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Many people can't get their head around Wales Scotland going ahead

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This year’s Six Nations Super Saturday has only the one solitary game, between Wales and Scotland, but that is a growing concern for many.

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With England’s visit to Italy postponed, as well as France versus Ireland at the Stade de France, the contest in Cardiff is still set to go ahead despite campaigns for the game to also be cancelled for now.

Various sports leagues and tournaments across continental Europe have been suspended in order to contain the Coronavirus spread, but the United Kingdom has not followed suit. There has been a response to the pandemic, but nothing compared to the rest of Europe.

While the likes of France, Italy and Spain have more reported cases of the virus than the United Kingdom, and have subsequently suspended many sports, many fixtures are set to go ahead this weekend in England, Wales and Scotland. But the PRO14, which straddles many countries across Europe, has been suspended indefinitely.

The Welsh Rugby Union have said that they will do what the government says, but the Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said the match at the Principality Stadium is still set to be played.

This is to the dismay of many people, including Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, who are raising obvious safety concerns.

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With schools now closing in Wales, there is a sense of disbelief that the match this weekend is still scheduled. With two days to go before kickoff, there is still the possibility that the game will not go ahead, but by then many fans would have travelled to Cardiff and complications would have already arisen.

Conversely, Ireland knew at the beginning of the week that the contest with France will not be played, and England knew last week that their match with Italy was postponed.

While this will create problems, safety is paramount in this situation, and the complications are not as severe as those in football currently, where many of Europe’s top leagues have been suspended, excluding the Premier League, with the possibility of the Euro 2020 Championship in June being postponed by a year.

WATCH: Press conference with Gregor Townsend after the Scotland head coach named his team to face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. #SixNations

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In regards to Mack Hansen, Tuipoloto and others who talent wasnt 'seen'..

If we look at acting, soccer and cricket as examples, Hugh Jackman, the Heminsworths in acting; Keith Urban in Nashville, Mike Hussey and various cricketers who played in UK and made the Australian team; and many soccer players playing overseas.


My opinion is that perhaps the ' 'potential' or latent talent is there, but it's just below the surface.


ANd that decision, as made by Tane Edmed, Noah, Will Skelton to go overseas is the catalyst to activate the latent and bring it to the surface.


Based on my personal experience of leaving Oz and spending 14 months o/s, I was fully away from home and all usual support systems and past memories that reminded me of the past.


Ooverseas, they weren't there. I had t o survive, I could invent myself as who I wanted, and there was no one to blame but me.


It bought me alive, focused my efforts towards what I wanted and people largely accepted me for who I was and how I turned up.


So my suggestion is to make overseas scholarships for younger players and older too so they can benefit from the value offered by overseas coaching acumen, established systems, higher intensity competition which like the pressure that turns coal into diamonds, can produce more Skeltons, Arnold's, Kellaways and the like.


After the Lion's tour say, create 20 x $10,000 scholarships for players to travel and play overseas.


Set up a HECS style arrangement if necessary to recycle these funds ongoingly.


Ooverseas travel, like parenthood or difficult life situations brings out people's physical and emotional strengths in my own experiences, let's use it in rugby.

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