Scotland welcome Wales to Murrayfield in the fourth round of the 2025 Six Nations Championship.
Wales are the whipping boys of this edition of the competition, having played three, lost three, although they were much improved against Ireland in round three.
Scotland’s title hopes were ended by England at Twickenham. They have now played three, lost two, with just the solitary win.
When is Scotland v Wales?
Scotland host Wales on Saturday, March 8. The match will kick-off at 4.45pm (GMT).
In the other round-four matches, Ireland play France in Dublin at 2.15pm and, the following day, Italy play England at Twickenham at 3pm.
Where is Scotland v Wales taking place?
At Murrayfield. The match will be Scotland’s third home game of the championship.
Supporters planning to attend the match might be advised to where possible take pre-emptive action as Murrayfield’s toilet facilities have been rated as the worst of all six home venues in the Six Nations, according to a survey conducted by Boyle Sport. The only other venue that comes close to Murrayfield’s 10.79 per cent of negative reviews is Twickenham, which received 1,649 negative reviews out of 19,433 combined reviews across Tripadvisor and Google. Wales’ Principality Stadium, the Stade de France, Ireland’s Aviva Stadium and Italy’s Stadio Olimpico by contrast all returned less than 5 per cent of negative reviews.
How to watch Scotland v Wales on TV?
It will be on BBC. BBC and ITV once again share coverage of the Six Nations in the UK: ITV has the rights for the home games of England, Ireland, France and Italy while the BBC has all the matches at Murrayfield and the Principality Stadium.
Who is the referee?
Italy’s Andrea Piardi will take charge of proceedings at Murrayfield, where compatriot Gianluca Gnecchi and Nic Berry, of Australia, will run the line.
Eric Gauzins of France will perform TMO duties and Mike Adamson from the Scottish Rugby Union will be the Foul Play Review Officer.
Piardi made history last year when he became the first Italian match official to referee a Six Nations Match, taking charge of Ireland v Wales in Dublin.
Born in Brescia, the 32-year-old was introduced to the game by a friend with whom he would embark on a long refereeing career, the very same Gianluca Gnecchi who ran the line for his Six Nations debut at the Aviva Stadium last February, and who will be doing so again at Murrayfield on 8 March.
What is the latest team news?
Scotland
Darcy Graham is back in Scotland’s starting XV for Saturday’s showdown with Wales at Murrayfield.
The Edinburgh wing missed the 16-15 defeat against England last time out after suffering a concussion in the home defeat to Ireland almost four weeks ago.
Graham passed his HIA before the match at Allianz Stadium on February 22 but Scotland coaches and medics opted to take a precautionary approach and give him more time to ensure he was fully recovered given the severity of his collision with team-mate Finn Russell.
Having trained this week, the 27-year-old – Scotland’s second-highest try-scorer of all-time – has been selected to start against Wales in place of Kyle Rowe in the only change to the side that started the Calcutta Cup match.
Head coach Gregor Townsend reverts to a 5-3 bench after going with a 6-2 split against England, with forward Sam Skinner and back Jamie Dobie dropping out of the 23, and scrum-half George Horne joining Rowe on the bench.
Scotland, aiming to recover from back-to-back championship defeats against Ireland and England, are aiming to make it three wins in a row over Wales for the first time in the Six Nations era.
Scotland XV: Kinghorn; Graham, H Jones, Jordan, Van der Merwe; Russell, B White; Schoeman, Cherry, Z Fagerson, J Gray, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Darge, Dempsey.
Replacements: Ashman, Sutherland, Hurd, Brown, M Fagerson, G Horne, Rowe, McDowall.
Wales
Wales’ interim head coach Matt Sherratt has named an unchanged team for the clash against Scotland.
Sherratt has predictably retained the starting line-up that gave title favourites Ireland a major scare in Cardiff 12 days ago.
It is the first time since 2019 and World Cup games against Georgia and Australia in Japan that Wales have fielded the same XV.
Two switches among the replacements see returns for former captain Dewi Lake, who was recently recalled to the squad after recovering from biceps surgery, and Cardiff prop Keiron Assiratti.
Lake, Wales skipper in Australia last summer and throughout this season’s Autumn Nations Series, takes over from Evan Lloyd and will provide hooking cover for Elliot Dee, with Assiratti chosen instead of Henry Thomas.
Wales XV: Murray; Rogers, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Mee; Anscombe, Tomos Williams; Smith, Dee, John, Rowlands, Jenkins, Morgan (capt), Reffell, Faletau.
Replacements: D Lake, G Thomas, Assiratti, Teddy Williams, Wainwright, R Williams, J Evans, Roberts.
What are the teams’ world rankings?
The defeat by Italy dropped Wales to 12th place in the rugby world rankings, where they now lie between Georgia and Japan.
South Africa lead the way above Ireland, with New Zealand in third place, France fourth and Argentina in fifth. England have risen to sixth, swapping places with Scotland, who have fallen to seventh. Italy, meanwhile, are 10th.
When did Scotland and Wales last win the Six Nations?
Scotland have never won the Six Nations – they did, however, win the last iteration of the Five Nations in 1999. Wales, by contrast, won the Six Nations relatively recently, taking their sixth title in 2021.
What was the score last year?
Scotland clung on to edge a dramatic victory against Wales last year winning 27-26 after having been 27-0 up in Cardiff. With Finn Russell pulling the strings and Duhan van der Merwe scoring two tries a first win at the Pricipality Stadium looked to be a formality. However, the hosts roused themselves to reel off 26 points in 20 minutes as the maul produced three tries and Rio Dyer scampered over for another. Scotland wobble, but somehow held firm to earn a long-awaited win in Wales.
What are the latest odds?
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Scotland to win 1/7
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Wales to win 7/1
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Draw 45/1
