Premiership Rugby

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Industry Moves

England’s Premiership Rugby has named Mark Brittain, chief executive at UK-based sport and entertainment company Sports Rights Management, as its chief commercial officer.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Insurance brand Allianz is poised to end its Principal Partner deal with English rugby club Saracens one year early because of the salary cap scandal engulfing the club
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Industry Moves

English Premiership Rugby side Saracens has announced its interim chief executive Edward Griffiths is leaving after less than a month in the role
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Governance

English Premiership champion Saracens will be relegated from the top division of domestic rugby union at the end of the current 2019-20 season after admitting it will fail to meet salary cap regulations…
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Business

Nigel Wray, the owner of English Premiership Rugby side Saracens, has retired as club chairman with immediate effect
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Union team Wasps has signed up environmental and engineering firm RSK to its portfolio
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Governance

The 13 clubs of Premiership Rugby have admitted defeat in their attempts to scrap relegation from the division to the second-tier Championship
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Governance

Premiership Rugby, the organising body of the top division of English rugby union, has announced that Mark McCafferty will step down as chief executive in June and will be replaced by Darren Childs, chief…
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Finance & Law

Twelve of the 13 member clubs of England’s Premiership Rugby have reported losses for the 2017-18 season, with only the current league leader and last year’s runner-up Exeter Chiefs posting a profit, The…
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Events

Premiership Rugby champion Saracens has announced that it will play future home London derbies against Harlequins at Tottenham Hotspur’s new 62,000-seater stadium.
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Governance

The stakeholders of Premiership Rugby are seeking “crucial” talks with the Rugby Football Union about the structure of the sport in England, which could see promotion and relegation to and from the top…
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Finance & Law

After months of searching, England’s Premiership Rugby has secured fresh investment, finalising a deal with former Formula One ownership group CVC Capital Partners, according to RugbyPass.
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Business

Premiership Rugby clubs will hold a board meeting today to discuss the potential sale of a minority stake in the league, as they continue to seek new sources of funding
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Business

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