How you can watch, hear and observe the rugby motion

The Six Nations sees England, France, Eire, Italy, Scotland and Wales contest the Championship Trophy throughout February and March.

The Dwelling Nations will contest the Triple Crown trophy as nicely, plus there are additionally varied trophies such because the Calcutta Cup for key particular person contests.

Followers who miss the reside protection of the Six Nations video games, or simply wish to re-live the joy, will be capable of watch them within the UK on BBC iPlayer or ITV Hub after the occasion.

When is the Six Nations?

The 2023 Guinness Six Nations began on Saturday 4 February and takes place over 5 weekends, ending with Tremendous Saturday on 18 March when all three video games fall on the identical day.

Watching the Six Nations on TV

Within the UK, the BBC and ITV share Six Nations protection. The video games are divided between ITV and BBC, with ITV exhibiting the house video games of France, Eire, Italy and England; the BBC will present the house video games of Scotland and Wales. We have detailed the schedule for UK viewers under.

Whereas the broadcasts will likely be accessible in HD on BBC One HD and ITV HD, there are not any 4K or HDR broadcasts.

In Eire, protection is offered on RTE and Virgin Media; RTE even have the radio rights in Eire. All of the Wales video games can even be accessible with Welsh commentary on S4C.

If it’s essential to make use of a VPN to fake you are within the UK and watch the video games, try our information to one of the best VPN for streaming, or you will discover a full listing of the worldwide broadcasters right here.

In France it is on FR2, in Italy it is on DMAX.

Six Nations video games on ITV and the BBC

All occasions are in GMT.

4 February

Wales v Eire, BBC, KO 14:15

England v Scotland, ITV, KO 16:45

5 February

Italy v France, ITV, KO 15:00

11 February

Eire v France, ITV, KO 14:15

Scotland v Wales, BBC, KO 16:45

12 February

England v Italy, ITV, KO 15:00

25 February

Italy v Eire, ITV, KO 14:15

Wales v England, BBC, KO 16:45

26 February

France v Scotland, ITV, KO 15:00

11 March

Italy v Wales, ITV, KO 14:15

England v France, ITV, KO 16:45

12 March

Scotland v Eire, BBC, KO 15:00

18 March

Scotland v Italy, BBC, KO 12.30

France v Wales, ITV, KO 14:45

Eire v England, ITV, KO 17:00

Listening to the Six Nations on the radio

The BBC has the radio rights to the Six Nations within the UK. Each house nation mens recreation will likely be broadcast reside on BBC Radio 5 Dwell or 5 Dwell Sports activities Additional. Dwell commentary of each England girls’s recreation will likely be broadcast on 5 Dwell Sports activities Additional or on-line, with highlights on the BBC Sport web site.

There can even be commentary on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.

The Ladies’s Six Nations

The Ladies’s Six Nations Championships will likely be performed in March and April. The match will begin on the weekend 25 March, concluding with Tremendous Saturday on 29 April. The change in schedule proved good for viewing figures in 2021, so sits in the identical place in 2023.

The complete competitors will likely be broadcast throughout BBC within the UK, RTE and Virgin Media in Eire and Sky Italia in Italy.

Watching highlights and following on-line

There will likely be highlights on the BBC Sport web site and, as we talked about, on BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub. Every broadcaster may have highlights of each match, in addition to in-play video clips of the video games they broadcast.

ITV says that on its Rugby’s Twitter, Fb and Instagram channels you’ll see highlights and an unique video after every spherical known as The Breakdown.

You can too observe @SixNationsRugby on Twitter, Fb and Instagram – the hashtags to make use of are #SixNations and #GuinnessSixNations.