The tournament is provisionally on the Rugby League International Federation’s calendar and would comprise the same participants as rugby union’s Six Nations in 2018. Of those six, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy were eliminated in the group stages of the current Rugby League World Cup, while England face Tonga in a semi-final on Saturday. Richard Egan, the chairman of Rugby League Ireland, told the Guardian: “The provisional RLIF fixtures at the minute show that there is a Six Nations next year. Egan, however, would be keen to see the strongest England side possible travel to Ireland to play in Dublin. “Super League clubs won’t release the big Irish players like Kyle Amor to play against England B.

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2017 13:18 UTC