Ireland to host England on opening night of 2027 Six Nations

All details of the five rounds of fixtures, across six weeks, were announced on Monday morning.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Ireland will host England on the opening night of 2027 Six Nations after the fixture details were announced on Monday morning. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile.

Ireland will host England on the opening night of 2027 Six Nations after the fixture details were announced on Monday morning.

The 2027 Championship will see five rounds of fixtures confirmed to kick off on February 5th, and concluding with ‘Super Saturday’ on March 13th next year.

Proceedings will get underway at the Aviva Stadium on Friday, February 5th, 2027, with a heavyweight clash between fierce rivals, Ireland and England. The travelling team will be hunting payback, but home advantage and a wall of fans in green will be on the side of Andy Farrell and his squad.

Then in Round Two, Ireland will step into the sporting Colosseum at the Stadio Olympico, when they visit Rome to face Italy.

The Azzuri narrowly missed out on victory in the same fixture in 2026, and with record home crowds in recent Championships, Italy will no doubt draw on the vocal reception they will receive when they play their first of three home fixtures.

Round Two also carries one of international rugby’s most anticipated fixtures: Le Crunch. A marquee fixture in every edition of the Championship, there is no love lost when England face France, adding extra edge to the Valentines Day fixture on February 14th in London.

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France then host Scotland on February 21st, in a fixture that has delivered box office entertainment over the years, most recently with an epic spectacle in Edinburgh, where Scotland denied France their shot at a 2026 Grand Slam.

With the evolution of the global rugby calendar, the Six Nations has moved to just one fallow week during the Championship, with added momentum continuing between rounds.

The 2027 fallow week will follow Round Three, and when teams return to action in Round Four, fans can look forward to three fixtures that include Wales versus England in Cardiff on Saturday March 6th.

Few fixtures in sport carry as much rivalry as the Anglo-Welsh clash, and the Principality Stadium is always a cauldron waiting for England when they cross the divide.

‘Super Saturday’ is an appointment to view every single year, and history dictates that the three consecutive fixtures promise unmissable and unpredictable action, often taking the Championship title down to the wire.

Italy host Wales, England and Scotland will fight for the Calcutta Cup, and Ireland finish where they started the Championship, at home in Dublin, against France in what promises to be a showstopping fixture and fitting climax to the tournament.