The Six Nations will get underway for 2019 with France hosting Wales in Paris at 7am (AEDT) on Saturday, February 2.
The other Round 1 fixtures will be played on Sunday, February 3, with Scotland to host Italy at 1:15am (AEDT) and Ireland to host England in a huge clash at 3:45am (AEDT) in Dublin.
Featuring the best six rugby teams in Europe, the tournament will run over the course of five rounds in a round robin competition to crown a champion.
The tournament will wrap up with England playing Scotland in the final game at 4am (AEDT) on Sunday, March 17.
Ireland are the defending champion and, given their form over the last 12 months, unsurprisingly come in as the favourites to defend their crown.
The biggest challenges are likely to come in the form of England and France, and given the close competition structure, every game is crucial and a single loss could be the difference between finishing first and second once it’s all said and done for another season.
All times AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne time)
Date | Time | Home | Away | Venue |
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Round 1 | ||||
Sat Feb 2 | 7:00 AM | France | Wales | Stade De France, Paris |
Sun Feb 3 | 1:15 AM | Scotland | Italy | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
Sun Feb 3 | 3:45 AM | Ireland | England | Aviva Stadium, Dublin |
Round 2 | ||||
Sun Feb 10 | 1:15 AM | Scotland | Ireland | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
Sun Feb 10 | 3:45 AM | Italy | Wales | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
Mon Feb 11 | 2:00 AM | England | France | Twickenham Stadium, London |
Round 3 | ||||
Sun Feb 24 | 1:15 AM | France | Scotland | Stade De France, Paris |
Sun Feb 24 | 3:45 AM | Wales | England | Principality Stadium, Cardfiff |
Mon Feb 25 | 2:00 AM | Italy | Ireland | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
Round 4 | ||||
Sun Mar 10 | 1:15 AM | Scotland | Wales | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
Sun Mar 10 | 3:45 AM | England | Italy | Twickenham Stadium, London |
Mon Mar 11 | 2:00 AM | Ireland | France | Aviva Stadium, Dublin |
Round 5 | ||||
Sat Mar 16 | 11:30 PM | Italy | France | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
Sun Mar 17 | 1:45 AM | Wales | Ireland | Principality Stadium, Cardfiff |
Sun Mar 17 | 4:00 AM | England | Scotland | Twickenham Stadium, London |
England
Chris Ashton, Jamie George, Jack Singleton, Dan Cole, Ellis Genge, Ben Moon, Kyle Sinckler, Mako Vunipola, Harry Williams, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Curry, Jack Clifford, Ben Earl, Nathan Hughes, Brad Shields, Billy Vunipola, Mark Wilson, Dan Robson, Ben Youngs, George Ford, Henry Slade, Ollie Devoto, Owen Farrell, Ben Te’o, Manu Tuilagi, Chris Ashton, Joe Cokanasiga, Elliot Daly, Jonny May, Jack Nowell, Ollie Thorley, Mike Brown
France
Dorian Aldegheri, Gregory Alldritt, Uini Atonio, Demba Bamba, Mathieu Bastareaud, Anthony Belleau, Pierre Bourgarit, Yacouba Camara, Geoffrey Doumayrou, Antoine Dupont, Gaël Fickou, Wesley Fofana, Guilhem Guirado, Yoann Huget, Arthur Iturria, Félix Lambey, Wenceslas Lauret, Bernard Le Roux, Camille Lopez, Julien Marchand, Maxime Médard, Romain Ntamack, Morgan Parra, Damian Penaud, Louis Picamoles, Jefferson Poirot, Dany Priso, Thomas Ramos, Baptiste Serin, Sébastien Vahaamahina, Paul Willemse
Ireland
Will Addison, Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne, Rory Best, Caolin Blade, Joey Carbery, Jack Carty, Jack Conan, Andrew Conway, John Cooney, Sean Cronin, Ultan Dillane, Keith Earls, Chris Farrell, Tom Farrell, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Robbie Henshaw, Rob Kearney, David Kilcoyne, Jordan Larmour, Jack McGrath, Jordi Murphy, Conor Murray, Seán O’Brien, Peter O’Mahony, Andrew Porter, Garry Ringrose, Rhys Ruddock, James Ryan, John Ryan, Niall Scannell, Jonathan Sexton, CJ Stander, Jacob Stockdale, Devin Toner, Josh van der Flier
Italy
Tommaso Allan, Marco Barbini, Tommaso Benvenuti, Luca Bigi, Giulio Bisegni, Dean Budd, Michele Campagnaro, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Castellom, Angelo Esposito, Simone Ferrari, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Jayden Hayward, Andrea Lovotti, Maxime Mbanda, Ian McKinley, Luca Morisi, Sebastian Negri, Edoardo Padovani, Guglielmo Palazzani, Sergio Parisse, Tiziano Pasquali, Federico Ruzza, Dave Sisi, Luca Sperandio, Braam Steyn, Tito Tebaldi, Cherif Traorè, Jimmy Tuivaiti, Alessandro Zanni, Giosuè Zilocchi
Scotland
Alex Allan, Adam Ashe, Simon Berghan, Jamie Bhatti, David Cherry, Chris Dean, Allan Dell, Grant Gilchrist, Darcy Graham, Gary Graham, Jonny Gray, Nick Grigg, John Hardie, Chris Harris, Adam Hastings, Stuart Hogg, George Horne, Peter Horne, Sam Johnson, Huw Jones, Lee Jones, Jake Kerr, Blair Kinghorn, Greig Laidlaw, Sean Maitland, Stuart McInally, WP Nel, Ali Price, D’Arcy Rae, Jamie Ritchie, Finn Russell, Tommy Seymour, Sam Skinner, Grant Stewart, Josh Strauss, Tim Swinson, Ben Toolis, Hamish Watson, Ryan Wilson
Wales
Josh Adams, Hallam Amos, Gareth Anscombe, Jake Ball, Adam Beard, Dan Biggar, Leon Brown, Aled Davies, Gareth Davies, Jonathan Davies, Seb Davies, Elliot Dee, Ryan Elias, Jarrod Evans, Rob Evans, Steff Evans, Tomas Francis, Leigh Halfpenny, Cory Hill, Jonah Holmes, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Samson Lee, Dillon Lewis, Ross Moriarty, Josh Navidi, George North, Ken Owens, Hadleigh Parkes, Rhys Patchell, Nicky Smith, Justin Tipuric, Josh Turnbull, Aaron Wainwright, Owen Watkin, Liam Williams, Scott Williams, Tomos Williams, Thomas Young