Scotland’s 2026 Six Nations: Squad, fixtures, referees, TV channels, kick-off times and more
Scotland fly-half Finn Russell and an inset of head coach Gregor Townsend.
Gregor Townsend enters the 2026 Six Nations under pressure as Scotland look to improve on an underwhelming November and a fourth-place finish last season.
The head coach has named an extended squad of 40 players, which is supplemented by a 15-strong A group with a fixture planned against Italy A.
Scotland have two home games and three away fixtures during this year’s Six Nations, with their campaign kicking off with a trip to Rome to tackle Italy.
The Calcutta Cup will be on the line in round two with a clash against England at Murrayfield, followed by a short flight to Cardiff, with a meeting with Wales scheduled for round three.
After the fallow week, the Scots will host defending champions France before completing their Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin against Ireland.
Scotland’s clash with Wales will be shown on S4C, while the BBC and ITV will be broadcasting certain fixtures – detailed below.
Scotland squad for 2026 Six Nations
Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Magnus Bradbury, Gregor Brown, Dave Cherry, Scott Cummings, Alex Craig, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey, Freddy Douglas, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray, Nathan McBeth, Liam McConnell, Elliot Millar Mills, D’arcy Rae, Jamie Ritchie, Pierre Schoeman, Rory Sutherland, George Turner, Max Williamson
Backs: Fergus Burke, Jamie Dobie, Darcy Graham, Adam Hastings, George Horne, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Tom Jordan, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Finn Russell, Kyle Rowe, Ollie Smith, Kyle Steyn, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White
Scotland A squad
Forwards: Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Cameron Henderson, Alec Hepburn, Gregor Hiddleston, Will Hurd, Alexander Masibaka, Harri Morris, Andy Onyeama-Christie, James Whitcombe
Backs: Ben Afshar, Dan Lancaster, Harry Paterson, Cameron Redpath, Arron Reed, Gus Warr
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Scotland’s 2026 Six Nations fixtures
Round One
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, Super Sport, 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)
Round Two
Scotland v England
Date: Saturday, 14 February, 2026
Kick-off: 16:40 GMT
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, Super Sport, 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)
Round Three
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, Super Sport, 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)
Round Four
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, Super Sport, 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)
Round Five
Ireland v Scotland
Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2026
Kick-off: 14:10 GMT
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
TV: ITV, Virgin Media, TF1, Super Sport, 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)
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