The Six Nations "crushed Georgia's hopes of being admitted to the championship," according to Chris Foy of the London DAILY MAIL. Despite Georgia being above Italy in the world rankings, Six Nations CEO John Feehan "ruled out the growing calls for reform." Feehan said, "It is a closed competition between the six countries, owned and controlled by the six unions concerned. There is no vacancy. We're not looking at including anybody extra. I'm not saying we will never change, but right now we are perfectly happy that we have the six strongest teams in Europe in our competition." World Cup-winning former England coach Clive Woodward added his voice to the "growing protests about the treatment of Georgia," which remains "frozen out by the European elite" despite winning the second-tier Rugby Europe Championship the past six seasons. Feehan rejected the introduction of promotion and relegation. He said, "Are we closed to every scenario? No, but it takes a while to see a convincing argument -- 10 or 15 years. We have to take a good, considered view about what is right for our six unions" (DAILY MAIL, 2/21).
