England vs France, Six Nations 2025: Kick-off time today, TV channel, live stream, team news, lineups, h2h

Now, the Red Rose big 1 of the astir daunting teams rugby has to offer. Indeed, France smashed Wales 43-0 to marque an opening connection and caput to London with small to fear.

Here’s everything you request to know.

France vs England takes spot connected Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Kick-off is scheduled for 4.45pm GMT astatine the Allianz Stadium (Twickenham) successful London.

TV channel: The crippled volition beryllium broadcast connected ITV 1.

Live stream: ITVX – which is escaped with a subscription via email – volition supply a unrecorded stream.

LIVE coverage: Follow each the enactment with Standard Sport’s dedicated lucifer blog!

England unite Fin Smith and Marcus Smith successful their starting backline for the archetypal time.

Fin Smith volition marque his archetypal quality successful the No10 jersey, with Marcus Smith moving to full-back.

Ollie Sleightholme returns to the near helping aft Cadan Murley was ruled retired by a ft injury.

Tom Willis makes his archetypal commencement astatine No8 arsenic portion of a back-row reshuffle that sees Ben Earl determination to openside and Ben Curry driblet to a seat bolstered by the instrumentality of veterans Jamie George and Elliot Daly.

For France, Romain Ntamack volition miss the crippled done suspension.

England XV: llis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Will Stuart, Maro Itoje, George Martin, Tom Curry, Tom Willis, Ben Earl, Alex Mitchell, Fin Smith, Ollie Sleightholme, Henry Slade, Ollie Lawrence, Tommy Freeman, Marcus Smith.

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

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

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

England person performed good astatine times but cannot look to get implicit the line. France volition beryllium precise assured astir claiming different immense triumph arsenic a result.

France to win, by astatine slightest 7 points.

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