England Rugby Partnership
British Airways is the Official Airline Partner to the England Rugby Men’s team and the Women’s Red Roses.
England’s Men Team
The highly anticipated Guinness Men's Six Nations 2025 saw England secure second place after a thrilling victory against Wales.
Maro Itoje led the team as the England captain, becoming the 136th player to hold the role since Frederick Stokes first led an England side in 1871 and is now going on to play the role of skipper in the upcoming British & Lions tour in Australia.
Itoje was supported by vice-captains Ellis Genge and Jamie George, completing a strong leadership team for an exciting and developing squad. The campaign started with a loss to Ireland in Dublin, but saw thrilling wins over France and Scotland at home, followed by convincing wins over Italy and Wales.
This summer, England will take on Argentina and the USA in a trio of summer series matches, before competing in the Autumn Nation Series, starting on the 1 November 2025. There, they are set to play four matches at Allianz Stadium against Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.
Full list of Fixtures:
1 November 2025: England v Australia, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
8 November 2025: England v Fiji, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
15 November 2025: England v New Zealand, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
23 November 2025: England v Argentina, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
The Red Roses
The Red Roses have recently secured their fourth successive Guinness Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam defeating France 43-42 at Allianz stadium. They will be aiming to continue their success later this year with two summer matches against Spain and France, warming up for the main event, starting at the end of August.
The Red Roses have been victorious in 55 of their last 56 Test matches, having defended both their Guinness Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam and WXV 1 titles.
Zoe Aldcroft will be continuing as the Red Roses captain, in this exciting Year. World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the year in 2021, Aldcroft has captained England on numerous occasions, first taking the leading role on her 25th birthday in an 89-0 victory over USA.
The Red Roses 2025 campaign continues on the 22 August 2025 in Sunderland.
British Airways Spaces for All Fund
This year, together with England Rugby, British Airways launched a new sports fund, the British Airways Spaces for All Fund, which is dedicated to supporting grassroots rugby clubs over the next three years.
More than 30 clubs will benefit from the fund over the next three years, which will help local rugby clubs improve their social, event and outdoor facilities to welcome more people into rugby and create a welcoming environment that is more accessible and inclusive for women and girls.
Travel tips from England Rugby players
Travel Hack
I always make sure I have both my earbuds and headphones to hand for long flights as if the battery starts to die, I have the other pair to use whilst it is charging. Also a couple battery packs always come in handy, not just for yourself but another squad member is guaranteed to have forgotten one!
Kelsey Clifford, Prop
Travel essentials
I take my teddy everywhere with me. I’ve had it since I was born! It’s a bit tattered but I’ve had it since I was a baby.
Lucy Packer, Scrum-half
Planning your trip
I love knowing where the best coffee shops and restaurants are in proximity to our hotel and training grounds. Being in a new area can be tough to know what's good so TikTok can be a great tool to help!
Mackenzie Carson, Prop
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Pre-match rituals
Watch as our colleagues stand side by side with the England women's and men's team in their pre-match rituals.
British Airways Club Benefits
As Official Airline Partner to England Rugby, we're pleased to offer some great benefits for members of The British Airways Club:
- Collect 5 Avios per £1 spent on food and beverage at selected outlets* across Twickenham Stadium on match day by linking your credit/debit card to your Club account.
- Collect 10 Avios per £1 spent on the Official England Rugby Store via BA Shopping for the duration of the Guinness Six Nations tournaments.
*Excludes pop-up food and beverage vendors, the RFU Museum and corporate hospitality.
Rugby's great nations
Japan
Founded in 1926, The Cherry Blossoms emerged as a top tier team in the last 8-10 years. After a successful campaign in their 2019 home World Cup, the whole beautiful country will still be buzzing.
South Africa
A true rugby powerhouse with over 10 million fans, The Springboks left the last World Cup as worthy winners. They don’t have a home ground so play across the country. Want to see where?
Ireland
An illustrious rugby history includes 125 years in the home Nations (now Six Nations) championships. It all started at Dublin University, the love of sport and culture still remains.
Canada
The men’s team have competed in every World Cup since 1987 while the women went all the way to the 2014 final. Impressive, but there’s still room to grow and conquer more.
France
A mix of gallic flair and glorious failure keeps us fans captivated. Thought to have been introduced by wine merchants in 1872, you could say French rugby is soaked in history.
