What time is England vs France kick-off? Six Nations 2025 TV channel and lineups

England invited France to Twickenham arsenic they look to bounce backmost aft an opening play decision astatine the Six Nations.

Despite starring astatine half-time, the Red Roses fell to a 27-22 decision successful Dublin arsenic Ireland began their quest for an unprecedented 3rd successive rubric with their bonus points victory.

It was a missed accidental for England who suffered their sixth decision successful 7 matches. Things don’t get immoderate easier this evening against a France broadside who demolished them connected their ain turf past year.

The scars from that grounds 53-10 decision that eliminated them from rubric contention are inactive determination and adjacent astatine this aboriginal stage, Steve Borthwick and his broadside cognize it is simply a must-win crippled if they privation to support live hopes of a archetypal Six Nations rubric since 2020.

France were ruthless successful their opening match, sweeping speech Wales without conceding a constituent with Antoine Dupont again starring the complaint with 3 effort assists successful nether an hour.

England vs France: Kick-off clip and however to ticker the match

England vs France volition kick-off astatine 4:45pm connected Saturday 8 February.

The lucifer volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected ITV1 with a unrecorded watercourse disposable done ITV X.

England vs France squad news

Fin Smith volition marque his archetypal starting quality astatine fly-half with Marcus Smith shifted wrong to full-back successful spot of Freddie Steward.

Tom Willis besides comes into the broadside with Ben Curry dropping to the bench. Cadan Murley volition miss retired with a ft wounded with Ollie Sleightholme taking his spot successful the side.

England: 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Tom Curry, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge.

Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben Curry, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Elliot Daly.

France volition beryllium without the suspended Romain Ntamack pursuing the reddish paper helium picked up past play for a precocious situation connected Ben Thomas.

Matthieu Jalibert comes into regenerate him with Damian Penaud besides returning the broadside aft missing that 43-0 triumph implicit Wales with a toed injury.

Theo Attissogbe makes way.

 France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Alexandre Roumat, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.

Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Hugo Auradou, 20 Mickael Guillard, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Nolann Le Garrec, 23 Emilien Gailleton.

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