Known in both countries as Le Crunch, England's opening home fixture against France at Allianz Stadium is the game the Six Nations championship is usually decided around.
England open their Guinness Men’s Six Nations campaign against France at Allianz Stadium in Twickenham on Sunday 14 February 2027, the fixture known in both countries as Le Crunch.
England missed the 1888 and 1889 championships, having refused to join the international board. France entered in 1910, turning the Home Nations into the Five Nations and making the tournament something other than a British argument for the first time.
The fixture that followed became the championship’s measuring stick. The two sides play the game in opposite ways: England through the forwards and the boot, France through width and improvisation. England and Wales lead the all-time table on 39 titles apiece, and England hold the most won outright.
A Six Nations season runs to five matches with no second leg, so a championship can turn on twenty minutes in February. A Grand Slam and a Triple Crown stay live for any side that has not yet lost.
This is round two and England’s first home fixture of the championship. A Sunday slot is rare in the tournament, and it gives the match the whole afternoon to itself.