(Reuters) - The English Rugby Football Union's proposal to condense the Six Nations Championship into a six-week schedule from 2020 appears to be dead in the water after France voted against the plan, according to multiple reports in the British media.
The RFU motion would have seen England and France sit out the first weekend of fixtures, all teams compete on the second weekend, and France and England play each other in the third, usually a rest week under the current format.
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