England plan night game at Twickenham to prepare for World Cup opener
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• Warm-up matches against France and Ireland may start at 8pm• Tournament hosts face Fiji in opening Friday-night match• RFU rules out evening kick-offs for Six Nations England will play at least one pre-World Cup friendly at Twickenham at 8pm, to replicate the late kick-offs they will have in the tournament, which, as hosts, they will open against Fiji on a Friday night – a timing the Rugby Football Union does not intend to repeat in the Six Nations.England face France and Ireland at home before the World Cup, and the RFU chief executive, Ian Ritchie, said at least one 8pm kick-off was h…





