6 Nations: Fight for Positions

The Six Nations is always important, but in a World Cup year it takes on a new level of significance. The head coaches have to weigh up the desire to win games and gain momentum for Japan, as well as fine-tuning any elements that require it and giving form players opportunity to stake a claim for September. By now most national teams should know their first choice team and simply be tweaking the game plan a little. However that is never the case, and below I discuss the primary position each Six Nations team needs to sort out before the end of March.

There's a lot riding on this tournament for the head coaches, the will to win, but also to prepare for the World Cup.

Quick Tap: 2019 6 Nations Fantasy League

February is almost here, and we all know what that means. Yep, it's time for the annual TacklePad 6 Nations Fantasy League on ESPN! Enter using the code below:

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One of these men will lift the trophy at the end of March, but who will come out on top of the TacklePad League?

Restructuring Europe

It's a near constant discussion in the newspapers, on the TV, and down the pub. Does the European system really work? Just recently we've had a few big names from the English Premiership saying that the current system is unfairly skewed to the Irish sides when it comes to winning Europe. In addition, the endless debate about player welfare brings the number of games players play into scrutiny.

With all that in mind, I'm putting forth my proposal for a brand new European system, read on below.

The Champions Cup still draws criticism for how unfair it is to certain nations. Maybe we should just get rid of it.