Harlequins have pushed back making a decision on whether to move their Big Game 14 against Bristol Bears from Twickenham Stadium to the club's regular home across the road The Stoop to see how talks develop between the RMT and rail bosses.
Planned rail strikes are expected to significantly impact the services to and from Twickenham Station on December 27, the day of the game, and could force the club to scale back their plans according to speculation online.
An alleged email posted into a Harlequins fan forum suggests the game is set to be moved, with the club's home game against Exeter Chiefs becoming the new Big Game event on March 4. The problem is more than 70,000 tickets for the showpiece event in December have already been sold with The Stoop only able to seat 14,816 fans.
