The 2023 TikTok Women’s Six Nations Championship will again be played in its own six-week window from 25th March to 29th April with a bespoke schedule of matches.
Tv coverage will be the same as this year with all matches to be broadcast in the UK, France, Ireland and Italy on the BBC, France TV, RTE, Virgin Media and Sky Italia.
There will be new opportunities to discover the players through the Championship’s digital channels, including obviously on TikTok.
The 2022 TikTok Women’s Six Nations Championship saw the arrival of TikTok as the first ever title partner of the competition and a catalyst moment for women’s sport.
The partnership resulted in unprecedented growth and engagement on the entertainment platform throughout the Championship, including over 174 million video views. It was a record-breaking year with match attendance records broken each week, a 62 per cent increase on 2019 crowds (Pre-Covid) and TV viewing figures up 64 per cent.
Fixtures
The 2023 Championship will open in Cardiff on Saturday 25th March with Wales v Ireland followed by England v Scotland. Weekend 1 will conclude on the Sunday with Italy v France.
Round 2 will see Scotland host Wales and Ireland host France on 1st April with Italy travelling to England on 2nd April.
After a rest weekend, Round 3 will consist of England v Wales and Italy v Ireland on 15th April and France V Scotland on 16th April.
Round 4 will take place on 22nd and 23rd April with Ireland v England and Scotland v Italy on the Saturday with France v Wales taking place on the Sunday.
The Championship will again end with a Super Saturday on 29th April with England v France followed by Italy v Wales and Scotland v Ireland.
In Ireland, RTÉ and Virgin Media will continue their live coverage of the whole Championship.
“The 2022 TikTok Women’s Six Nations was a landmark moment for the Championship and for Women’s rugby as a whole,” said Six Nations CEO Ben Morel.
“We look forward to building on this year’s successes, growing and engaging new audiences with the continued strong commitment from our broadcast partners and outstanding commercial partners all providing fantastic platforms to further drive women’s rugby and celebrate its game-changing heroes.”
