Rugby: Six Nations begins with Wales - Ireland at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff (WAL) on 04/02

Wales - Ireland at the Principality Stadium (74,500 capacity) in Cardiff (WAL) is the opening match of the "Guinness 6 Nations Tournament 2023", a competition organised by Six Nations Rugby, on Saturday 04/02/2023 at 14:15 (local time, 15:15 CET). It will be followe the same day by England - Scotland at 16:45.

With 215 days to go before the start of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France (08/09 to 28/10/2023), the French team (FFR) will launch the defence of its 2022 Six Nations title with a trip to the Stadio Olimpico (68,530 capacity) in Rome (ITA) to take on Italy, the team ranked last in the standings in the seven previous editions of the competition, on Sunday 05/02/2023 at 16:00 CET. In 2022, the French national team achieved a grand slam of five wins in as many matches for the 10^th time in its history (the previous grand slam was in 2010).

This new edition features the same partners as in 2022, with the exception of the arrival of the Sage Group. The British company joined the pool of official partners made up of TikTok (social network) and Breitling (watchmaker) in order to…