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England will hope to seal a second grand Six Nations slam in three years by Adidas Derek Roy Authentic Jersey exacting revenge over Ireland in next year’s championship with the organisers again seeking a title showdown between the two sides on the final weekend.

On Tuesday the organisers announced the fixtures for the 2018 and 2019 championships, both of which will be seven weeks with the two fallow weekends remaining – the proposal to condense it to six weeks, which was backed by the RFU but met with widespread criticism, was for 2020 onwards in line with the new global season. A statement from the Six Nations said the 2018 and 2019 championships “will continue to see rest weeks after rounds two and three as in previous years” but gives no mention to whether the tournament will subsequently be truncated. Next year’s fixture list means that for the first time since 2013, Wales will not host a Friday night match in Cardiff. Wales have hosted six of the http://www.authenticbuffalosabres.com/authentic-dmitry-kulikov-jersey seven Friday matches since 2009 but for the next two championships, France – who staged the first – will do so. The venue for next year’s Friday fixture, which will be against Italy, is yet to be determined but it will not be in Paris. Rob Baxter hopes for flat-out Exeter performance against sturdy Saracens Read more In 2018 Eddie Jones’s side begin the defence of the title they have won for the last two years away to Italy on Sunday 4 February and conclude it at home to Ireland on St Patrick’s Day. In the first match of next year’s competition, Wales, who will have Warren Gatland back at the helm, host Scotland before travelling to Twickenham for round two. After the first of two rest weeks Adidas Dominik Hasek Youth Jersey England are away to Scotland before tackling France – pool opponents in the 2019 World Cup – in Paris and concluding their campaign against Joe Schmidt’s side in the mid-afternoon match before Wales v France brings the curtain down on the championship. During this year’s competition the WRU chairman, Gareth Davies, said that Wales would be informing the Six Nations organisers they were not prepared to host Friday matches for at least the next two years. Travel disruption was cited as the main reason why – and is also the key factor as to the RFU are not willing to stage Friday night matches, which are popular with broadcasters. Wales will however be away to France on a Friday in 2019.

England opened the 2015 World Cup on a Friday night against Fiji but in March the RFU chief executive, Ian Ritchie, said: “Our position hasn’t changed – we don’t generally support Friday night games at Twickenham for a variety Adidas Erik Johnson Youth Jersey of reasons, not least the challenge for the fans of getting to and from the match

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