By NEALE HARVEY

World champ: Conrad Smith playing for the All Blacks
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DOUBLE World Cupwinning ex-All Black Conrad Smith is convinced entrenched views towards shifting the Six Nations are easing as a global season rolls into view.
In his role as a council member for the International Rugby Players’ association, Smith has been at the heart of talks over pushing back the Six Nations slot by a month and coinciding it with the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship to achieve alignment.
Powerful unions like Ireland are reluctant to accede, ...