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Sport
SATURDAY 18 – SUNDAY 19 UK Indoor Championships
One Day International Series
WEDNESDAY 1 South Africa v England , The Oval , Kimberley
Test Match Series
THURSDAY 16 – MONDAY 20 South Africa v England , Tauranga
THURSDAY 23 – MONDAY 27 New Zealand v England , Wellington
Six Nations
The Six Nations Championship ( known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons ) is an annual international men ' s rugby union competition between the teams of England , France , Ireland , Italy , Scotland and Wales . The current champions are France , who won the 2022 tournament .
The tournament is organised by the unions of the six participating nations under the banner of Six Nations Rugby , which is responsible for the promotion and operation of the men ' s , women ' s and under-20s tournaments , and the Autumn International Series , as well as the negotiation and management of their centralised commercial rights .
The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship ( 1883 – 1909 and 1932 – 39 ), played between teams from England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , which was the first international rugby union tournament . With the addition of France , this became the Five Nations Championship ( 1910 – 31 and 1947 – 99 ), which in turn became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy in 2000 .
England and Wales have won the championship the most times , both with 39 titles , but England have won the most outright titles with 29 . Since the Six Nations era started in 2000 , only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title .
Round 1
SATURDAY 4 Wales v Ireland , Principality Stadium England v Scotland , Twickenham
SUNDAY 5 Italy v France , Stadio Olympico
SATURDAY 11 Ireland v France , Aviva Stadium Scotland v Wales , Murrayfield
SUNDAY 12 England v Italy , Twickenham
SATURDAY 25 Italy v Ireland , Stadio Olympico Wales v England , Principality Stadium
SUNDAY 26 France v Scotland , Stade de France
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