Single-day 'super' rounds for 2026 Women's Six Nations

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Each information of adjacent year's Women's Six Nations will beryllium staged connected a azygous day, pinch 4 'Super Saturdays' starring to Sunday 17 May erstwhile holders England recreation to nearest rivals France successful nan last lucifer of nan tournament.

Runaway world number ones England person won 7 successive titles, but France threatened to ruin their astir caller celebrations, coming wrong a constituent of nan Red Roses successful April.

England will shape their 11 April opener against Ireland astatine Twickenham's Allianz Stadium, where, successful 2023, they group a world grounds for nan biggest crowd for a women's Test lucifer pinch 58,498 watching a triumph complete France.

England's gathering pinch Ireland will beryllium nan Red Roses' first lucifer pursuing their 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup run connected location turf, wherever they are favourites to assistance nan crown for nan first clip successful 11 years.

Scotland will big England astatine Murrayfield nan pursuing week successful nan first standalone women's world astatine nan venue staged successful beforehand of fans.

The existent grounds attendance for a Scotland women's location lucifer - 7,774, group astatine nan 2024 gathering betwixt nan 2 rivals – is expected to beryllium beaten.

However venues for nan remainder of nan matches are yet to beryllium announced, pinch organisers saying they "will beryllium announced successful owed course".

The 2026 tourney starts 3 weeks aft nan extremity of nan men's Six Nations, alternatively than nan erstwhile one-week gap, arsenic portion of a caller world global calendar.

It is hoped nan tournament, coming a small complete six months aft nan finale of nan Women's Rugby World Cup successful England, will pull unprecedented audiences

All times BST

Saturday 11 April

France v Italy 12:25

England v Ireland - Allianz Stadium - 14:25

Wales v Scotland 16:40

Saturday 18 April

Scotland v England – Murrayfield – 13:30

Wales v France – 15:35

Ireland v Italy 17:40

Saturday 25 April

England v Wales 14:15

Italy v Scotland – 16:30

France v Ireland – 20:10

Saturday 9 May

Italy v England – 14:00

Scotland v France – 16:15

Ireland v Wales – 18:30

Sunday 17 May

Wales v Italy – 12:15

Ireland v Scotland – 14:30

France v England – 16:45