Women’s Six Nations could face revamp

Major changes to the Women’s Six Nations series are to undergo a vote in April.

Talks have taken place to discuss the possibility of splitting the tournament into a two-tier championship with Ireland, France and England in one tier and Wales, Italy and Scotland in the other.

Sides would play each other home and away in tier one, while tier two could just play two games a season and alternate home and away games every other year. Cost and the inability of the bottom three sides to make an impact are among the factors behind the proposed changes.

A discussion and vote by the Six Nations committee is set to take place in April.

Meanwhile, the Irish women’s 7s team are in action tomorrow in Hong Kong, with seven of the Six Nations squad in the ranks.

Tomorrow they take on South Africa and France — 8.20am and 9.40am local time — in the one-day tournament, before moving to Guangzhou for Ireland’s first IRB 7 event where they will face Canada, Australia and Japan on Saturday week, March 30.