With the 2021 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship season set to get underway on February 6, now is a great time to look at the upcoming campaign and the six teams that will brawl for it all in the 22nd Six Nations Championship season and 127th overall season. Let’s take a closer look at the upcoming matches for Round 1 so you can place your bets against their Rugby odds.
Rugby Betting | Six Nations Round 1 Betting Analysis
England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales make up the half-dozen teams in the Six Nations Championship. England enters the new season as reigning champions after getting past Italy in last season’s finals. Italy and France will kick off the 2021 Six Nations Championship when they meet on Saturday, Feb. 6th February.Italy Vs France – Round One
- When: Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 2:15pm (UK time)
- Where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
- Watch: ITV
- Rugby Odds: France -7.5
- Money Lines: France -588 / Italy +329
French captain Charles Ollivon commented on his team’s upcoming campaign by saying, “We need to reach for excellence, particularly in a tournament such as the Six Nations. Italy enters the new season looking to find more consistency that they had a year ago.
“There’s a big expectation around winning the first game but we don’t want to win just one,” said Italy head coach Franco Smith.
The Calcutta Cup rivalry between England and Scotland then follows at Twickenham. The annual showcase pairing first took place in 1871 in Edinburgh.
England Vs Scotland – Round One
- When: Saturday, February 6, 2021 at4:45pm
- Where: Twickenham
- Watch: ITV
- Rugby Odds: England -7.5
- Money Lines: England -526 / Scotland +301
“It’s the biggest game every year for us, for our players and especially for our people and our nation. It’s a game we’ve played most regularly, 150 years this year from the first time we played them,” said Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend.
“We also play for a trophy so it is the biggest game wherever it comes in the calendar, coming first means that the focus going into the next week will be really sharp.
“We’re playing one of the best teams in the world, a team that won last year’s Six Nations so why not have it as the first game? You want to take on each of these challenges we get.”
Capping off the opening weekend’s fixtures, Wales will battle Ireland at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday afternoon.
Wales Vs Ireland – Round One
- When: Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 3pm
- Where: Principality Stadium
- Watch: BBC and S4C
- Rugby Odds: Ireland -1/2
- Money Lines: Ireland -149 / Wales +104
Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton, who could win his 100th Ireland cap in this year’s Championship, is currently nursing a hamstring injury, but says he’ll be ready to go in the opener.
“It’s nothing major; hopefully I’ll be back training by the end of the week and be fit for the Wales game,” Sexton Said recently.
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones is hoping to add to his record number of international caps in the coming weeks, 14 years after he played his first game in the famous red jersey.
“We come into this campaign with a strong squad and another layer of players who can be called upon to strengthen if required,” said Jones. “Any captain will say they want the Championship but performances come first and we have to build on those to get the results.”
England and France both went a identical 4-0-1 last season while Ireland and Scotland went 3-0-2. Wales finished with a 1-04 mark while Italy went a winless 0-0-5 a year ago. Here is a look at the first three rounds of action for the 2021 season.
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