Ben Earl has called for a change to the Nations Championship format after England's "brutal" schedule in the summer leg of the inaugural competition. However, four long haul and four short haul flights in the past four weeks have contributed to players losing sleep and a reduced training schedule. "It's been brutal, there's no two ways about it," England number 8 Earl said. It's been tough coming at the end of what's been quite a long season anyway for most of us. The competition resumes later in the year for the autumn leg with England next in action against Australia on 8 November.