The opening three weeks of the Premiership season clash with the Rugby World Cup, meaning clubs have to manage without their star players.
Teams would have been forced to field teams deprived of their best players, who were away on duty with their national teams.
The first Premiership match Saracens captain Owen Farrell could play is against Leicester Tigers on 4 November Owen Farrell lifted the Premiership trophy with Sarries at Twickenham in May, but instead he kicked the crucial drop-goal and penalty as Englandon Friday, would have loved to call upon South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard, but he was kicking a crucial late penalty in
Finn Russell only made his Bath debut as a replacement because Scotland had been knocked out of the World CupThe general consensus is that the situation is "not ideal". But after four magnificent quarter-finals at the World Cup, all shown live on terrestrial television, maybe that showcase is good for rugby as a whole.
"In an ideal world, we would have Courtney Lawes and Lewis Ludlam playing for us and Sale would have the Curry brothers and all the other international players they had missing. That has created space in rugby's crowded calendar and means that there will be no league action during the Six Nations in February and March, with the Premiership taking a break from the end of January until 23 March.
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