The Blueprint for Introducing Relegation to the 6 Nations

The Blueprint for Introducing Relegation to the 6 Nations

Dive into the ground breaking concept of introducing relegation to the prestigious 6 Nations tournament. This video explores 3 steps to take to introduce a relegation system into one of Rugby Union's most celebrated competitions. Whether you're a die-hard rugby fan or new to the sport, this video will provide you with the steps to take to add relegation to the 6 nations and make the championship even more competitive and thrilling.

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NOTE FROM CONNOR
This video was originally written to come out a couple of weeks ago but a bunch of stuff got in the way. I was sick and I got a new camera that I’d been struggling with. It got delayed to this point and I was going to add a few more things at the end about how it would have impacted this years championship and piled on the pressure to some teams etc and how it would still be a great addition in years where it’s been very competitive like this year. But I was unable to do so due to some personal reasons that have happened in my life this past week. It is also unlikely I will be doing a “prediction v reality” video this year too

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[olglez]

Totally agree about getting more eyes on the REC. Some of these ideas are very simple to implement too, like getting them posted on the BBCs website and other publications. That could help viewing figures, the prospect of bigger sponsorship and TV deals, allowing some of these amateur nations to go professional, and thus raise standards

[ryanalollipop]

My suggestion is to have a European championship every 4 years similar to the Euros. It would replace the 6 Nations that year. That would mean the general population would get to watch other teams play every 2 years instead of every 4 years. 3/4 of years would still have a normal 6 Nations.

[chesterdonnelly]

Brits aren't going to watch Belgian rugby any more than Spaniards want to watch British basketball or Swedes want to watch French ice hockey. European rugby needs to grow with support from their own fans.

[benstradling]

I think that it would be great if the winners and runners up of the 6 nations played their REC counterparts

[vinniechan]

Instead of promotion relegation I think it's more payable to expand into 8 teams with 2 pool and a playoff at the end of the tournament for begging rights
The finance of the game is barely hanging by a thread so you don't want financially ruin the T1 team that got relegated

[olivierarnaud-freaud]

Would be great. But unlikely, right ?

[Dickie]

You do realise that this a pointless conversation as the Six Nations are owned by the nations. Or would you expect turkeys vote for Christmas?

[franco-pkfn]

Regardless of money matters I think a 5N format would be the most spectacular.
Otherwise I think that Georgia deserves the piace, after 25 years of poor Italy. And also Portugal seems ready

[kenrehill]

The canal+ tv deal is split two thirds to one third for the top 14 and pro d2.

[buggzyb]

I like the idea of bringing more attention to the rugby Europe championship but I would rather extend the 6 nations to 7 if a team proves themselves consistently at world cups than introduce relegation. You don’t want to have any chance of the bottom team swapping year upon year with whoever gets promoted.

[JKMeZmA]

I would love to see the European championship find some of its own steam with the investment happening in Georgia and Spain especially. It would be great if they got some more independence from the 6N and grew their game (ideally better than is being done in the 6N at the moment).
I’m also keen to see a pathway of professional development within some of these countries. Like if wales does slim down their clubs to 3 or two, I’d be so keen to see the URC add Black Lion from Tbilisi, and a team from Spain (which has been investing massively in rugby recently).

[Jack-wkfg]

There is a big deal with this theory. All the six rugby federations inside the 6 Nation are actually equally owners of the tournament, so it's impossible to take off a team and substitutes it with another. And if we talk about expand (is the case for relegation and promotion), thats' mean lower quotes and lower incomes for all the federation inside the tournament. I think no one would like to lose his pice of the cake expecially in this historical period where many federations struggle with the actual incomes. So probably would be the end of high level rugby in states like Wales, Italy, Scotland and seeing the actual financial Premiership situation even in England.

But i totally agree with the rest, expanding the U20 tournamnet and makin tv deals would be great.

[RatzaChewy]

All of your ideas could be applied to the Premiership and Championship in England.

[Forest]

The 6N should have relegation but sadly it will never happen due to the tournament being owned by the participants.

[iamnutty]

its actually a private comptetion not governed by world rugby, so it aint going to happen as italy wale and scotland would oppose as they would lose financially, there is actually 3 top tier rugby comps in europe! Challenge cup has introduced the EU rugby to the comp now, expand the autumns nation cup for tier 2 countries! also a comp like u20 for tier 2 nations to ear WRC sports would be good!

[timphillips]

For most of my like life Ireland have been bottom so as a Welsh fan my vote goes to Ireland as the team to dump!

[neill]

There is no route to relegation from the 6 nations. For each of the 6, the gameday income, gate receipts and TV right, is about 50% of their income. The autumn internationals being the other 50%. Any team that was relegated would be insolvent. As they own the competition jointly and any changes require unanimous agreement, it would be impossible for them to agree it, turkeys would not vote for Christmas.

[stick]

Some of these matches are the oldest rivalries in sport so why change it for meaningless match ups?

[wernerschneider]

Definitively not. Italy is becoming better and better as this year's tournament shows, and behind it there is a huge gap to Portugal and Georgia. That Portugal lost against Belgium in the Rugby Europe Championship and Belgium later lost against Germany and is now playing against Poland for 7. place is perfect proof. It neither helps Portugal nor Georgia to play against the Top-5 in Europe and being smashed. And it doesn't help the Rugby Europe Championship, when Italy is smashing the seven others there.

[ernestobonanni]

La retrocessione nel rugby non è una buona idea. Nel rugby non ci sono tempi morti ed il gioco è sempre in proiezione. Questo fa sì che le differenze qualitative di ogni tipo tra le formazioni si ingigantiscano rispetto ad altri sport. Passare ad un campionato superiore quindi necessita di un periodo di adattamento lunghissimo, spesso di più di una generazione di giocatori, e di un miglioramento complessivo del movimento rugbistico nazionale per reggere il confronto. La Francia fu ammessa nel "Quattro nazioni" nel 1910, il torneo quindi diventa il "Cinque nazioni". Nelle prime sei edizioni la Francia vince in totale due partite, poi la Grande Guerra ferma tutto. Alla ripresa colleziona una serie di cucchiai di legno che inducono i francesi a ritirarsi dal torneo nel 1931. Riprende dopo la fine della WWII riuscendo a fare, tra le altre, due buone annate e due pessime, finché, dopo essersi classificata a pari merito di vittorie un paio di volte, riesce a vincere il torneo per la prima volta nel 1959. Quarantanove anni dopo il suo esordio. Da quando il torneo è poi diventato "Sei nazioni" con l'ingresso dell'Italia, la storia praticamente si sta ripetendo. E' fisiologico in uno sport di questo tipo. Inserire ogni anno nuove squadre "promosse" significa semplicemente mandarle al macello, retrocedere quelle presenti significa invece stopparne la crescita. Anche se sembra che certe formazioni europee siano quasi al livello "Sei nazioni", non è affatto così. Non è possibile applicare al rugby formule idonee al football. Siamo su livelli diversi. Se il Manchester City incontra una formazione di quinta categoria poi si va tutti insieme a bere una birra. Se i Saracens incontrassero una formazione di quinta categoria poi quest'ultima andrebbe tutta insieme in ospedale, nella speranza di uscirne senza transitare dall'obitorio. Tanto per essere chiari.