European rugby chiefs say they are adopting a logical position with regard to global fixture calendar negotiations that could see changes in domestic and European schedules from 2019.European Professional Club Rugby, organisers of the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions, are keen to see pool games played in one extended block throughout December and January, as opposed to three current two-week groupings in October, December and January that are separated by Aviva Premiership fixtures and autumn Tests.The European quarterfinals, currently staged in late March or early April, would be brought forward to January before the Six Nations, offering a much longer period to market and sell tickets for the European semifinals and finals in late April and May.Any European fixture restructuring would mean changes to the Premiership and Guinness PRO12 calendars, with, it is understood, potentially an October start, rather than the current early September kick-off.Its not just a question of the European tournaments, which are a key part of the northern hemisphere season and thats not going anywhere -- we have six more years on the current agreement for our competition with the leagues and the unions -- but its also about the global game, EPCR chairman Simon Halliday said.What everyone is looking for is for longer bursts of activity in their competitions, whether that is in Europe, domestic leagues, the autumn internationals, Six Nations and so on.For us, the semi-finals of the Champions Cup are among the key dates in the rugby calendar, and we owe it to ourselves to get the best position to market those matches in a way that fills up the stadiums and takes the rugby to the greatest possible crowd.This is a premium competition, and we have a responsibility to our stakeholders and to rugby as a whole, to do the best we can to maximise the potential that it has, both in sporting and financial terms, so this is a logical position to take and its something that we are in ongoing discussions about with our stakeholders.A new rugby union global calendar is set to take effect from 2019. 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A mistrial was declared in the trial of three men charged in an alleged June 17 assault of former NASCAR driver Mike Wallace, his adult daughter and son-in-law.Two potential witnesses were in the courtroom for part of the opening testimony Tuesday -- violating the sequestration order in the case -- and North Carolina District Court Judge Ronald Chapman determined their testimony could be influenced by what they saw.All I can hope is we will have an honest day in court, Wallace said afterward. I dont understand it. ... I sincerely dont understand what a mistrial is or why a mistrial was caused.Wallace said he was told by prosecutors that they would retry the case in the future.The bench trial was expected to last at least two more days when the issue of the violations of the sequester were brought up by the district attorneys office to defense attorneys after the conclusion of court Tuesday.The prosecution had not completed its case and had both of the witnesses on its potential witness list while one of the witnesses also was on the potential defense witness list.Both witnesses, one a friend of Wallace who went with the Wallace family to the Rascal Flatts concert where the fight occurred in the parking lot following the concert, have a Nov. 7 hearing for contempt of court. The judge determined thhey had heard his order at the start of the case that witnesses could not sit in the courtroom and could not talk among themselves about the case or view any social media or traditional media reports on the case.ddddddddddddThe Wallace friend, Robert Wood, had been identified in testimony having been wearing boots that night. One of the issues presented by the defense during the opening day of testimony was that Wallace was kicked in the head by someone wearing a boot and whether any of the defendants were wearing boots that night.The fact someone appears to have directly violated an order from the judge is too much for me to let pass, Chapman said when declaring the mistrial.The defendants -- Paul Lucas, Nathan Lucas and Randolph Mangum -- could face another trial, depending on whether prosecutors determine to retry the case. Paul Lucas faces four misdemeanor assault charges while Nathan Lucas and Mangum face two apiece.The 57-year-old Wallace said he still has black floaters in his right eye from getting hit in the face as well as a broken tooth that he still needs to have replaced and lacerations in his mouth. His daughter, Lindsey Van Wingerden, suffered a broken wrist and black eye. ' ' '