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Salome Kharatishvili: Is It Time to Expand the Six Nations Tournament? 🏉
Should the Six Nations Championship be expanded and could Georgia, Portugal, Romania, and Spain be the future of European rugby?
Internationally recognised Georgian sports journalist Salome Kharatishvili, based in Rome, Italy, joins Irish sports journalist and presenter Jim Conlan for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion about the future of European rugby.
With Salome covering both Georgian rugby and Italian rugby, she offers a unique perspective on one of the biggest questions facing the sport:
👉 Is it time for the Six Nations to become bigger?
Georgia has established itself as one of Europe's leading rugby nations outside the traditional Six Nations, while Portugal, Romania and Spain are also developing rapidly and looking to compete at the highest level.
Could integrating these nations into the Six Nations Championship help raise the standard of European rugby, increase competitiveness, develop emerging rugby nations and create a stronger future for the game across Europe?
Or would a promotion and relegation system be the better solution allowing teams to earn their place in the Six Nations while protecting the historic competition and creating a genuine pathway for ambitious European rugby nations?
In this major rugby discussion, Salome Kharatishvili and Jim Conlan examine:
🏉 Should Georgia be admitted to the Six Nations?
🏉 What is the future for Italian and Georgian rugby?
🏉 Should the Six Nations expand beyond six teams?
🏉 Could there be promotion and relegation between the Six Nations and Rugby Europe?
🏉 Would an expanded Six Nations improve European rugby?
🏉 Could promotion and relegation make international rugby more competitive?
🏉 What would expansion mean for England, Ireland, France, Wales, Scotland and Italy?
🏉 How can European rugby continue to grow outside the traditional Six Nations countries?
🏉 What is the best possible future for rugby in Europe?
This is a must-watch conversation for rugby fans, Six Nations supporters, Georgian rugby fans, Italian rugby supporters, Rugby Europe followers and anyone interested in the future of international rugby.
💬 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Should the Six Nations remain a six-team championship?
Should Georgia, Portugal, Romania and Spain be given a pathway into the competition?
Or should the Six Nations introduce promotion and relegation?
👇 Have your say in the comments. The debate starts here!
🎙️ ABOUT SALOME KHARATISHVILI
Salome Kharatishvili is an internationally recognised Georgian sports journalist based in Rome, Italy, covering both Georgian rugby and Italian rugby and following the development of European rugby at the highest level.
Her unique position gives her an important perspective on the relationship between established Six Nations nations and the emerging rugby powers of Europe.
🇬🇪 GEORGIA | 🇵🇹 PORTUGAL | 🇷🇴 ROMANIA | 🇪🇸 SPAIN
The next generation of European rugby nations is coming.
But what should the future look like?
Expansion? Promotion and relegation? Or a completely new structure for European international rugby?
Watch the full interview and join the debate.
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Salome Kharatishvili: Is It Time to Expand the Six Nations Tournament? 🏉
Should the Six Nations Championship be expanded and could Georgia, Portugal, Romania, and Spain be the future of European rugby?
Internationally recognised Georgian sports journalist Salome Kharatishvili, based in Rome, Italy, joins Irish sports journalist and presenter Jim Conlan for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion about the future of European rugby.
With Salome covering both Georgian rugby and Italian rugby, she offers a unique perspective on one of the biggest questions facing the sport:
👉 Is it time for the Six Nations to become bigger?
Georgia has established itself as one of Europe's leading rugby nations outside the traditional Six Nations, while Portugal, Romania and Spain are also developing rapidly and looking to compete at the highest level.
Could integrating these nations into the Six Nations Championship help raise the standard of European rugby, increase competitiveness, develop emerging rugby nations and create a stronger future for the game across Europe?
Or would a promotion and relegation system be the better solution allowing teams to earn their place in the Six Nations while protecting the historic competition and creating a genuine pathway for ambitious European rugby nations?
In this major rugby discussion, Salome Kharatishvili and Jim Conlan examine:
🏉 Should Georgia be admitted to the Six Nations?
🏉 What is the future for Italian and Georgian rugby?
🏉 Should the Six Nations expand beyond six teams?
🏉 Could there be promotion and relegation between the Six Nations and Rugby Europe?
🏉 Would an expanded Six Nations improve European rugby?
🏉 Could promotion and relegation make international rugby more competitive?
🏉 What would expansion mean for England, Ireland, France, Wales, Scotland and Italy?
🏉 How can European rugby continue to grow outside the traditional Six Nations countries?
🏉 What is the best possible future for rugby in Europe?
This is a must-watch conversation for rugby fans, Six Nations supporters, Georgian rugby fans, Italian rugby supporters, Rugby Europe followers and anyone interested in the future of international rugby.
💬 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Should the Six Nations remain a six-team championship?
Should Georgia, Portugal, Romania and Spain be given a pathway into the competition?
Or should the Six Nations introduce promotion and relegation?
👇 Have your say in the comments. The debate starts here!
🎙️ ABOUT SALOME KHARATISHVILI
Salome Kharatishvili is an internationally recognised Georgian sports journalist based in Rome, Italy, covering both Georgian rugby and Italian rugby and following the development of European rugby at the highest level.
Her unique position gives her an important perspective on the relationship between established Six Nations nations and the emerging rugby powers of Europe.
🇬🇪 GEORGIA | 🇵🇹 PORTUGAL | 🇷🇴 ROMANIA | 🇪🇸 SPAIN
The next generation of European rugby nations is coming.
But what should the future look like?
Expansion? Promotion and relegation? Or a completely new structure for European international rugby?
Watch the full interview and join the debate.
🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO @JimConlanChats
If you love rugby, football, boxing, basketball, sports interviews, international sport and fascinating conversations with leading journalists and personalities, make sure you subscribe to @JimConlanChats .
👉 Subscribe to @JimConlanChats and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss future interviews.
📸 Instagram: Jim.Conlan
🐦 X/Twitter: @jimconlanmedia
Follow Jim Conlan for more exclusive sports interviews, analysis and conversations from the world of international sport.
#SalomeKharatishvili
#sixnationsrugby
#RugbyEurope
#GeorgiaRugby
#ItalianRugby
#rugbyunion
#EuropeanRugby
#rugbynews
#RugbyInterview
#JimConlanChats
