Women’s Six Nations postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
Friday, 15 January 2021
This year’s women’s and under-20 Six Nations Championships have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the men’s tournament is still expected to go ahead as planned.
Organisers remain "confident" of staging the women’s event at a later date with "this spring or early summer" viewed as a possible new timeframe.
The women’s and under-20 tournaments were scheduled to take place alongside the men’s competition, is due to run from February 6 to March 20.
In a statement, Six Nations Rugby confirmed it would finalise the timing and formats for both the women’s and under-20s events in consultation with unions in the hope of announcing full details by the end of this month.