The 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, except in France, and branded as W6N) was the 24th
Women's Six Nations Championship
The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, is an international rugby union competition featuring six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home ...
, an annual
rugby union
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competition featuring the women's national teams of
England
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,
France
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,
Ireland
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,
Italy
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,
Scotland
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and
Wales
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. It began on 22 March and ended on 27 April 2025, with England winning the title with a final-day victory by a single point over France.
Participants
Squads
Table
Table ranking rules
* Four points are awarded for a win.
* Two points are awarded for a draw.
* A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries, or loses by seven points or fewer.
* Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
* Tiebreakers
** If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored against points conceded) is ranked higher.
** If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
** If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.
Fixtures
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Player statistics
Most points
Most tries
Discipline
Summary
Yellow cards
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Madoussou Fall (vs. Italy
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)
*
Assia Khalfaoui (vs. England
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)
*
Linda Djougang (vs. Italy
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)
*
Dannah O'Brien (vs. Wales
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)
*
Niamh O'Dowd (vs. England
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)
*
Valeria Fedrighi (vs. Ireland
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)
*
Laura Gurioli (vs. England
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)
*
Rhona Lloyd (vs. Ireland
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)
*
Helen Nelson (vs. Ireland
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)
*
Chloe Rollie (vs. England
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)
*
Lisa Thomson (vs. Italy
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)
*
Maisie Davies (vs. France
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)
*
Georgia Evans (vs. Scotland
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)
*
Natalia John (vs. Italy
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)
Red cards
*
Gabrielle Vernier
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Vernier started playing ag ...
(vs. Ireland
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)
*
Evie Gallagher (vs. Wales
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)
*
Georgia Evans (vs. Scotland
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)
Citings/bans
Note: The cited player's team is listed in ''bold italics''.
Awards
Player of the Match awards
Player of the Championship
Four players were nominated for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship on 29 April 2025. Ireland number 8
Aoife Wafer was announced as the winner on 19 May 2025.
*''Winner in bold''
Try of the Championship
Four players were nominated for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Try of the Championship on 30 April 2025.
*''Winner in bold''
Team of the Championship
The 15 players voted in as the 2025 Women's Six Nations Team of the Championship were announced on 28 April 2025.
BKT Rising Player Award
On 26 April 2025, France back-row
Séraphine Okemba was named as the winner of the BKT Rising Player Award. The prize recognises players "who have made an instant impact on the international stage", and "celebrates both individual brilliance and the team-first attitude that defines the Six Nations". Only players who made their first Women's Six Nations appearance in 2025 were eligible. The other two final candidates for the award were England centre
Jade Shekells and Italy fly-half
Alia Bitonci.
See also
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2025 Six Nations Championship
The 2025 Men's Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons and branded as M6N) was a rugby union competition that took place from late January to mid-March 2025, featuring the men's national teams of E ...
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