Men’s Six Nations 2026 - How to watch and follow all the action across the BBC

The BBC will bring viewers live TV coverage of the men's Six Nations, plus extended highlights and analysis every Sunday night on Six Nations Rugby Special.

Gabby Logan leads the BBC’s TV coverage while Ugo Monye will present the Six Nations Rugby Special.

The punditry line-up includes Former British Lions captain Sam Warburton, England’s World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson and former Scotland captain John Barclay. Chris Paterson, Jonathan Davies, Danny Care, Ronan O’Gara, Sergio Parisse; Ben Kayser and Nigel Owens will also offer their expert analysis.

TV commentary will be provided by Andrew Cotter. Sara Orchard, Al Eykyn and Gareth Rhys Owen will provide commentary for the highlights.

Over on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sounds rugby fans can enjoy every single game live throughout the tournament. Providing commentary for the thrilling clashes will be Chris Jones and Sara Orchard. Matt Dawson, Chris Ashton, Alex Cuthbert, Philippa Tuttiett, Tommy Bowe, Donncha O’Callaghan, Johnnie Beattie and Andy Nicol will also be on hand to summarise.

The Rugby Union Weekly podcast returns and will be available daily, ensuring listeners are up to date with every twist and turn of the tournament.

Live commentary of all of Wales’ matches during the Six Nations will be on BBC Sounds, BBC Sport Online, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. Fans can enjoy a special preview programme ahead of this year’s tournament in Sarra Elgan's Six Nations 2026 Preview on BBC iPlayer, featuring former Ireland international and coach Ronan O’Gara, Wales Head Coach Steve Tandy, rising England star Henry Pollock, Scottish captain Sione Tuipulotu, and Italy back-row Ross Vincent.

Comedian and sports fan Mike Bubbins is opening the doors to his bar once again in Scrum V Top 5 to interview some of Wales’ top rugby legends, inviting them to share their top fives of all time - the first episode is available now on BBC iPlayer.

The Scrum V podcast continues weekly on BBC Sounds, and Scrum V: The Warm Up continues on BBC Two Wales and iPlayer to discuss all the action from this year's tournament. Viewers can also follow all the latest news from the Wales camp via the BBC Sport app and BBC Sport website by following ‘Wales Sport’.

All Scotland matches will be on BBC Radio Scotland Extra on Sounds, on 810 MW and online. Andy Burke will present, and commentary will come from Thomas Duncan and Stuart McFarlane, with analysis from Tom English. There’ll be full, live match coverage, build up and postscript for all the games on BBC Sport Scotland’s online and social platforms, as well as twice weekly episodes of the Scotland Rugby Podcast throughout the tournament.

Follow live text coverage, reports and analysis of every game on the BBC Sport website and app.

BBC TV and iPlayer Six Nations Schedule 

Six Nations 2026 Fixtures (Mens)

France v Ireland 

Thursday 5 February 2026, 8.10pm

Live rugby union commentary of France v Ireland in the opening game of the Six Nations Championship. 

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Italy v Scotland

Saturday 7 February, 2.10pm

Live coverage from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome of Italy v Scotland in the 2026 Six Nations.

• Watch Italy v Scotland on BBC iPlayer

England v Wales 

Saturday 7 February, 4.40pm

Live rugby union commentary of England v Wales in the Six Nations from Twickenham. Build up and coverage starts on BBC 5 Sports Extra, with kick-off from 4.40pm. Coverage of the second half is available on BBC Radio 5 Live.

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sounds
• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Ireland v Italy 

Saturday 14 February, 2.10pm

Live rugby union commentary from BBC Radio Ulster of Ireland v Italy in the Six Nations on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 2. 

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 2 and BBC Sounds

Scotland v England 

Saturday 14 February, 4.40pm

Live rugby union commentary of Scotland v England in the Six Nations from Murrayfield. 

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Wales v France 

Sunday 15 February, 3.10pm

Live coverage of Wales v France in the Six Nations at the Principality Stadum.

• Watch Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer
• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 2 and BBC Sounds

England v Ireland 

Saturday 21 February, 2.10pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Wales v Scotland 

Saturday 21 February, 4.40pm

• Watch Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer

France v Italy 

Sunday 22 February, 3.10pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Ireland v Wales 

Friday 6 March, 8.10pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Scotland v France 

Saturday 7 March, 2.10pm

• Watch Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer

Italy v England 

Saturday 7 March, 4.40pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Ireland v Scotland 

Saturday 14 March, 2.10pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

Wales v Italy 

Saturday 14 March, 4.40pm

• Watch Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer

France v England 

Saturday 14 March, 8.10pm

• Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds