Six Nations make official statement regarding 'inaccurate Media speculation'

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by Steven Smith

Monday, 18 May 2020 at 18:56

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The Six Nations has moved to clarify its position amid inaccurate media speculation from The Rugby Paper relating to the staging of a "4 Nations" competition in November excluding France and Italy.

STATEMENT

Six Nations together with its constituent unions and federations is fully committed to completing the 2020 Guinness Six Nations Championship and hopes to stage postponed matches later this year.

In exploring rescheduling options, the health and safety of players, associated staff and of course supporters is our number one priority and any rescheduled matches will be subject to government guidance and to travel restrictions between countries. Six Nations remains in close contact with all relevant authorities to ensure these matches can take place in a safe environment.

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Six Nations and its constituent unions and federations continue to work closely with World Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere unions and all other rugby stakeholders on contingency plans regarding Autumn Internationals and the recently impacted Summer tours.

The current situation is fluid and fast changing with countries at different stages in battling this pandemic. We anticipate it will take a few more weeks before the situation becomes clearer and we can present more definitive options in which to resume activity.

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Centre: Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) - 21,392

Centre: Will Greenwood (England) - 10,697

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Winger: Tommy Bowe (Ireland) - 5,793

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Fly-half: Jonny Wilkinson (England) - 17,066

Scrum-half: Gareth Edwards (Wales) - 9,725

Lock: Martin Johnson (England) - 14,442

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Lock: Paul O'Connell (Ireland) - 12,850

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