Live updates from the Stade de France where France host Wales in the opening match of the 2025 Six Nations; Scotland vs Italy (2.15pm) and Ireland vs England (4.45pm) on Saturday

As Wales prepare to kick off the 2025 Six Nations away to France, Warren Gatland will hope for an unlikley repeat of 2019 Welsh heroics in Paris.

France tonight host Wales as the 2025 Six Nations gets underway in Paris. Les Bleus are the favourites for this year’s competition and have been boosted by the return of perhaps the best player in world rugby,

In the opening match of the Six Nations Tournament, the French national team hosts Wales at the Stade de France on Friday, January 31, 2025. What better way to get the tournament off to a flying start!

Wales are similar odds to beat France in Paris as Japan were when they famously downed South Africa 34-32 at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. That was the biggest upset in World Cup history, and a Wales win tonight would be one of the biggest in Six Nations history.

France trained at the Stade de France on Thursday, ahead of Friday night’s Six Nations opener against Wales. Their talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is back for ‘Les Bleus’ - the scrum half missed last year's tournament to concentrate on preparations for the Paris Olympics with the France sevens squad and he played a key role in the team winning the gold medal on home soil.