Where to watch Six Nations 2025 rugby matches in Rome.
Italy will play
three home games in the 2025 edition of the Six Nations rugby union championship, which kicks off on 31 January and ends on 15 March.
The Azzurri will face
Wales on Saturday
8 February at 15.15,
France on Sunday
23 February at 16.00, and defending champions
Ireland on Saturday
15 March at 15.15.
All three Italy matches will be played at
the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Italy will also play two away games: against
Scotland in Murrayfield on
1 February and against
England in Twickenham on 9 March.
2025 is a milestone year for the rugby tournament as
it marks 25 years since Italy was added to the Five Nations rugby union championship in 2000.
Last year the Azzurri achieved their
best ever result in the tournament, beating Scotland and Wales, and drawing with France, significantly changing the way the team is seen internationally.
As rugby increases its audience among Italians there is greater demand to watch the games in
bars in Rome, with a growing number of Italians joining foreigners to watch the annual rugby union championship contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
Here are some of the
best pubs in Rome to watch the Six Nations matches.
For the biggest screens, party atmosphere and commentary in English, it would be hard to beat
Scholars Lounge just off the central Piazza Venezia - Rome's largest Irish pub and past winner of the world's Irish Pub of the Year.
Italian rugby fans cram into the rugby-mad
The Shamrock or
Camden Town - two Irish pubs on opposite sides of the Colosseum - with a lively atmosphere guaranteed in both places.The
Fiddler’s Elbow and the
Druid’s Den - Rome's oldest and third-oldest Irish pub respectively - screen the games to their customers who are generally a mix of Italian and foreign.
Finnegans, in the heart of the Monti quarter, also screens the Six Nations and attracts a large English-speaking crowd, mainly from the UK and Ireland.Other popular pubs showing the rugby games include the
Abbey Theatre near Piazza Navona,
The Highlander in the historic centre, and
The Nag's Head near Piazza Venezia.
For full details about the Six Nations matches in Rome see the
Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) website.
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