England open at home to France at Allianz Stadium on Sunday 14 February 2027, kick-off 15:10 — the fixture the championship is usually decided around.
France entered the championship in 1910, turning the Home Nations into the Five Nations and making it something other than a British argument for the first time. The fixture that followed has been the tournament’s measuring stick ever since, because the two sides play the game in opposite ways and always have: England through the forwards and the boot, France through width and improvisation. England and Wales lead the all-time table on 39 titles apiece, with England holding the most won outright.
A Six Nations weekend is unlike a league fixture because the season is five matches long and there is no second leg. A championship can be settled by a bad twenty minutes in February, and both a Grand Slam and a Triple Crown are still live for anyone who has not yet lost. That compression is why the crowd arrives at Twickenham already knowing what every result elsewhere would mean.
England play France at Allianz Stadium on Sunday 14 February 2027, kicking off at 15:10 in round two. It is England’s first home fixture of the championship, which makes it the day the season is read against. A Sunday slot is rare in the tournament and gives the fixture the whole afternoon to itself. England were absent from the 1888 and 1889 championships, having refused to join the international board, so even the record between these sides has gaps in it.