Gabby Logan has urged the Six Nations broadcasters to keep the tournament on free-to-air TV.
Speaking on the Sports Agents podcast, she said: “Enjoying these massive occasions, finding out more about the sport, enjoying the combat, enjoying the rivalry. That, if the Six Nations goes behind a paywall potentially, will be completely lost.
“That neutral fan, that person that doesn’t really know rugby, coming along and enjoying the ride, they’re not necessarily going to go and bother to buy TNT or wherever the sport takes the Six Nations.”
She added: “[It’s] not a lot in the scheme of things when you consider the sponsors and the brands who are not going to get the exposure that they would get on terrestrial television.”
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