England play Wales at the Principality Stadium in their final game of the 2025 Six Nations Championship. Steve Borthwick’s team have an outside chance of winning the tournament.
Wales are seeking to avoid five defeats out of five this campaign, but will have taken heart from their valiant second-half fightback against Scotland in round four.
When is Wales v England?
Wales host England on Saturday, March 15. The match will kick-off at 4.45pm (GMT).
Also on the schedule for Super Saturday is Italy v Ireland, at 2.15pm, and France v Scotland, which will conclude the action at 8pm.
Where is Wales v England taking place?
At the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Wales’ only other home match of the campaign came on the third weekend of the championship when they lost 27-18 at home against Ireland.
How to watch Wales v England on TV?
It will be on BBC One. The BBC and ITV have once again shared coverage of the Six Nations in the UK.
Who is the referee?
Australian official Nic Berry will be refereeing his first match of this year’s Six Nations. His assistants will be Nika Amashukeli of Georgia and Hollie Davidson of Scotland.
The TMO will be Mike Adamson, also of Scotland, and the FPRO will be Frenchman Eric Gauzins.
What is the latest team news?
England
England have made extensive changes to their team for Saturday’s final Six Nations match against Wales, including recalling Marcus Smith at full-back.
A week after being dropped, Smith returns as one of four personnel changes with head coach Steve Borthwick making three further positional switches despite last Sunday’s seven-try rout of Italy.
Tommy Freeman moves from the right wing to partner Northampton team-mate Fraser Dingwall in the centres after Ollie Lawrence was ruled out with an Achilles injury sustained against the Azzurri. It will be Freeman’s first Test start in the No 13 jersey.
Tom Roebuck fills the vacancy on the right wing created by Freeman’s move infield while Elliot Daly shifts from full-back to left wing.
And there are two changes upfront with Luke Cowan-Dickie coming in for Jamie George at hooker and Tom Willis dropping to the bench to accommodate Ben Curry’s promotion to the back row.
England XV: M Smith; Roebuck, Freeman, Dingwall, Daly; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Stuart, Itoje (capt), Chessum, T Curry, B Curry, Earl.
Replacements: George, Baxter, Heyes, Cunningham-South, Pollock, Willis, Van Poortvliet, Ford.
Six Nations 2025 table
When did Wales and England last win the Six Nations?
England last won the Six Nations in 2020 while Wales last claimed the title a year later in 2021. These were also the most recent years in which the respective nations won the Triple Crown.
England’s last Grand Slam was in 2016, Wales’ was in 2019.
What was the score last year?
England overturned a half-time deficit to edge past Wales with a 16-14 victory at Twickenham. Steve Borthwick’s men took the lead for the first time in the final 10 minutes thanks to a George Ford penalty.
The result saw England continue their winning start to the campaign after victory over Italy on the first weekend. As for Wales, it made it two defeats from two with Warren Gatland’s side going on to collect the Wooden Spoon.
