Ireland – England: schedule, formations and how to see the game for the first date of six nations

The first date of Six nations This will close Saturday, February 1 With the main course, since Ireland will receive a Inglaerra In Dublin. The game can be enjoyed live from the 13:15 in Disney+.

How they arrive: It is the date of the date reserved for the closure of the first week of competition. The clover arrives in the second position of the world ranking, after the hard blow that meant its premature elimination of France 2023.

With a record of eight wins and three losses, the green cast only lost last year against England, in London, South Africa, in Pretoria and New Zealand in Dublin. He closed the year by exceeding Argentina, Fiji and Australia.

The Rosa team descended to the seventh place of the world ranking, after 2024 with a negative balance: it lost seven games and won only five. The victory against Japan on Twickenham on November 24, cut a series of defeats in front of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand (one in London and the remaining ones in Auckland and Dunedin).

What do they look for: Like every classic with a huge rivalry beyond sports, every duel between Ireland and England has a special seasoning. The local clover team has eight consecutive triumphs in the six nations, where it does not lose from February 14, 2021, when the Score was 15 to 13, against France. This year he will debut with Simon Easterby as Head Coach interim, since Andy Farrell is in the preparation of the tour that the British & Irish Lions will play for Australia.

Those led by Steve Borthwick arrive with some emergencies, after a period without good results in the tournament. They were third in 2022, 2023 and 2024, rooms in 2021 and champions in 2020.

The background: With a marked difference throughout history, Ireland will receive England with the intention of discounting the 28 games in favor of the Rose team.

In 142 duels, who have played from 1875, in which the first game between English and Irish, the British won 81 victories against 53 of the green team. In addition, eight draws were recorded between the two selected.

In the last ten years, there were moments of great growth for Irish rugby, and that advantage was reflected in the clashes of the six nations, where the XV of the clover won six times over four of its classic rival.

In Dublin, there are already three consecutive triumphs of the home owner team, who does not lose against England since 2019, when 32 to 20 fell. The successes of the 2023, plus the one obtained in 2021 demonstrates the green power when he plays with the breath of Your audience.

Formations:

IRELAND: To confirm.

ENGLAND: 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Will Stuart, 4. Maro Iteje, 5th George Martin, 6. Tom Curry, 7. Ben Curry, 8. Ben Earl, 9. Alex Mitchell, 10. Marcus Smith, 11. Cadan Murley, 12th Henry Slade, 13. Ollie Lawrence, 14. Tommy Freeman, 15. Freddie Stewart.

Substitutes: 16. Theo Dan, 17. End Baxter, 18. Joe Heyes, 19. Ollie Chesum, 20. Chandler Cunningham-South, 21.Tom Wilis, 22. Harry Randall, 23. End Smith.