All the info you need to tune into every single Women's Six Nations game wherever you are in the world
With the men’s Six Nations in the past, attention has turned to the women’s tournament, and we have you covered right here with everything you need to know about how to watch the Women’s Six Nations 2025, including TV broadcasters and live streams globally.
– Women’s Six Nations 2025 Dates: March 22-April 26
– Women’s Six Nations FREE Streams: BBC, RTÉ, Virgin Media, FranceTV, RAI
– Watch Women’s Six Nations from anywhere: Try NordVPN 100% risk-free
The first thing to note is that, as with the men’s event, you can watch the Women’s Six Nations for free in all of the participating countries, with extensive coverage via major public broadcasters. There are also paid viewing options in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, while you can watch the Women’s Six Nations from anywhere by using a VPN.
It’s already shaping up as a cracker of a tournament, not least because this is a World Cup year, with all the teams eager to impress and build momentum ahead of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup in the summer. England are once again the tournament favourites, having lifted the trophy 15 times since the expansion to a six-team format in 2002, with a six-year winning streak that stretches back to 2019.
Scroll down to find everything you need to know to watch the Women’s Six Nations online and on TV, wherever you are in the world.
This week: Women’s Six Nations fixtures and broadcasters
Saturday April 19
Italy v France | 1pm BST kick-off | BBC One Wales, BBC iPlayer (UK, free), FranceTV (France, free), RAI Play (Italy, free), RTÉ Player (Ireland, free), Peacock (US), Stan (Australia)
England v Scotland | 4.45pm BST kick-off | BBC Two & BBC iPlayer (UK, free), Virgin Media Two & Virgin Media Play (Ireland, free), Peacock (US), Stan (Australia)
Sunday April 21
Wales v Ireland | 3pm BST kick-off | BBC One Wales, BBC iPlayer (UK, free), RTÉ 2 & RTÉ Player (Ireland, free), Peacock (US), Stan (Australia)
Watch for FREE: Women’s Six Nations 2025
As with the men’s event, the Women’s Six Nations enjoys free-to-air coverage from a wide array of public broadcasters, with fans in all six participating nations able to watch free of charge.
In the UK, the BBC has the rights to every single game, while in Ireland the games are split between RTÉ and Virgin Media. In France, all matches are on France Télévisions, while in Italy, the five games involving Italy will be shown free on RAI.
Not every match will make it to these broadcasters’ terrestrial television channels, but they’ll all be available to watch online online on their respective streaming platforms.
If you’re outside your home country when any of the games are on, you can still tune in by using a VPN – more on that below.
How to watch the Women’s Six Nations from anywhere
If you’re away from home right now and want to watch your usual Women’s Six Nations live stream from abroad, you can do so by using a VPN – Virtual Private Network.
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Women’s Six Nations 2025: Watch for free in the UK with the BBC
Every single game of the 2025 Women’s Six Nations is available to watch via the BBC, the UK’s free-to-air public service broadcaster. The BBC shares rights to the men’s Six Nations with ITV, but for the women’s tournament it’s the exclusive rights-holder.
The simplest way to watch the Women’s Six Nations is via the BBC iPlayer, with all 15 games streaming live on the platform. You can also watch online using the BBC Sport website or app.
For traditional TV viewers, the coverage is more selective. All five of England’s games will be shown live on BBC Two, as will Scotland v Wales. For Welsh and Scottish fans, there’ll be TV coverage of your teams’ other games on the BBC’s local channels. For Wales, there is complete coverage, with the games against Ireland, France, and Italy all on BBC One Wales. Scotland have one omission in the form of their France clash but the games against Ireland and Italy are on BBC One Scotland.
Read more: England Women’s Six Nations Squad 2025
Women’s Six Nations 2025: live stream for FREE in Ireland
In Ireland, Women’s Six Nations coverage is shared between two free-to-air broadcasters, RTÉ and Virgin Media, with all games covered.
RTÉ has eight fixtures, including two of Ireland’s games, while Virgin Media has seven fixtures, including three of Ireland’s games.
In both cases, all games will be available to watch online via the broadcasters’ respective streaming services, RTÉ Player, and Virgin Media Play.
For terrestrial television viewers, all of Virgin Media’s seven games will be on either Virgin Media One or Two, while RTÉ will put its two Ireland games on RTÉ 2, but the rest are online-only.
How to watch the Women’s Six Nations in France
In France, all Women’s Six Nations games are shown FOR FREE on the France TV streaming service, with some matches also available on terrestrial TV channel France 2.
How to watch the Women’s Six Nations in Italy
In Italy, rights are shared between Sky Sports Italy and public broadcaster RAI. All 15 games will be available through Sky Sports’ paid service, but the five Italy fixtures are being simulcast on free-to-air TV on RAI’s channels, which you can also watch online on the RAI Play web player.
How to watch Women’s Six Nations matches in the United States
NBC is the US rights-holder for the 2025 Six Nations, including the women’s tournament, with all 15 games to be shown live on its streaming platform Peacock.
A subscription to Peacock costs $7.99 per month, or $79.99 for a full year.
Women’s Six Nations: How to watch from Australia
Tuning in from Australia? Stan Sport has the rights to show Women’s Six Nations matches, and the streaming platform will host all 15 matches live and on demand.
It costs $15 a month to add Stan Sport to your general Stan plan (starting from $12 per month).
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