The dates for the remaining 2020 Six Nations fixtures have been confirmed along with plans for an eight-team expanded autumn Test series.
The 2020 Six Nations campaigns will conclude on the weekends of October 24 and 31, World Rugby has announced.
Fiji and Japan are set to join the Six Nations teams for a festival of rugby, which will replace this year's autumn internationals.
The Six Nations should take place in the final week of October, World Rugby has recommended as part of the proposal for a revised temporary 2020 international calendar.
A statement from the Six Nations says a planned deal to sell a stake in the rugby tournament to a private equity firm is not a formality.
Italy's Alessandro Zanni has retired from playing rugby and will join the coaching staff at Benetton, the club he has been at since 2009.
World Cup champions South Africa and Japan could feature in an international ‘festival of rugby’ tournament alongside the Six Nations sides this autumn.
The Six Nations could be played as a home-and-away tournament next season if the autumn internationals don't go ahead as planned.
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