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Time of India
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Six Nations gets an unusual Thursday start next year when France hosts Ireland
Rugby fans get ready. The Six Nations tournament will begin on a Thursday night for the first time. France will play Ireland in Paris to kick off the tournament. The match is scheduled for February 5. France will aim for their third title in five seasons. They will close the tournament against England. FILE -The French team players Antoine Dupont, center, and Gregory Alldritt, right, celebrate with the trophy after the Six Nations rugby union match between France and Scotland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, March 15, 2025. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Six Nations rugby tournament will start on a Thursday night for the first time next season when France opens the defense of its title against Ireland in schedule for the 2026 tournament was released Monday, with the French getting the honor of launching it on Feb. 5 against its biggest rival in recent to stats supplier Opta, the last time the tournament staged a match on a Thursday was back in 1948 - when it was the Five Nations. On that occasion, Ireland won away to France in Round 1 and went on to complete its first ever Grand will close against England, which finished in second place in the 2025 edition, as it goes in search of a third title in five seasons.
BBC News
26-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ireland facing 'two incredibly tough games'
Ireland full-back Jamie Osborne says the team faces big challenges in their final two Six Nations games against France and scored Ireland's second try on Saturday as they defeated Wales 27-18 to secure a 14th Triple victory made it three wins from three matches for the leaders as they chase a third successive Six Nations and possible Grand who hammered Italy on Sunday, are up next in Dublin on 8 March before Ireland finish away against the Italians a week later."They're going to be two incredibly tough games," said the Leinster back. He added: "We'll take a week's break and concentrate on France, but it will be incredibly tough. We're not going to focus on that [breaking records], we'll focus on the France game first."Ireland's Garry Ringrose was shown a 20-minute red card in the first half in Cardiff and visitors fought back from 18-10 down to earn victory. "It shows how much belief we have as a team. We made a few errors in the first half and let Wales back into the game," added Osborne."We were down at the break, but there was no real panic in the dressing room, everyone just thought to go back to basics, clean up accuracy and errors and we did that thankfully. "Most of the team are very experienced and there have been a number of games where they have had to overcome a bit of adversity, and it shows we have what it takes to overcome those kinds of things."
