What time is England vs France kick-off? Six Nations 2025 TV channel and lineups
England must bounce back against the French this evening...
England welcome France to Twickenham as they look to bounce back after an opening weekend defeat at the Six Nations.
Despite leading at half-time, the Red Roses fell to a 27-22 defeat in Dublin as Ireland began their quest for an unprecedented third successive title with their bonus points victory.
It was a missed opportunity for England who suffered their sixth defeat in seven matches. Things don’t get any easier this evening against a France side who demolished them on their own turf last year.
The scars from that record 53-10 defeat that eliminated them from title contention are still there and even at this early stage, Steve Borthwick and his side know it is a must-win game if they want to keep alive hopes of a first Six Nations title since 2020.
France were ruthless in their opening match, sweeping aside Wales without conceding a point with Antoine Dupont again leading the charge with three try assists in under an hour.
England vs France: Kick-off time and how to watch the match
England vs France will kick-off at 4:45pm on Saturday 8 February.
The match will be broadcast live on ITV1 with a live stream available through ITV X.
England vs France team news
Fin Smith will make his first starting appearance at fly-half with Marcus Smith shifted inside to full-back in place of Freddie Steward.
Tom Willis also comes into the side with Ben Curry dropping to the bench. Cadan Murley will miss out with a foot injury with Ollie Sleightholme taking his place in the side.
England: 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Tom Curry, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben Curry, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Elliot Daly.
France will be without the suspended Romain Ntamack following the red card he picked up last weekend for a high challenge on Ben Thomas.
Matthieu Jalibert comes into replace him with Damian Penaud also returning the side after missing that 43-0 win over Wales with a toe injury.
Theo Attissogbe makes way.
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Alexandre Roumat, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros.
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Hugo Auradou, 20 Mickael Guillard, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Nolann Le Garrec, 23 Emilien Gailleton.
