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

Steve Borthwick is nether unit to present wins aft a hard 2024 successful which his broadside won conscionable 5 of 12 Test matches successful total, contempt pushing New Zealand agonisingly adjacent 3 times successful summation to constrictive autumn losses to South Africa and Australia, having beaten Ireland successful the Six Nations earlier successful the twelvemonth and been conscionable edged retired by France.

England indispensable commencement converting immoderate of these achy adjacent losses into victories, though they could not person faced a tougher commencement to this contention than a travel to Dublin that is followed rapidly by the sojourn of favourites France to Twickenham.

Ireland are the reigning champions looking to go the archetypal rugby squad ever to triumph 3 Six Nations titles successful a enactment and volition beryllium retired for revenge against England aft their dreams of historical back-to-back Grand Slams were dashed by Marcus Smith’s melodramatic last-gasp driblet extremity last March.

However, they are aiming for a grounds ‘three-peat’ without their influential brag Andy Farrell, who is temporarily handing the reins implicit to defence manager Simon Easterby arsenic helium focuses connected preparing for this summer’s British and Irish Lions circuit to Australia.

Ireland vs England takes spot contiguous connected Saturday February 1, 2025, with kick-off scheduled for 4:45pm GMT astatine the Aviva Stadium successful Dublin.

TV channel: Saturday’s contention is being broadcast unrecorded and free-to-air successful the UK connected ITV1, with sum opening astatine 4pm GMT.

Live stream: Fans tin besides drawback unrecorded sum of the crippled online via ITVX, which is escaped with a registration.

Live blog: Follow the enactment connected matchday with Standard Sport’s unrecorded blog.

Leinster’s Sam Prendergast, 21, is acceptable to look England aft a dormant leg, picked to commencement astatine fly-half for Ireland implicit Munster rival Jack Crowley aft finishing the autumn with the No10 shirt.

The hosts are erstwhile again without prima tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong, who missed the full autumn bid with a hamstring contented and is present dealing with a recurring calf wounded suffered during a pre-tournament grooming campy successful Portugal. Finlay Bealham deputises erstwhile again, portion third-choice Tom O’Toole is suspended.

Tadhg Beirne has moved into the 2nd enactment to screen the precocious lack of the injured Joe McCarthy, with Ryan Baird operating astatine blindside flanker. Garry Ringrose replaces Robbie Henshaw successful midfield.

Hooker Dan Sheehan and helping James Lowe are backmost acceptable successful a large boost for Easterby, with Lowe starting and Sheehan connected the bench.

Harlequins prima Cadan Murley makes his debut up of the likes of Ollie Sleightholme - who has been battling a sound - and Tom Roebuck connected the near wing, with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso sidelined aft enarthrosis surgery.

Alex Mitchell’s instrumentality from a genu problem is immense for England aft helium missed the autumn bid with a cervix injury, and helium resumes his half-back pairing with Marcus Smith, who is preferred to Fin Smith and George Ford astatine 10.

Itoje and George Martin is an established fastener partnership, arsenic is the centre duo of Ollie Lawrence and Henry Slade. Freddie Steward starts astatine full-back with George Furbank absent with a fractured arm, portion Tommy Freeman is connected the close wing.

It’s a almighty seat from Borthwick, who has opted for a 6-2 divided with lone scrum-half Harry Randall and Fin Smith covering the backs. The reserve forwards see Saracens’ in-form No8 Tom Willis, who is poised to gain conscionable his 2nd cap.

England’s different wounded absentees for the play see the likes of Jack van Poortvliet, Alex Dombrandt and Alex Coles.

Ireland XV: Keenan; Hansen, Ringrose, Aki, Lowe; Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Porter, Kelleher, Bealham; Ryan, Beirne; Baird, Van der Flier, Doris (c)

Replacements: Sheehan, Healy, Clarkson, Henderson, Conan, Murray, Crowley, Henshaw

England XV: Steward; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Murley; M Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Stuart; Itoje (c), Martin; T Curry, B Curry, Earl

Replacements: Dan, Baxter, Heyes, Chessum, Cunningham-South, Willis, Randall, F Smith

England’s last-gasp 23-22 triumph astatine Twickenham past twelvemonth ended a tally of 4 consecutive defeats against Ireland, dating backmost to the 2021 Six Nations.

England person not beaten Ireland successful Dublin since the 2019 tournament, erstwhile an Eddie Jones broadside inflicted the hosts’ archetypal location nonaccomplishment successful the Six Nations for immoderate six years successful a massively carnal encounter.

There is nary easing into this year’s Six Nations for England, who volition person to deed the crushed moving instantly successful a bid not to unfastened with back-to-back defeats to heap much unit connected Borthwick earlier they big Scotland looking to debar a 5th successive Calcutta Cup loss.

Ireland won’t beryllium abbreviated connected assurance arsenic the treble defending champions and person past successful their sights, though it volition beryllium intriguing to spot however seamless the modulation tin beryllium betwixt Farrell and Easterby.

England volition anticipation that their opponents’ error-strewn nonaccomplishment to the All Blacks and lone constrictive wins implicit Argentina and Australia successful a spot of an underwhelming autumn showing volition beryllium much than conscionable a insignificant regression, though it is apt to beryllium wishful thinking.

Ireland to win, by 7 points.

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).