As the contributors to Shane Harrison's package on Good Morning Ulster pointed out on Thursday, there are a variety of potential obstacles in the way, including the national anthem and the Windsor Park venue for home internationals.
Alongside their coverage of the FA Cup, ITV will continue to broadcast all England home qualifying matches through until the end of the 2011-12 season as well as home and away friendly internationals (home friendlies were previously held by Setanta).
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Under the plan, each team must play the other nine Test sides in at least two Tests and three one-day internationals at home and away every six years.
The home side's England internationals flourished with Iain Balshaw, Luke Narraway, Olly Barkley and Lesley Vainikolo all contributing tries.
Simmons, one of a handful of full West Indies internationals in the home side, took full advantage of the conditions to reach his hundred from the first ball after tea.
However, a home side that included seven full internationals hit back through Johann Berg Gudmundsson before the half time interval.
The RFU expects to lose money in a World Cup year, because there are no autumn internationals and only two home games in the Six Nations.
Nilsson, Sweden's oldest player at 37, slotted home for only his second goal in 111 internationals after Fredrik Ljungberg was tripped in the area.
Williams, who has played four Tests and 24 one-day internationals, will undergo a scan following his return home.
Taylor's next major challenge will be a home series against New Zealand in August, featuring six one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches.
But they have suffered a marked downturn in fortunes since then and having failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2003 World Cup on home soil, they have lost 11 of their last 12 one-day internationals.
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Exeter need to make every home game really tough and make sure they really have a go at sides when the internationals are on and the opposition's star players are away.
We took a hit at the start of the season not playing some of the internationals because of training reasons and we took a hit losing to the Dragons at home.
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