RBS Six Nations bosses have broken with tradition, with the announcement that next season’s competition will end with France hosting England at 21.00 local time (20.00 UK time), as Saturday night rugby makes its Six Nations debut.

It had been widely expected that pressure from TV companies would force the Six Nations Committee into engineering an Anglo-French clash on the last weekend of the tournament, but it is the late kick-off time which could cause most frustration among fans.

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