Six Nations 2026: All the round four team news, broadcasters, kick-off times and referee changes
Ireland's Ronan Kellher, Scotland's Darcy Graham and Italy's Juan Brex.
The penultimate round of the 2026 Six Nations is upon us as Ireland hosts Wales, France visits Scotland and Italy aims to upset England in Rome.
France head into the weekend’s action as the league leaders and will be eager to continue their Grand Slam bid with Scotland next on their list.
But before Les Bleus attempt to do so, Ireland and Wales collide at the Aviva Stadium on Friday evening.
Team notes
For the meeting in Dublin, Andy Farrell has made a host of changes with Jacob Stockdale returning to the starting line-up with Ulster teammate Nick Timoney featuring on the side of the scrum. Tom O’Toole also starts whilst Dan Sheehan is rested and Ronan Kelleher is preferred.
Meanwhile, Steve Tandy has had to contend with a host of injuries with Dan Edwards returning at fly-half for Sam Costelow, while Ellis Mee returns on the right wing as a replacement for Gabriel Hamer-Webb. James Botham has been promoted from the bench to take over from Taine Plumtree in the starting back-row with Alex Mann shifting to the blindside flanker role.
As for Scotland, Gregor Townsend has rang the changes too with Duhan van der Merwe dropping out of the team with Darcy Graham lining up on the wing. There are further changes in the pack as Zander Fagerson moves to the bench with D’arcy Rae starting with George Turner and Pierre Schoeman.
Fabien Galthie has made five changes to his starting XV, welcoming the return of Matthieu Jalibert who missed the last round of action. Charles Ollivon and Mickael Guillard start in the second-row, while Nicolas Depoortere and Yoram Moefana are the starting centres.
As for Steve Borthwick, he has heavily rotated his team for the trip to Rome making nine personnel changes. Elliot Daly is one of those as he starts in a back-three that features Tom Roebuck and Cadan Murley with Tommy Freeman and Seb Atkinson forming a new centre pairing. Ben Spencer partners Fin Smith in the half-backs with even more changes in the pack.
Finally, Italy have been bolstered by the return of Juan Ignacio Brex who rekindles his partnership with Tommaso Menoncello. Lorenzo Pani takes over at full-back from the injured Ange Capuozzo. Tommaso Allan is a notable returnee on the bench.
Round Four teams
Ireland v Wales
Ireland: 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Jack Conan, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 James Ryan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Tom O’Toole
Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 Tom Farrell, 23 Ciaran Frawley
Wales: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 James Botham, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Louie Hennessey
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)
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Scotland v France
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 D’arcy Rae, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Josh Bayliss, 22 George Horne, 23 Tom Jordan
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Theo Attissogbe, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 François Cros, 5 Mickael Guillard, 4 Charles Ollivon, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Thibaud Flament, 20 Emmanuel Meafou, 21 Lenni Nouchi, 22 Baptiste Serin, 23 Pierre-Louis Barassi
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)
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Italy v England
Italy: 15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Michele Lamaro (c), 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Federico Ruzza, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Leonardo Marin, 23 Tommaso Allan
England: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie George, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Jack van Poortvliet, 23 Marcus Smith
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: Pierre Brousset (FFR), Sam Grove-White (SCO)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
FPRO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)