Six Nations hits £20m jackpot of prize cash

By PETER JACKSON

THE Six Nations will be playing for record sums in prize money of around £20m when the tournament kicks off on Saturday week.
A Grand Slam will be worth as much as £6.5m to the winner, virtually £1m more than Wales earned for achieving the most recent clean sweep three years ago.
The raising of the jackpot to an all-time high is based on the soaring value of the tournament’s enhanced television deal.
ITV and BBC won the rights to live coverage for the next four years as reward for raising their joint bid by some 25 per cent. Their action followed a public outcry aft...

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