks), Jess Breach (Saracens), Millie David (Bristol Bears), Zoe Harrison (Saracens), Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury), Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury), Megan Jones (Trailfinders Women – captain), Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins), Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs), Lucy Packer (Harlequins), Sarah Parry (Harlequins), Flo Robinson (Exeter Chiefs), Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning), Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury), Mia Venner (Gloucester-Hartpury), Bo Westcombe-Evans (Loughborough Lightning)

France

Forwards

Rose Bernadou (Montpellier RC), Axelle Berthoumieu (Stade Bordelais), Yllana Brosseau (ASM Romagnat), Léa Champon (FC Grenoble Amazones), Khoudedia Cissokho (Stade Bordelais), Cloé Correa (Stade Toulousain), Annaëlle Deshaye (Stade Bordelais), CharlotteEscudero (Stade Toulousain), Madoussou Fall Raclot (Bordelais Stadium), Manae Feleu (FC Grenoble Amazones – captain), Assia Khalfaoui (Asm Romagnat), Mathilde Lazarko (Asm Romagnat), Maïlys Mailagi (Stade Bordelais), Ambre Mwayembe (Stade Toulousain), Elsa Peyras (Stade Bordelais), Elisa Riffonneau (FC Grenoble Amazones), Siobhan Soqeta (FC Grenoble Amazones), Kiara Zago (Stade Toulousain),

Backs

Carla Arbez (Stade Bordelais), Pauline Barrat (Stade Toulousain), Emilie Boulard (Blagnac RF), Pauline Bourdon Sansus (Stade Toulousain), Morgane Bourgeois (Stade Bordelais), Alexandra Chambon (ASM Romagnat), Anais Grando (ASM Romagnat), Joanna Grisez (Stade Bordelais), Marie Ibanez (Stade Bordelais), Louen Laramy (Montpellier RC), Léa Murie (Stade Toulousain), Lina Queyroi (Stade Toulousain), Aubane Rousset (Stade Bordelais), Gabrielle Vernier (Blagnac RF)

Ireland

Forwards

Jemima Adams Verling (Connacht), Sophie Barrett (Ulster), Beth Buttimer (Munster), Eilis Cahill (Munster), Ruth Campbell (Leinster), Jane Clohessy (Munster), Linda Djougang (Leinster), Brittany Hogan (Ulster), Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury), Erin King (Leinster – captain), Aoibheann McGrath (Munster), Sadhbh McGrath (Ulster), Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs), Sam Monaghan (Gloucester-Hartpury), Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women), Niamh O’Dowd (Leinster), Ellena Perry (Gloucester-Hartpury), Ailish Quinn (Connacht), Fiona Tuite (Ulster), Aoife Wafer (Leinster), Dorothy Wall (Munster)

Backs

Alana McInerney (Munster), Anna McGann (Connacht), Aoibheann Reilly (Connacht), Aoife Dalton (Leinster), Beibhinn Parsons (Connacht), Caitriona Finn (Munster), Dannah O’Brien (Leinster), Emily Lane (Munster), Enya Breen (Munster), Eve Higgins (Leinster), Nancy McGillivray (Exeter Chiefs), Niamh Gallagher (Trailfinders Women), Robyn O’Connor (Leinster), Stacey Flood (Leinster), Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Leinster)

Italy

Forwards

Francesca Andreoli (Rugby Colorno), Elettra Costantini (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Chiara Cheli (Rugby Colorno), Gaia Dosi (Rugby Colorno), Giordana Duca (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Elena Errichiello (Unione Rugby Capitolina), Valeria Fedrighi (Rugby Colorno), Alessandra Frangipani (Villorba Rugby), Elisa Giordano (Valsugana Rugby Padova – captain), Gaia Maris (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Alessia Pilani (Stade Bordelais Rugby), Alissa Ranuccini (LOU Rugby), Francesca Sgorbini (ASM Clermont Rugby), Desiree Spinelli (Benetton Rugby Treviso), Silvia Turani (Harlequins), Vittoria Vecchini (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Beatrice Veronese (RC Toulon), Vittoria Zanette (LOU Rugby)

Backs

Natascia Aggio (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Alia Bitonci (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Gaia Buso (Villorba Rugby), Micol Cavina (AC Bobigny), Giada Corradini (Montpellier Herault Rugby), Alyssa D’incà (Blagnac Rugby), Francesca Granzotto (Exeter Chiefs), Rubina Grassi (RC Toulon), Veronica Madia (Blagnac Rugby), Sara Mannini (Rugby Colorno), Aura Muzzo (LOU Rugby), Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Gabriella Serio (Rugby Colorno), Michela Sillari (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Sofia Stefan (RC Toulon), Emma Stevanin (Valsugana Rugby Padova)

