2018 NatWest Six Nations Championships | Fixtures and TV schedule

The 2018 Six Nations Championship will be the 19th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament is sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland, however this edition will have title sponsorship from its owned subsidiary NatWest, meaning the tournament will be known as the NatWest 6 Nations.

It will be contested by defending champions England who are joined by France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it will be the 124th edition of the tournament.

NATWEST 6 NATIONS 2018 FIXTURES

A Friday evening clash for the Guiseppe Garibaldi Trophy between France and Italy kicks off Round Three. For the first time ever, this fixture will take place outside of Paris. A venue for this match will be announced in the next few weeks. The Calcutta Cup will be contested between England and Scotland in Edinburgh, and Ireland and Wales play out a potentially crucial clash in Dublin.

The Centenary Quaich will be on the line again as Ireland host Scotland in Round Four, with the Scots defending that trophy after dramatically winning 2017's encounter in Edinburgh. England will travel to France for 'Le Crunch', and Wales welcome Italy the following day.

As has been the case so often before, the Championship title could well be on the line on Super Saturday, March 17.

Italy and Scotland get things underway in Rome at 12.30pm, before Twickenham hosts a repeat of the final game from the 2017 Championship, as England lock horns with Ireland in a critical encounter which could see the Millennium Trophy, the Triple Crown and possibly the Championship at stake.