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== Venues == {{multiple image | align = right | perrow = 2 | direction = horizontal | image1 = Twickenham Stadium - May 2012.jpg | width1 = 152 | alt1 = | image2 = Murrayfield Autumn 2017.jpg | width2 = 150 | alt2 = | image3 = Millennium Stadium RWC2015.jpg | width3 = 143 | alt3 = | image4 = Aviva Stadium seen from Block 312.jpg | width4 = 160 | alt4 = | image5 = 2023 Rugby World Cup Australia vs Georgia (4).jpg | width5 = 151 | alt5 = | image6 = 2012-03-17 ITA - SCO prematch.jpg | width6 = 151 | alt6 = | footer = The [[List of national stadiums|national rugby union stadiums]] of the six countries host the events. }} As of the 2025 tournament, Six Nations matches are held in the following stadiums: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Team !! Stadium !! Location !! Capacity |- | [[England national rugby union team|England]] || [[Twickenham Stadium]] || [[London]] ||style="text-align:center"| 82,000 |- | [[France national rugby union team|France]] || [[Stade de France]] || [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] ||style="text-align:center" | 81,338 |- | [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] || [[Principality Stadium]] || [[Cardiff]] ||style="text-align:center"| 73,931 |- | [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] || [[Stadio Olimpico]] || [[Rome]] ||style="text-align:center"| 72,698 |- | [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] || [[Murrayfield Stadium]] || [[Edinburgh]] ||style="text-align:center"| 67,144 |- | [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] || [[Aviva Stadium]] || [[Dublin]] ||style="text-align:center"| 51,700 |} The opening of Aviva Stadium in May 2010 ended the arrangement with the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) that allowed the all-Ireland governing body for rugby union, the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]], to use the GAA's flagship stadium, [[Croke Park]], for its international matches. This arrangement was made necessary by the 2007 closure and subsequent demolition of Ireland's traditional home at [[Lansdowne Road]]; Aviva Stadium was built on the former Lansdowne Road site. During this construction, Croke Park was the largest of the Six Nations grounds, with a capacity of 82,300. In 2012 Italy moved their home games from the 32,000 seat Stadio Flaminio, to Stadio Olimpico, also in Rome, with a capacity of 72,000. The [[French Rugby Federation]] (FFR) had planned to build a new stadium of its own, seating 82,000 in the southern suburbs of Paris,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/rugby_francais/projet_stade |title=Projet Stade |publisher=[[French Rugby Federation]] |language=fr |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615060530/http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/rugby_francais/projet_stade |archive-date=15 June 2012 }}</ref> because of frustrations with their tenancy of Stade de France.<ref name="BBC FFR stadium">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/9229158.stm |title=French national rugby team plan to quit Stade de France |work=BBC Sport |date=25 November 2010 |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807140513/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/9229158.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> However the project was cancelled in December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rugby-French federation drops plans for new stadium|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rugby-union-france-stadium-idUKKBN14322M|work=Reuters|access-date=4 February 2017|date=14 December 2016|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100259/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rugby-union-france-stadium-idUKKBN14322M|url-status=dead}}</ref> France played their [[2018 Six Nations Championship#Round 3|2018 match against Italy]] at [[Stade Vélodrome]] in [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=France to host Italy in Marseille|url=https://rugby365.com/countries/france/france-to-host-italy-in-marseille/|access-date=26 October 2020|website=rugby365.com|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030021817/https://rugby365.com/countries/france/france-to-host-italy-in-marseille/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Wales played their [[2020 Six Nations Championship#Round 5|final game]] at [[Parc y Scarlets]] in [[Llanelli]] due to the Principality Stadium being used as [[Dragon's Heart Hospital]] in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 September 2020|title=Wales to play at Parc y Scarlets - Welsh Rugby Union|url=https://www.wru.wales/2020/09/wales-to-play-at-parc-y-scarlets/|access-date=26 October 2020|publisher=Welsh Rugby Union|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030142858/https://www.wru.wales/2020/09/wales-to-play-at-parc-y-scarlets/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, France was unable to use the Stade de France for their Six Nations home games due to ongoing preparations for its use in the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 February 2024|title=Why France will play none of their Six Nations home games at the Stade de France|url=https://www.planetrugby.com/news/why-france-will-play-none-of-their-six-nations-home-games-at-stade-france|publisher=Planet Rugby}}</ref> Instead they played their three home matches at the [[Stade Vélodrome]] in [[Marseille]], [[Stade Pierre-Mauroy]] in [[Lille]], and [[Parc Olympique Lyonnais]] in [[Lyon]].
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