Check out Six Nations fixtures here. Six Nations 2025 kicks off today, Friday, January 31 in France, and Ireland will be playing its first match at home in Dublin on Saturday against England.

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland flyhalf Sam Prendergast will start his first Six Nations game in Saturday's opener against England and marshal an almost full strength side as the holders bid to win a third successive title for the first time.

Johnny Sexton has been helping form Ireland's masterplan for their Six Nations opener against England on Saturday.

Rugby-playing twins Tom and Ben Curry have come as a pair pretty much their entire life — oh yes, they even live together and currently appear to be rocking identical short haircuts — and this weekend marks the culmination of their arm-in-arm journey to the top of the sport.

Maro Itoje says England are "ready to go" as they bid to upset the odds by launching their Six Nations campaign with a defeat of twice defending champions Ireland in Dublin. But they were also the only side to beat Ireland in last year's Six Nations and Itoje believes a new-look England can repeat that Twickenham triumph at Lansdowne Road.