Scotland

Forwards 

Leah Bartlett (Sale Sharks), Holland Bogan (Glasgow Warriors), Becky Boyd (Loughborough Lightning), Elliann Clarke (Bristol Bears), Emily Coubrough (Glasgow Warriors), Hollie Cunningham (Bristol Bears), Eva Donaldson (Sale Sharks), Poppy Fletcher (Glasgow Warriors), Evie Gallagher (Bristol Bears), Rachel Malcolm (Trailfinders Women – captain), Elis Martin (Loughborough Lightning), Rachel McLachlan (Montpellier), Louise McMillan (Saracens), Molly Poolman (Edinburgh Rugby), Aila Ronald (Edinburgh Rugby), Lana Skeldon (Bristol Bears), Imogen Spence (Glasgow Warriors), Alex Stewart (Edinburgh Rugby), Aicha Sutcliffe (Glasgow Warriors), Emma Wassell (Trailfinders Women), Anne Young (Loughborough Lightning)

Backs

Ceitidh Ainsworth (Glasgow Warriors), Leia Brebner-Holden (Loughborough Lightning), Shona Campbell (Sale Sharks), Rhea Clarke (Bristol Bears), Rianna Darroch (Glasgow Warriors), Coreen Grant (Harlequins), Rhona Lloyd (Sale Sharks), Francesca McGhie (Trailfinders Women), Helen Nelson (Loughborough Lightning), Emma Orr (Bristol Bears), Rachel Philipps (Sale Sharks), Hannah Ramsay (Edinburgh Rugby), Chloe Rollie (Toulon Provence Méditerranée), Lucia Scott (Loughborough Lightning),  Meryl Smith (Bristol Bears), Hannah Walker (Edinburgh Rugby), Evie Wills (Sale Sharks)

Wales

Forwards

Gwenllian Pyrs (Sale Sharks), Maisie Davies (Bristol Bears), Katherine Baverstock (Leicester Tigers), Stella Orrin (Brython Thunder), Sisilia Tuipulotu (Gloucester-Hartpury), Donna Rose (Saracens), Elan Jones (Brython Thunder), Jenni Scoble (Gwalia Lightning), Kelsey Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury), Molly Reardon (Gwalia Lightning), Carys Phillips (Harlequins), Kendall Waudby (Loughborough Lightning), Gwen Crabb (Brython Thunder), Tilly Vucaj (Gwalia Lightning), Alaw Pyrs (Gloucester-Hartpury), Natalia John (Brython Thunder), Kate Williams  Gloucester-Hartpury – captain), Bethan Lewis (Gloucester-Hartpury), Bryonie King (Gwalia Lightning), Jorja Aiono (Gloucester-Hartpury), Branwen Metcalfe (Gloucester-Hartpury), Georgia Evans (Saracens), Alisha Joyce (Bristol Bears)

Backs

Keira Bevan (Bristol Bears), Sian Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury), Seren Lockwood (Gloucester-Hartpury), Lleucu George (Gloucester-Hartpury), Kayleigh Powell (Harlequins), Courtney Keight (Sale Sharks), Hannah Dallavalle (Gloucester-Hartpury), Jenna De Vera (Bristol Bears), Savannah Picton-Powell (Bristol Bears), Kelsie Webster (Gwalia Lightning), Jasmine Joyce (Bristol Bears), Lisa Neumann (Harlequins), Carys Cox (Ealing Trailfinders), Nikita Prothero (Sale Sharks), Seren Singleton (Brython Thunder)

* At start of tournament

Previous Women’s Six Nations winners

Here is every winner of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations since 2002.

2002 – France (Grand Slam)

2003 – England (Grand Slam)

2004 – France (Grand Slam)

2005 – France (Grand Slam)

2006 – England (Grand Slam)

2007 – England (Grand Slam)

2008 – England (Grand Slam)

2009 – England

2010 – England (Grand Slam)

2011 – England (Grand Slam)

2012 – England (Grand Slam)

2013 – Ireland (Grand Slam)

2014 – France (Grand Slam)

2015 – Ireland

2016 – France

2017 – England (Grand Slam)

2018 – France (Grand Slam)

2019 – England (Grand Slam)

2020 – England (Grand Slam)

2021 – England

2022 – England (Grand Slam)

2023 – England (Grand Slam)

2024 – England (Grand Slam)

2025 – England (Grand Slam)

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