RFU explores options for rescheduled Japan tour and bumper Six Nations

Fixture pile-up may lead to friction with clubsEngland players set for 25% match fee reductionEngland could move their summer tour of Japan back to October and take part in a bumper “home and away” Six Nations beginning in November as part of a radical overhaul of the calendar because of the coronavirus crisis.Eddie Jones’s side have a two-Test tour of Japan in July but while that will almost certainly not go ahead the Rugby Football Union chief executive, Bill Sweeney, has revealed England could travel to east Asia in October instead. Related: The Breakdown | Shutdown gives rugby union an unm…