IGN JordieWingull named joredgarLevel 6 female caught in a great ball <| sep |> Useless post but I see your point for sure . <| sep |> I can ' t see how a 7 th side fit in to the current 6 N calendar without a significant drop in quality . As it stands it ' s 5 games over 7 weekends with 2 weekends off . WE 1 WE 2 WE 3 WE 4 WE 5 WE 6 WE 7 game game break game break game gameFor a 7 team tournament , there will only be one break weekend . All sides are going to have to play an additional match and won ' t have the 2 breaks , so injuries will mean that nations with larger playing pools will benefit and nations with smaller playing pools will be hard pressed . With such demands placed on players and coaches , player rotation and targeting certain games over others will inevitably occur and that is a huge area for concern . Most likely the breaks will have to be staggered and this will bring in unfair scheduling at some point through the luck of the draw . Chances are you ' ll have some players playing 3 to 5 weekends on the bounce . At that level of rugby playing 3 high level matches on consecutive weekends is a huge strain , look what happened when Ireland took on Italy , France and Argentina in last years WC . The only tournament where you get that intense schedule is in the WC which occurs once every 4 years and that happens at the end of the season for the NH teams . You ' re essentially introducing a mini WC schedule into the middle of an already long NH season . Clubs won ' t like their players being flogged just in time for knock out games in the Champions Cup . Come the final weekend with the staggered break you ' re going to have one side fallow after drawing the short straw as the fans won ' t be able to participate in the final day whilst the players have had 6 matches over 6 weekends don ' t forget the potential 6 day turnarounds . For fans and players on that team it ' s a bit of a damp squib as you ' ll be forced to watch the 3 other matches on tv whereas before you could go to the stadium .