{"id":39519,"date":"2021-01-14T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/?p=39519"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:36:27","slug":"six-nations-statement-on-womens-and-u20s-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/six-nations\/2021\/01\/six-nations-statement-on-womens-and-u20s-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations Statement on Women&#8217;s and U20&#8217;s Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/six-nations\/2021\/01\/six-nations-statement-on-womens-and-u20s-championships\/attachment\/sixnations2021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021.jpg?fit=650%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,163\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sixnations2021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021.jpg?fit=640%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021.jpg?resize=640%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Six Nations Rugby Limited today confirmed that the Women\u2019s &amp; U20s 2021 Championships will not take place in the regular Six Nations window of February and March this year. The Women\u2019s Championship will instead be scheduled in revised windows later this spring or early summer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Six Nations Rugby confirmed it will finalize the respective timings and formats for both the Women\u2019s and U20S competitions in consultation with all unions, broadcast partners and stakeholders, with full details to be announced by the end of January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Ben Morel, CEO, Six Nations Rugby Limited said, \u201cWe are fiercely committed to the promotion and development of rugby at all levels, particularly the women\u2019s game where we see such exciting opportunity for growth. This is not a decision that we rushed into and we are confident that in looking at a new later window, we will be in a far stronger position to deliver two fantastic tournaments, delivering exciting rugby for fans, and ensuring the safest possible environment in which to stage them for our players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The dynamic nature of the external environment and the ongoing challenges it presents, particularly for sports and teams of amateur status, meant a collective agreement to push both Championships to new later windows was prudent to ensure, where possible, that both competitions can be played safely and without interruption in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It was also important that the decision was made in a timely manner to allow players and management to plan accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Whilst closely monitoring the situation, Six Nations Rugby also confirms plans to stage the men\u2019s Guinness Six Nations Championship remain as scheduled. Following the successful completion of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup, Six Nations Rugby is in constant dialogue with each of its governmental authorities and is further reinforcing its Covid-19 protocols. The Championship kicks off with Round 1 fixtures on the 6th February with Italy v France, followed by England v Scotland, and Wales Ireland on February 7th.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Nations Rugby Limited today confirmed that the Women\u2019s &amp; U20s 2021 Championships will not take place in the regular Six Nations window of February and March this year. The Women\u2019s Championship will instead be scheduled in revised windows later this spring or early summer Six Nations Rugby confirmed it will finalize the respective timings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Six Nations Statement on Women's and U20's Championships\r\nhttps:\/\/wp.me\/p9yf19-ahp","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4932,4823],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-six-nations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yf19-ahp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39590,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/womens-rugby\/2021\/02\/six-nations-rugby-announces-new-dates-for-2021-womens-u20s-championships\/","url_meta":{"origin":39519,"position":0},"title":"Six Nations Rugby announces new dates for 2021 Women\u2019s &#038; U20s Championships","author":"rr_admin","date":"February 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Six Nations Rugby announces new dates for 2021 Women\u2019s & U20s Championships \u2022 2021 Women\u2019s Championship to be rescheduled in April \u2022 Unions and Federations agree new format for this rescheduled Women\u2019s Championship \u2022 2021 U20s Six Nations Championship to take place in early summer window Six Nations Rugby Limited\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/category\/latest-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sixnations2021a.jpg?fit=1184%2C602&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39907,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/latest-news\/2021\/03\/2021-womens-six-nations-championship-launched\/","url_meta":{"origin":39519,"position":1},"title":"2021 Women\u2019s Six Nations Championship Launched","author":"rr_admin","date":"March 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"2021 Women\u2019s Six Nations Championship Launched Women\u2019s Six Nations Championship to take place in standalone tournament window for the first time All fixtures to be broadcast on a mix of terrestrial and digital services New tournament format sees action take place over four consecutive weekends culminating in the first ever\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/category\/latest-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/women2021.jpg?fit=1000%2C840&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/women2021.jpg?fit=1000%2C840&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/women2021.jpg?fit=1000%2C840&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/women2021.jpg?fit=1000%2C840&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41152,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/six-nations\/2024\/03\/england-u20s-champions-after-stunning-win-in-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":39519,"position":2},"title":"ENGLAND U20S CHAMPIONS AFTER STUNNING WIN IN FRANCE","author":"rr_admin","date":"March 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A brilliant display from England in Pau earned them the U20 Men\u2019s Six Nations title as they beat a powerful France side 45-31 at the Stade du Hameau. 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