Six Nations

Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Steve Diamond confirmed England centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out for six months with a torn Achilles tendon.

The fixtures for the six postponed games of the Women's Six Nations have been unveiled with the tournament restarting on 24th October.

The fixtures for the eight-team Autumn Nations Cup has been unveiled on Thursday with the tournament scheduled to be played between 13th November and 5th December.

Japan have pulled out of the proposed eight-team tournament scheduled in the United Kingdom later this year following coronavirus restrictions.

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Since midway through 2016, Louise McMillan has earned 22 full caps for Scotland, helped the national sevens team put in some great performances and lifted numerous trophies at club level with Hillhead/Jordanhill.

The fixtures for the postponed games of the 2020 Six Nations tournament has been unveiled with the matches set to take place at end of October.

World Rugby has confirmed that the postponed games of this year's Men's and Women's Six Nations competitions will be conducted in October.

Fiji and Japan will be part of the eight-team tournament in Europe along with the Six Nations sides scheduled at end of the year.

Fiji Rugby Union chief executive John O'Connor has claimed that the Pacific Island side is on the verge of joining the Six Nations tournament .

The Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed that Wales' fixtures this year will not feature in the Principality Stadium after the ground was converted into a temporary Dragon's Heart Hospital following the pandemic coronavirus.

World Rugby has recommended the schedule for the postponed Six Nations and Rugby Championship tournaments to be completed at the end of the year.

South Africa Rugby affirmed that they would prefer the Rugby Championship tournament in November over the European tour.

French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte has revealed that the postponed Six Nations game between France and Ireland is likely to be played on 31st October.

Former Scotland international Greig Laidlaw is confident that the Dark Blues can win the Six Nations in the "next two or three years".

World champions South Africa and Japan could join the Six Nations teams in the autumn series as Rugby Football Union considering various options to recover from the financial crisis created by the pandemic coronavirus.

Six Nations and SANZAAR that represent 10 international teams combined are in discussion over a proposal of an aligned global calendar.

It is 20 years since the Six Nations Championship was formed; after Italy joined the previous Five Nations.

The Six Nations unions are considering a second tournament to be played in the autumn as a contingency plan following the pandemic coronavirus.

Wales' final round Six Nations clash against Scotland scheduled to be played at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday becomes the latest fixture to be postponed due to coronavirus outbreak.