Aviva Premiership clubs submits proposal on reducing Six Nations to five weeks

Aviva Premiership clubs have submitted a proposal requesting for a reduction in the number of weeks for the Six Nations tournament.

The current version has been spaced across seven weeks and has been adopted since 2000 when Italy was admitted to the tournament.

However, the Premiership clubs wants the board to remove the two fallow weekends in between which will allow the tournament will end in five weeks, thereby freeing the players for club duties at the end of the domestic season.

Even though the board is yet to discuss on the issue, any change made will have to align with the global season which kicks-off from 2020.