2026 Six Nations: Comprehensive TV broadcast guide, how to watch the action anywhere in the world

Don’t miss a moment of the 2026 men’s Six Nations as Rugby’s Greatest Championship takes centre stage this February and March.

Last year’s champions, France, begin their title defence on Thursday, 5 February as Fabien Galthie’s charges host Ireland at the Stade de France in Paris.

The tournament opener is scheduled in midweek in order to avoid a clash with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

The action resumes on Saturday with Italy hosting Scotland in Rome before England and Wales collide at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.

Participating nations

Once again, several games will be available on free-to-air channels in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.

ITV and the BBC will once again share coverage of the Six Nations, with the specifics detailed below. The same is true across the Channel in France, with France Télévisions and TF1 striking a similar deal for shared coverage. Additionally, a handful of matches will be shown on Premier Sports in the UK.

Virgin Media and RTE Sport will broadcast in Ireland, while S4C have also picked up selected matches during the Six Nations. Over in Italy, all the matches will be shown on Sky Italia.

Rest of Europe

A1 (Bulgaria), Digi (Romania), Nova (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Sport TV (Portugal), Telenet (Belgium), Ziggo Sport (Netherlands), and GO (Malta) will be broadcasting the matches.

As will Viaplay in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. TV3 provides the opportunity for fans in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to follow the action.

The Georgian Rugby Union has the rights for the tournament in their home country, while fans in Spain can watch the matches on Telefonica.

Lastly, MoreThanSportsTV will broadcast the action in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg.

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United States, Canada, South America and Asia

Fans in the United States will be able to catch all the action on the NBC-owned Peacock, while the matches will be streamed on DAZN in Canada.

ESPN Sur will be broadcasting the Six Nations across the majority of South American countries, including, but not limited to, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.

Meanwhile, WOWOW have the rights to broadcast the competition in Japan, with Premier Sports covering a large chunk of the other Asian countries.

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Africa, the Middle East and Oceania

Supersport will show all of the matches in South Africa and much of the African continent, including its neighbours Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho, as well as Kenya, Nigeria and several other locations.

In the Middle East and North Africa, the action will be televised predominantly on TOD TV, whose territories include the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Bahrain. Fans in Israel can catch the action on Sport 5.

Australian rugby fans can catch all the Six Nations action on Stan Sport, while the Championship will be broadcast on Sky Sports NZ in New Zealand.

Finally, the Pacific Island nations can catch the action on Digicel.

Information sourced from Six Nations Rugby and official broadcasters’ websites.

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Six Nations fixtures and where to watch

Round One

France v Ireland

Date: Thursday, 5 February, 2026
Kick-off: 21:10 local time (20:10 GMT)
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, France Télévisions, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner (RA), Jordan Way (RA)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZR)

Italy v Scotland

Date: Saturday, 7 February, 2026
Kick-off: 15:10 local time (14:10 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
TV: BBC, Virgin Media, Premier Sports, France Télévisions, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
Assistant Referees: James Doleman (NZR), Katsuki Furuse (JRFU)
TMO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
FPRO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

England v Wales

Date: Saturday, 7 February, 2026
Kick-off: 16:40 GMT
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, S4C, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Nic Berry (RA), Morné Ferreira (SARU)
TMO: Tual Trainini (FFR)
FPRO: Brett Cronan (RA)

Round Two

Ireland v Italy

Date: Saturday, 14 February, 2026
Kick-off: 14:10 GMT
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (RFU), Luc Ramos (FFR)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
FPRO: Tual Trainini (FFR)

Scotland v England

Date: Saturday, 14 February, 2026
Kick-off: 16:40 GMT
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Wales v France

Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2026
Kick-off: 15:10 GMT
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
TV: BBC, Premier Sports, S4C, TF1, RTE Sport, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: James Doleman (NZR)
Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley (RFU), Sam Grove-White (SRU)
TMO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
FPRO: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Round Three

England v Ireland

Date: Saturday, 21 February, 2026
Kick-off: 14:10 GMT
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
TV: ITV, TF1, RTE Sport, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Pierre Brousset (FFR), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
FPRO: Mike Adamson

Wales v Scotland

Date: Saturday, 21 February, 2026
Kick-off: 16:40 GMT
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
TV: BBC, Virgin Media, Premier Sports, S4C, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (RFU), Adam Leal (RFU)
TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)
FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

France v Italy

Date: Sunday, 22 February, 2026
Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille
TV: ITV, France Télévisions, RTE Sport, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Kick-off: 16:10 local time (15:10 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (RFU), Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
FPRO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round Four

Ireland v Wales

Date: Friday, 6 March, 2026
Kick-off: 20:10 GMT
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
TV: ITV, RTE Sport, France Télévisions, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU), Damian Schneider (UAR)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Tual Trainini (FFR)

Scotland v France

Date: Saturday, 7 March, 2026
Kick-off: 14:10 GMT
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
TV: BBC, Virgin Media, Premier Sports, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Angus Gardner (RA)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace (IRFU), Craig Evans (WRU)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
FPRO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)

Italy v England

Date: Saturday, 7 March, 2026
Kick-off: 17:40 local time (16:40 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Luc Ramos (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Nic Berry (RA), Pierre Brousset (FFR)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
FPRO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round Five

Ireland v Scotland

Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2026
Kick-off: 14:10 GMT
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner (RA), Damian Schneider (UAR)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

Wales v Italy

Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2026
Kick-off: 16:40 GMT
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
TV: BBC, Premier Sports, RTE Sport, S4C, France Télévisions, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Christophe Ridley (FFR)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (RFU), Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

France v England

Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2026
Kick-off: 21:10 local time (20:10 GMT)
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
TV: ITV, RTE Sport, France Télévisions, SuperSport, Sky Italia, Sky NZ, Stan Sports, Peacock
Referee: Nic Berry (RA)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU), Hollie Davidson (SRU)
TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)
FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

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