France won the 2025 Six Nations title, ahead of second-placed England.
The men’s Six Nations 2025 is over for another year, with France crowned champions following their final-day victory over Scotland.
England had their best tournament since they won the title in 2020, finishing a single point behind France after a thumping win over Wales. Reigning champions Ireland won the Triple Crown but had to make to do with third place having lost to France in Dublin.
In the bottom half of the table, Scotland managed two wins (over Italy and Wales), but were left rueing their narrow Calcutta Cup defeat to England in round 3. Italy failed to match last year’s best-ever return of two wins and a draw, but that was still enough to finish ahead of Wales, who had another dismal campaign and retained the Wooden Spoon. They’re currently looking for a new head coach, who’ll have the unenviable task of ending a record-breaking 17-match losing streak when the side heads to Japan this summer..
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The tournament will, of course, return next winter (fixtures are currently TBC), but in the meantime this article features all of the men’s Six Nations 2025 results, as well as details of previous winners.
Six Nations 2025 overview
Dates: 31 January – 15 March 2025
Teams: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales
Winners: France
Final standings:
- France (21 points)
- England (20 points)
- Ireland (19 points)
- Scotland (11 points)
- Italy (5 points)
- Wales (3 points)
The backstory: The tournament began as the Home Nations Championship in 1883, contested between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France joined in 1910 to make it the Five Nations, were suspended in 1932, and subsequently readmitted in 1947 when the Five Nations resumed after the Second World War. The current Six Nations iteration kicked off in 2000 with the arrival of Italy.
- Read more: The history of the Six Nations Championship
First title: England (England also won the first-ever Five Nations and Six Nations titles)
Most titles: England and Wales have both won 39 titles. (England have 29 outright wins with 10 shared; Wales have 28 outright wins with 11 shared). We have a full list of previous winners of the championship in all its different forms dating back to 1883.
UK TV coverage: The BBC and ITV shared coverage in 2025, and will continue to do so thanks to a new TV deal that kicks off in 2026.
Six Nations 2025 results
Round 1
Friday 31 January 2025
- France 43 – 0 Wales
Stade de France, Paris
Saturday 1 February 2025
- Scotland 31 – 19 Italy
Murrayfield, Edinburgh - Ireland 27 – 22 England
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Round 2
Saturday 8 February 2025
- Italy 22 – 15 Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome - England 26 – 25 France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Sunday 9 February 2025
- Scotland 18 – 32 Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Round 3
Saturday 22 February 2025
- Wales 18-27 Ireland
Principality Stadium, Cardiff - England 16-15 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London
Sunday 23 February
- Italy 24-73 France
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Round 4
Saturday 8 March 2025
- Ireland 27-42 France
Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Scotland 35-29 Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Sunday 9 March 2025
- England 47-24 Italy
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Round 5
Saturday 15 March 2025
- Italy 17-22 Ireland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Wales 14-68 England
Principality Stadium, Cardiff - France 35-16 Scotland
Stade de France, Paris
Previous Six Nations winners
France lifted the Six Nations 2025 trophy (Warren Little/Getty Images)
Here’s every winner of the Six Nations title since Italy joined the tournament in 2000.
2000 – England
2001 – England
2002 – France (Grand Slam)
2003 – England (Grand Slam)
2004 – France (Grand Slam)
2005 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2006 – France
2007 – France
2008 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2009 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2010 – France (Grand Slam)
2011 – England
2012 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2013 – Wales
2014 – Ireland
2015 – Ireland
2016 – England (Grand Slam)
2017 – England
2018 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2019 – Wales (Grand Slam)
2020 – England
2021 – Wales
2022 – France (Grand Slam)
2023 – Ireland (Grand Slam)
2024 – Ireland
2025 – France
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