Women’s Six Nations set to be postponed due to Covid-19

Only the champions England are fully professional, with France semi-professional, and Ireland and the remaining sides mostly amateur, creating difficulties over testing and bubbles at a time when lockdowns are in place across Europe. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

The Women’s Six Nations is set to be postponed as a result of the escalating coronavirus crisis at a time when uncertainty continues to hover over the men’s event.

Tournament organisers have been forced to concede defeat in attempts to stage the competition in its traditional February and March window, with April and May now pencilled in as an alternative, it is understood.