Six Nations 2025: All the team news for round two

Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 9:40 PM
Nathan Williamson
by Nathan Williamson

Round two of the 2025 Six Nations ramps up after an entertaining opening round of action.

It starts with Italy hosting Wales, both teams desperate to record their first win of the year.

Watch every match of the Six Nations live and on-demand exclusively on Stan Sport.

Following this, England looks to cause an upset against France, while the Irish travel to Edinburgh to face a confident Scotland.

Rugby.com.au looks at the team lists for round two of the 2025 Six Nations.

Sunday February 9 1:15 am AEDT - Italy v Wales at Stadio Olimpico, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport

Italy (15-1): Tommaso Allan; Ange Capuozzo, Juan Ignacio Brex, Tommaso Menoncello, Monty Ioane; Paolo Garbisi, Martin Page-Relo; Lorenzo Cannone, Michele Lamaro (captain), Sebastian Negri; Federico Ruzza, Niccolo Cannone; Simone Ferrari, Giacomo Nicotera, Danilo Fischetti

Replacements: Gianmarco Lucchesi, Luca Rizzoli, Marco Riccioni, Dino Lamb, Manuel Zuliani, Ross Vintcent, Alessandro Garbisi, Jacopo Trulla

Wales (15-1): Liam Williams; Tom Rogers, Nick Tompkins, Eddie James, Josh Adams; Ben Thomas, Tomos Williams; Taulupe Faletau, Jac Morgan (capt), James Botham; Dafydd Jenkins, Will Rowlands; Henry Thomas, Evan Lloyd, Gareth Thomas

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Nicky Smith, Keiron Assiratti, Freddie Thomas, Aaron Wainwright, Rhodri Williams, Dan Edwards, Blair Murray

Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

Assistant Referees Paul Williams (NZR) and Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)

Sunday February 9 3:45 am AEDT - England v France at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport

England (15-1): Marcus Smith; Tommy Freeman, Ollie Lawrence, Henry Slade, Ollie Sleightholme; Fin Smith, Alex Mitchell; Tom Willis, Ben Earl, Tom Curry; George Martin, Maro Itoje (capt); Will Stuart, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge

Replacements: Jamie George, Fin Baxter, Joe Heyes, Ollie Chessum, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Harry Randall, Elliot Daly

France (15-1): Thomas Ramos; Damian Penaud, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Yoram Moefana, Louis Bielle-Biarrey; Matthieu Jalibert, Antoine Dupont (capt); Gregory Alldritt, Paul Boudehent, Francois Cros; Emmanuel Meafou, Alexandre Roumat; Uini Atonio, Peato Mauvaka, Jean-Baptiste Gros  

Replacements: Julien Marchand, Cyril Baille, Georges-Henri Colombe, Hugo Auradou, Mickael Guillard, Oscar Jegou, Nolann Le Garrec, Emilien Gailleton 

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)

Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi and Damian Schneider (UAR)

TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

Monday February 10 2:00 am AEDT - Scotland v Ireland at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, ad-free, live and on demand on Stan Sport

Scotland (15-1): Blair Kinghorn; Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Tom Jordan, Duhan van der Merwe; Finn Russell (co-capt), Ben White; Jack Dempsey, Rory Darge (co-capt), Matt Fagerson; Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray; Zander Fagerson, Dave Cherry, Rory Sutherland

Replacements: Ewan Ashman, Pierre Schoeman, Will Hurd, Sam Skinner, Gregor Brown, Jamie Ritchie, Jamie Dobie, Stafford McDowall

Ireland (15-1): Hugo Keenan; Mack Hansen, Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, James Lowe; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Caelan Doris (capt), Josh van der Flier, Peter O'Mahony; Tadhg Beirne, James Ryan; Finlay Bealham, Ronan Kelleher, Andrew Porter

Replacements: Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Thomas Clarkson, Ryan Baird, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Garry Ringrose

Referee: James Doleman (NZR)

Assistant Referees: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR) and Pierre Brousset (FFR)

TMO: Richard Kelly (NZR)

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