Ireland to have two more Friday night games next year – The Irish Times

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Ireland will bookend the 2027 Six Nations with home games against England and France. Both will be under lights, as, unusually, will be the case for their fourth round match when they are hosted by Scotland in Murrayfield.

Ireland and England begin next year’s championship in the Aviva Stadium on Friday, February 5th, at 8.10pm before Andy Farrell’s squad pitches up in Rome on Saturday, February 13th, when they meet Italy in the Stadio Olimpico (kick-off 3.10pm local time/2.10pm Irish), which will appeal to Irish fans on Valentine’s weekend.

That is the first of successive early Saturday afternoon slots, as a week later Wales host Ireland at the Principality Stadium (kick-off 2.10pm).

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