Move Six Nations ( Sale boss.

Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy believes the most sensible way of avoiding club-versus-country animosity would be to move the Six Nations Championship from its traditional place in the rugby calendar.

Kennedy, a Scot who has a foot in both camps, has seen the current scheduling of the Six Nations prove to be divisive already this season.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden was denied the services of Leicester lock Jim Hamilton, Gloucester scrum-half Rory Lawson and Northampton wing Sean Lamont for yesterday's training session at Murrayfield after Premier Rugby ( who represent the 12 Guinness Premiership clubs, including Sale ( blocked their involvement.

Hadden was aggrieved by the stance, but Premier Rugby and the Scottish Rugby Union are equally adamant they are in the right over the issue.

Hadden has threatened to take action via the International Rugby Board.

Kennedy is a non-executive director of the Scottish Rugby Union and said: "This is an opportunity to resolve, once and for all, a crazy situation.

"I feel for Scotland coach Frank Hadden and it is not good for others either.

"Hopefully everybody will get round the table in a way I know England want and thrash out a structure similar to the Southern Hemisphere where they have the Super-14 leading into the Tri-Nations followed by the national provincial championships."

He added: "Something needs to be done and I hope the current conflict can be the lever that sorts the situation out."