Six nations the game

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The latest word is that Six Nations organisers are prepared to wait until 17 January before making a final decision on how best to proceed if attendance restrictions in Wales, Ireland, Scotland and France stay in place. Playing the championship behind closed doors for a second successive year would be financially grim for everyone but no formal contingency plans are yet in place to switch, say, Welsh or Scottish home fixtures to alternative venues such as Newcastle, Coventry or Tottenham.

There was some positive news in this regard on Wednesday as the Scotlandfirst minister, Nicola Sturgeon, declared herself hopeful that crowd restrictions in Scottish sport would be eased from 17 January.

They go right down to the grassroots and the repercussions [of cancellation] will probably be greater than in the professional game. As Baxter acknowledged, though, tinkering with the traditional Six Nations formula would risk diluting its appeal.