Six Nations 2026: All the round two teamsheets, broadcasters, kick-off times and referees
Six Nations captains Caelan Doris (Ireland), Sione Tuipulotu (Scotland) and Dewi Lake (Wales).
Now that the teams for round two of the Six Nations are in, take a look at the matchday 23s for Ireland v Italy, Scotland v England and Wales v France.
The action gets underway in Dublin with Andy Farrell’s men looking to bounce back from the Championship opening defeat to France in Paris.
Team news
Farrell has made several changes to his team following that hammering defeat with Cormac Izuchukwu making his Six Nations bow in the starting line-up while Edwin Edogbo could make his Test debut from the bench.
They face an Italy team without their inspirational centre Nacho Brex who misses the trip to the Aviva Stadium due to family reasons. His usual midfield partner Tommaso Menoncello is now partnered with Leonardo Marin, who started at full-back last week, with Lorenzo Pani now donning the number 15 jersey.
Saturday’s second game sees Scotland host England at Murrayfield with an under-pressure Gregor Townsend sticking by his guns as he has once again omitted Duhan van der Merwe and Blair Kinghorn while benching Darcy Graham. Further alterations include Jamie Ritchie’s return and Nathan McBeth starting ahead of Pierre Schoeman.
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As for England, Steve Borthwick has kept the changes to a minimum, sticking with largely the same team that put Wales to the sword. Maro Itoje returns to the run-on team with Alex Coles moving to the replacements with Luke Cowan-Dickie and Jamie George also swapping roles, the latter named on the bench.
The action concludes in Cardiff, where Wales host France and in response to the thrashing in round one, Steve Tandy has made six changes to his team. Two of the alterations come in the front-row where captain Dewi Lake is now partnered by loosehead Rhys Carre and tighthead Tomas Francis.
Fabien Galthie meanwhile has been forced to make changes due to injury with a fresh centre pairing in the form of Fabien Brau-Boirie and Émilien Gailleton. Thibaud Flament also returns from injury via the bench while there is a potential debut for Noah Nene.
Six Nations, Round Two
Ireland v Italy
Ireland: 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Caelan Doris (c), 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tom Clarkson, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Tom O’Toole, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Tadhg Beirne, 21 Nick Timoney, 22 Jamison Gibson-Park, 23 Jack Crowley
Italy: 15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Leonardo Marin, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 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, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Riccardo Favretto, 21 David Odiase, 22 Alessandro Garbisi, 23 Paolo Odogwu
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)
Italy team: Gonzalo Quesada forced into sole change as Scotland heroes rewarded
Scotland v England
Scotland: 15 Tom Jordan, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Darcy Graham
England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 George Ford, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Ben Spencer, 23 Fin Smith
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
Wales: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Alex Mann, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Taine Plumtree, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Mason Grady
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Théo Attissogbe, 13 Émilien Gailleton, 12 Fabien Brau-Boirie, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Oscar Jegou, 6 François Cros, 5 Mickaël Guillard, 4 Charles Ollivon, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Regis Montagne, 19 Thibaud Flament, 20 Emmanuel Meafou, 21 Lenni Nouchi, 22 Baptiste Serin, 23 Noah Nene
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)