Joe Marler says six-week Six Nations proposals are ‘ridiculous’

• England prop warns players may need to sit out summer tours• ‘I can’t say that I would be in favour of it. I wouldn’t like it to happen’The England prop Joe Marler has described proposals to reduce the length of the Six Nations to six weeks as “ridiculous” and warned that some internationals may need to sit out summer tours if the season is extended to 11 months.The Rugby Football Union has backed plans to remove one of the tournament’s two rest weeks, as part of World Rugby’s new-look global calendar from 2020 but has met opposition from the Scottish and Welsh governing bodies, with player …