Women's Six Nations guide: Fixtures, results and BBC coverage

England started their bid for an eighth successive title with a 33-12 victory over Ireland in front of a record Women's Six Nations crowd of 77,120.

With captain Zoe Stratford pregnant with her first child, centre Meg Jones captained the side as England returned to the Allianz Stadium for the first time since winning the World Cup in September.

The Red Roses are on a record-breaking 34-match winning run and are unbeaten in the Six Nations since 2018.

France, England's main rivals for the title, beat Italy 40-7 in the championship's opening game in Grenoble, running in five second-half tries.

Scotland, with head coach Sione Fukofuka in charge of his first Six Nations campaign, ran out 24-19 winners over Wales at Principality Stadium.

Round one - Saturday, 11 April

France 40-7 Italy, Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

England 33-12 Ireland, Allianz Stadium, London

Wales 19-24 Scotland, Principality Stadium, Cardiff

BBC Sport has comprehensive free-to-air coverage of this year's Women's Six Nations across TV, radio and online.

BBC TV and BBC iPlayer will show every game from the tournament and have signed up England's World Cup captain Stratford to join their team of experts analysing the games.

The BBC Sport website and app will deliver live text coverage of every game, complete with clips, player reaction and pundit analysis.

BBC Sport's social media channels will have clips of standout moments from the matches and exclusive interviews with some of the star players.

BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sounds will have live commentary throughout the championship, and there where will also be regular editions of the Rugby Union Weekly podcast for listeners to enjoy.

BBC Wales will air Scrum V the Build-up every Thursday throughout the tournament to look ahead to upcoming fixtures.

Rugby fans can also listen to the Scrum V podcast, the BBC Scotland Rugby podcast and the Ireland Rugby Social podcast.

Saturday, 18 April

13:30 - Scotland v England, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

15:35 - Wales v France, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

17:40 - Ireland v Italy, Dexcom Stadium, Galway - BBC iPlayer

Saturday, 25 April

14:15 - England v Wales, Ashton Gate, Bristol - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

16:30 - Italy v Scotland, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma - BBC iPlayer

20:10 - France v Ireland, Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand - BBC Two NI, BBC iPlayer

Saturday, 9 May

14:00 - Italy v England, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

16:15 - Scotland v France, Hive Stadium, Edinburgh - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

18:30 - Ireland v Wales, Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast - BBC One Wales, BBC iPlayer

Sunday, 17 May

12:15 - Wales v Italy, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer

14:30 - Ireland v Scotland, Aviva Stadium, Dublin - BBC iPlayer

16:45 - France v England, Stade Atlantique, Bordeaux - BBC Two

England secured a seventh successive Women's Six Nations title and fourth Grand Slam in a row with a nailbiting 43-42 victory over France in the tournament's final game.

Clinching the Grand Slam with five bonus-point wins earned England a further three bonus points to give them a final championship total of 28.

France finished second, as they have in every Six Nations since their last victory over England in 2018, with four wins.

Ireland claimed a losing bonus point in a 26-19 defeat by Scotland to guarantee third place.

Italy finished their campaign in style with a thumping 44-12 win over Wales to finish fourth in the table, one point behind Ireland.

Francesca McGhie's late try snatched a morale-boosting victory for Scotland as they finished fifth.

Wales' defeat condemned Sean Lynn's side to the Wooden Spoon for the second year running as they lost all five games for the first time in their history.

The championship started as the Women's Home Nations in 1996, welcomed France into the Five Nations in 1999 and became the Women's Six Nations in 2002.

However, Italy did not join the championship until 2007 when they took the place of Spain.

England have dominated the championship:

France are the best of the rest:

Teams earn four points for a win and two for a draw.

Bonus points are earned for scoring four or more tries in a match and for losing by seven points or fewer.

A team that completes a Grand Slam by beating all five other nations - as England did last year - is awarded three extra bonus points to guarantee them the title.