Fans of the Guinness PRO14 will be able to watch some of the potential stars of tomorrow in the U18 Six Nations Festival.

The event, which takes place over the next ten days in England, will be shown live on FreeSports, as the teams look to succeed Scotland, who won the inaugural event.

The Scots went three from three in Wales last year, and begin this season’s campaign against Italy in the final game on Saturday at Hartpury College.

With both Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh in contention for a place in the Guinness PRO14 Final Series, it will be worth keeping a close eye on those who might be able to bolster their ranks in coming seasons.

They face an Italy team looking to build on last year’s tournament, where they picked up an historic win over England.

Benetton pair Tommaso Menoncello and Riccardo Favretto will both start for the Azzurrini in the game.

Elsewhere on the opening day, Wales will take on England in the first match, while Ireland face France.

The Irish team is dominated by Leinster and Ulster, who have six starters apiece including fly-half Nathan Doak, the son of former Ulster and Ireland coach Neil.

Finally the Welsh team is captained by Ospreys centre Bradley Roderick, with five players from Cardiff Blues ranks in the starting line-up.

2019 U18 Six Nations Festival fixtures (Every game live on FreeSports)

Matchday one – Saturday 13 April

KO Gillman’s Ground, Gloucester

12:00 England v Wales

14:30 Ireland v France

17:00 Scotland v Italy

Matchday two – Wednesday 17 April

KO Sixways Stadium, Worcester

11:00 France v Italy

13:30 Ireland v England

16:00 Wales v Scotland

Matchday three – Sunday 21 April

KO Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester

11:00 Scotland v Ireland

13.30 England v France

16:00 Italy v Wales

FreeSports is the free to air sister channel of Premier Sports, who also have a bumper weekend of Guinness PRO14 rugby with two rounds left to play before the all-important Final Series places and Champions Cup play-off games are sealed. New customers to Premier Sports can get their first month free on Sky and the Premier Player.