England U20 Men's home venues announced for 2025 Six Nations
The Recreation Ground and Kingston Park will host the team's home Six Nations fixtures in 2025.
The U20 world champions take on France in Round 2 at The Rec in their first home game, before facing Italy there in Round 4.
They will also play against Scotland at Kingston Park in Round 3 and tickets for the games will be available to purchase on Tuesday 22 October.
Bath Rugby’s home venue will welcome England for the third consecutive year following the 2024 games against Wales and Ireland en route to their first Six Nations title since 2021.
Last year’s edition also saw England pick up a famous away victory at the Stade du Hameau to clinch the Six Nations title, their first tournament victory over Les Bleuets in three years.
The Scotland fixture sees the team play a Six Nations game in the North East for the first time in seven years. Senior men’s players Fraser Dingwall and Joe Heyes contributed to a 37-12 victory over Wales on their last visit to Newcastle in 2018.
England open their 2025 U20 Six Nations with a trip to face Ireland and conclude their campaign away to Wales. BBC iPlayer and S4C are confirmed as the domestic broadcaster for the competition’s fixtures.
The team's first match of the 2024/25 campaign will be away to Cambridge Rugby on 11 January (14:00 GMT kick-off) in preparation for the Six Nations.
Head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell named their 50-strong Elite Player Squad (EPS) in September with 12 previously capped U20 players included.
Mapletoft said: “The lessons on offer for this EPS over the coming months are incredibly important for their development as rugby players. Playing at Premiership-level grounds will be a new challenge for many, but we still expect the performances to exceed the occasion.
“The opportunity to play in rugby strongholds, both home and away, are sure to create memorable experiences at two fantastic venues in particular next year. We’re thankful to our hosts in Bath and Newcastle and can’t wait to take to the field.
“With the primary goal of development in the Men’s Pathway remaining key, we now challenge these young men to tactically and mentally adapt to win with full intent on retaining the Six Nations in 2025.”
Tickets to see the reigning U20 Six Nations and world champions will be available on general sale next Tuesday at 10:00 GMT via this link.
Closed groups within the Bath Rugby and Newcastle Falcons fanbases now have access to tickets via their respective club's website. For more information on this, please contact the relevant club directly.
England U20 Men’s confirmed 2025 fixtures
Cambridge Rugby vs. England – Saturday 11 January – 14:00 GMT kick-off – Ellgia Fields
Six Nations Round 1 – Ireland vs. England – Thursday 30 January – 19:45 GMT kick-off – Venue TBC
Six Nations Round 2 – England vs. France – Friday 7 February – 20:00 GMT kick-off – The Recreation Ground, Bath
Six Nations Round 3 – England vs. Scotland – Friday 21 February – 19:15 GMT kick-off – Kingston Park, Newcastle
Six Nations Round 4 – England vs. Italy – Friday 7 March – 19:45 GMT kick-off – The Recreation Ground, Bath
Six Nations Round 5 – Wales vs. England – Friday 14 March – 19:30 GMT kick-off – Venue TBC