Australia
The Wallabies have won the World Cup twice, no mean feat for a sport with only 40,000 participants from a population of 24 million. It just shows there’s plenty of wonder down under.
Terms and conditions
To claim Avios you must be a member of The British Airways Club. If you're not already a member, you can join the Club for free.
If you're under 18 and not already a member, you can only claim the Avios via a parent or guardian’s account or enrolling as part of a household account. Avios are subject to Terms and Conditions as part of The British Airways Club Terms and Conditions.
Any queries from winners should be directed to Guestofba@ba.com. Only one prize may be won by any one winner per rugby season which shall for the purpose of these Terms and Conditions run from the November 2024 Autumn International series until the final match of the Guiness Men’s Six Nations championship in 2025.
The Avios shall be awarded to the winners within 28 days of the match day in question: those Eligible Participants for England vs France will be notified on or before 8 March 2025; for England vs Scotland, the Eligible Participants will be notified on or before 22 March 2025; for England vs Italy, the Eligible Participants will be notified on or before 6 April 2025.
England rugby match tickets are eligible for the match day allocated only. All tickets will be digital and transferred to the winner’s Allianz Twickenham Stadium app on the day the tickets are won. Winner should contact Guestofba@ba.com to provide their name and mobile number and tickets will be transferred digitally approximately two weeks before.
Only one Major Prize (Euro Traveller Flights, Match Tickets and Avios) can be won by any one winner per rugby season, which shall, for the purpose of these Terms and Conditions run from November 2024 Autumn Nations Series until the final match of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations in 2025. Previous Major Prize winners are eligible to win an Instant Win prize at the 2025 Six Nations event.
Tickets can be transferred using the Allianz Twickenham Stadium app but must not be re-sold.
- British Airways reserves the right to verify eligibility for the Guest of British Airways ticket.
- This is for two (2) return Euro Traveller tickets on British Airways (e.g. London to Paris and back to London) on any short haul route in Europe, only.
- Guests under 18, children and infants may not be eligible for these tickets.
- The tickets are for mainline British Airways network and flights only. Travel on British Airways franchise, code share or alliance partner airlines is not included in this agreement.
- To book please complete the attached booking form and send to guestofba@ba.com. All travel is subject to availability and capacity control.
- Flights must be booked at least 60 days prior to intended departure date following the instructions provided and in combination with these Terms and Conditions.
- Allocation is as agreed pursuant to these terms and must be used/completed by the 30 November 2025.
- The ticket agreement is valid as per these terms and all travel must be completed within these dates specified herein and subject to availability.
- Confirmation of the booking will be sent to the person requesting your flight/ticket as soon as possible or at least 7 days prior to the departure date requested.
- Once a booking is confirmed it will be ticketed and e-tickets advised.
- Flights will be inventory controlled and subject to availability and capacity control; therefore, access during school holidays and major sporting and cultural events will be restricted. British Airways reserves the right to limit the number of seats made available on any flight; and, it is possible that seats allocated for Guest tickets on a particular flight may be fully booked even though seats may show available for sale on ba.com. British Airways does not accept any responsibility in the event we are unable to book your preferred flight(s).
- Once booked these flights are non-changeable, non-transferable and cannot be upgraded. No cash or credit alternatives are offered.
- All third-party Terms and Conditions apply.
- You as the traveller is responsible for supplying valid passports, visas and travel documents and for those costs travelling to and from the airport in the UK. British Airways recommends that all passengers consider travel and medical insurance prior to commencing their journey.
- These Terms and Conditions apply to all travellers on the booking.
- All travel on British Airways flights is subject to British Airways' general conditions of carriage for passengers and baggage (see ba.com ) and the notice and conditions of contract contained on each e-ticket or itinerary.
- Flights cannot be used in conjunction with Avios, any other discount, discount coupon(s) or voucher(s), promotion(s) or special offer(s) by British Airways or jointly with any other organisation, bonus, awards or certificates and no cash alternative shall be permitted in any event.
- British Airways reserves the right to cancel or amend without notice the terms of these Terms and Conditions and any tickets issued in the event of major catastrophe, war, earthquake or any actual or anticipated or alleged breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other circumstance beyond British Airways' control.
- Only one prize may be won by any one winner per rugby season which shall for the purpose of these Terms and Conditions run from November 2024 Autumn International series until the final match of the Guiness Men’s Six Nations championship in 2025.