See Six Nations rugby on iPlayer

Details of how to watch Wales - France, Scotland - Italy and Ireland - England

The Six Nations tournament kicks off tomorrow and surfers in the UK will be able to see the action on BBC's iPlayer service.

Watch Six Nations 2009 online

BBC's iPlayer, which officially launched on Christmas Day but has been available in a beta form since last summer, will offer highlights and complete re-runs of all the games over the next five weekends.

Every match in the championship will be available to watch via on-demand streaming for seven days, and will be accessible for UK-based surfers using a Mac OS or Linux platform.

BBC Sport's Ben Gallop said: "We want viewers to be able to watch the best sporting action wherever and whenever they can, so getting the Six Nations onto BBC iPlayer is a major step forward.

"The Six Nations is a fantastic event and rugby fans can now catch up with the ups and downs of the championship at their leisure," Gallop continued.

You will also be able to see all of the games live on the BBC Sport website, but again this is only available for surfers in the UK.

This year's tournament looks to be one of the tightest in years, with Wales, Ireland and Italy looking to put disappointing World Cup campaigns behind them.

France are narrow favourites though have several new players in their squad while veteran Sebastien Chabal has been dropped.

World Cup finalists England will be looking to build on the momentum that saw them come close to successfully defending their World Cup title, and Scotland will fancy their chances as they will face both England and France at Murrayfield rather than away from home.

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