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Six Nations: Wales challenged to playoff by Georgia coach

March 18, 2025 4 Min Read
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Georgia head coach Richard Cockerill has mentioned his aspect should face Wales for an opportunity to look in subsequent yr’s Six Nations.

Wales’ shedding streak stretched to 17 video games as they completed with out a win on this yr’s event, incomes them the picket spoon for a second straight yr.

It additionally meant they had been overtaken by Georgia on the earth rankings.

Six Nations 2025

PWB+/-Pts
1 – France54512521
2 – England5447420
3 – Eire5431819
4 – Scotland523-1611
5 – Italy511-825
6 – Wales503-1193

“In case you are ending backside of the Six Nations why do you simply get free rein to show up subsequent yr and play?” Cockerill mentioned.

“We would like the chance to show that we will compete, so certainly that is logical we get the chance to have a playoff.

“It might be the richest sport in World Rugby — Georgia versus Wales in some unspecified time in the future within the close to future to see who performs within the Six Nations for the subsequent event.

“That is jeopardy, is not it? That may be a sport individuals would wish to watch.”

Any change to the make up of the Six Nations, which expanded from 5 staff so as to add Italy in 2000, would possible have big monetary ramifications for which nation was eliminated.

“In the event you’re within the Six Nations you would not wish to be voting for that sort of playoff, would you?” Cockerill added.

“As a result of it could be you, and the ramifications of not being within the Six Nations, from a rugby viewpoint but additionally from a monetary viewpoint, can be very, very troublesome.

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“It’s kind of like a Championship soccer membership entering into the Premiership is not it? it could be the richest sport in world rugby.

“That may be a sport individuals would wish to watch and the cash concerned and the profile concerned for Georgian rugby would catapult us into a totally totally different sphere if we had been ok to beat whoever finishes backside.

“And if we lose, properly we re-group, we maintain creating and we struggle for the chance to do this once more. I do not see that as an unreasonable request.”

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