Will This Be The Biggest Women's Six Nations So Far?

More eyes are connected women's rugby than ever before.

Following a highly successful Rugby World Cup past year, protagonist numbers successful nan UK climbed from 7.94m pre-existing fans of women's rugby to 13.21m, according to investigation commissioned by BBC Sport.

England's triumph complete Canada successful September's last took spot successful beforehand of 81,885 fans astatine Allianz Stadium - a grounds for a women's rugby lucifer and nan second-highest attendance for a men's aliases women's World Cup final.

It was nan most-watched women's rugby lucifer connected UK television, pinch a record-breaking highest assemblage of 5.8m viewers. It besides hit some nan Six Nations and nan British and Irish Lions' winning circuit of Australia to go nan most-watched rugby lucifer of past year.

Rugby national was nan 2nd most-watched women's athletics successful 2025, truthful pinch momentum astatine an all-time high, this year's Women's Six Nations is group to beryllium comfortably nan biggest yet successful position of crowd numbers.

Pre-tournament request has already surgery records, pinch each 4 location nations staging fixtures astatine their nationalist stadiums.

The grounds crowd for a Women's Six Nations crippled is 58,498 for nan Grand Slam decider betwixt England and France successful 2023.

That grounds is group to fall, pinch much than 75,000 tickets sold for England's opener against Ireland astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday.

"There is astir apt a statement of reasoning that audiences will conscionable support growing, but they are really difficult to maintain," Rugby Football Union head of women's rugby Alex Teasdale told BBC Sport.

"The domiciled of nan Red Roses arsenic ambassadors has helped prolong immoderate of that beardown buy-in, and nan fans person had a superb time.

"It has been really pleasing to see, but anyone progressive successful women's athletics knows it is not a given.

"You person to activity difficult to springiness fans a superb acquisition truthful they want to support coming back."

Scotland will play their first Women's Six Nations lucifer successful beforehand of fans astatine Murrayfield erstwhile they big England adjacent weekend.

Scotland women's grounds location attendance of 7,774 was group astatine Hive Stadium successful 2024, but much than 25,000 tickets person been sold for nan fixture.

The expected grounds crowd will beryllium nan biggest for a standalone women's sporting arena successful Scotland.

Ireland's crippled against Scotland connected nan last play will beryllium their first astatine nan 51,711-capacity Aviva Stadium and their grounds location attendance of 7,754 is group to beryllium smashed, pinch much than 16,000 tickets already reported to person been sold.

Wales, who play Scotland astatine Principality Stadium connected nan opening weekend, are aiming to amended past year's grounds crowd of 21,186 for a Wales women's squad arena connected location soil.

Meanwhile, France will big England astatine nan 42,115-capacity Stade Atlantique successful Bordeaux successful nan last round, wherever they will dream to person a afloat location for a imaginable Grand Slam decider.

But will nan intermezo connected nan transportation lucifer nan clamour for tickets?