The Six Nations: London’s Matches and How to See Them
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England’s home matches and how to see them
London’s part in the Six Nations is England’s home fixtures at Twickenham in the south-west of the city — officially the Allianz Stadium since September 2024, and still the biggest ground in the world built purely for rugby. It holds around 82,000 and is owned by the Rugby Football Union, whose headquarters sit on the same site.
England play two or three home matches in each Championship, so a London Six Nations weekend comes around only a handful of times a year. The fixtures at the top of this page update automatically, so you can see which matches are next without hunting through a calendar.
For everything else about a matchday at the ground, see our Twickenham seating guide for where to sit, the Twickenham bag policy before you pack, and hotels near Twickenham if you are staying over. Our Six Nations in London guide covers the wider weekend.
How the Championship works
Six teams — England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales — each play the other five once, so there are fifteen matches across five rounds in February and March. Home advantage alternates year to year, which is why England do not host the same opponents every season.
It is one of the oldest competitions in the sport. It began in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, became the Five Nations when France joined in 1910, and took its current shape when Italy came in for 2000.
The rivalries
Every round carries some history, but a few fixtures stand apart. England against Scotland is played for the Calcutta Cup, the oldest prize in the Championship. England against Wales carries decades of feeling on both sides, and England against Ireland has often decided the title in recent years. When one of those lands at Twickenham, it is the hardest ticket of the London sporting year.
Getting a ticket
Six Nations tickets in London are among the hardest in world rugby to get at face value. General sale availability is very limited: most tickets go to England Rugby members and affiliated clubs first, and matches against Wales, Ireland and France tend to be spoken for months ahead.
That leaves three realistic routes for most fans: join the membership scheme and enter the ballots, look at official hospitality packages, or buy through a legitimate resale platform and accept the mark-up. Prices on resale climb steeply as the match gets closer, so waiting for a late bargain rarely works for a Twickenham international.
Getting to the ground
Twickenham has no Underground station. Nearly everyone arrives by South Western Railway to Twickenham station, about 30 minutes from Waterloo and a 10-minute walk from the ground. Driving is a genuine mistake: the roads around the stadium close well before kick-off.
Allow kick-off minus 60 minutes. A crowd of that size funnels through a compact street network and security checks take time. Our Twickenham transport guide ranks every route in, including the Richmond shuttle and the buses, and covers step-free access.
Watching without a ticket
Most people in London watch the Six Nations without going to the ground, and that is its own kind of day out. Kick-offs are spread across Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, so pubs fill up early and the bigger sports bars take bookings well in advance for England matches — particularly the Saturday evening slot, which draws the biggest crowds.
If you want the atmosphere without the ticket price, book a table rather than turning up on the day, and give yourself an hour before kick-off. Our Six Nations in London guide covers how the weekend works across the city, from where to watch to what is on around the fixtures.
Recent history
France won the 2026 Championship, their eighth title since the tournament went to six teams, finishing on 21 points ahead of Ireland on 19. Ireland took the Triple Crown, their fifteenth. Scotland finished third, and England came fifth.
Over the whole history of the competition, England and Wales share the record with 39 titles each, though England hold 29 outright wins to Wales’s 28. Ireland have the most Triple Crowns. Italy remain the only side yet to win the Championship, but they have beaten every other nation at least once.