Lawmakers say the 20-minute red card is designed to "punish the player and not the team", with sides able to replace a dismissed player after 20 minutes. The men's Six Nations sta

Six squads have been named for the 2025 Guinness Men's Six Nations, but what does a XV made up of the most in-form eligible players look like? Let's show you.

Next up in our set of previews ahead of the Six Nations we examine the prospects of last fifth-placed finishers, Gonzalo Quesada's Italy.

The 2025 Six Nations is available to live stream for free on BBC iPlayer and ITVX.

Captains and head coaches from all Six Unions and Federations gathered in Rome, Italy, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Six Nations Championship.

Enter, stage right, the pantomime villain, soon to land on English, French, Irish and Italian soil to shake the foundations of rugby punditry. Except this is no fictional realm, no pantomime: this is cold,

Always a highlight of the sporting calendar, this year’s Six Nations promises to be an absolute thriller. Ireland and France are vying for favouritism and deservedly so but both have their issues.

With the Six Nations set to get underway next week, we preview the prospects of last year’s bottom-placed finishers, Wales, ahead of the Championship.

Ireland interim coach Simon Easterby is ready to use his years of experience working with the side to take the country to a third successive Six Nations Championship success, and knows the team will need to improve to stay on top.

The Six Nations will introduce the 20-minute red card for the first time in the tournament's history after it was successfully trialed in the autumn internationals

The 2025 edition of the Six Nations will use 20-minute red cards for the first time, the tournament organisers have confirmed. It comes following a trial during the Autumn Nations Cup in November and will be introduced at this year's men's, women's and Under-20s Championships.

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