Rugby World Cup

Rugby Union
Events

Ticket resale platform Viagogo has been ordered to pay €300,000 ($335,000) in damages to France’s local organising committee for the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC) for the unauthorised sale of tickets to …
Rugby Union
Media

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has acquired audio broadcasting rights for this year’s Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France.
Rugby Union
Events

The 100-day countdown to the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023 is on, with the tournament on track to break attendance records, organisers have revealed
Rugby Union
Media

The BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, has acquired exclusive audio rights to this year's Rugby World Cup in France
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Experienced sports events executive Sarah Massey has been appointed as managing director of the Local Operating Company (LOC) for England’s staging of the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby Union
Events

Japan is considering a bid to host the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2035 as part of a plan that would also see it stage the women’s event in 2037.
Rugby Union
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand will broadcast 12 matches from this year’s Rugby World Cup on its free-to-air channel Prime.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Hotel group Accor has stepped up its backing of this year’s Rugby World Cup in France with ALL – Accor Live Limitless, its booking platform and loyalty programme, announced as an official supporter of …
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Chris Stanley has been named managing director of the local operating company for Australia’s men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027.
Rugby Union
Media

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ and telecoms operator Virgin Media have acquired rights to this year’s men’s Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France.
Rugby Union
Media

Broadcast rights to the Rugby World Cup have once again been split in Japan across free-to-air and pay television in deals for this year’s tournament with NHK, Nippon TV and J Sports.
Rugby Union
Media

TF1 has agreed a sublicensing deal with fellow French commercial broadcaster M6 and public-service broadcaster France Télévisions for rights to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which France is hosting from S…
Rugby Union
Governance

The headquarters of the organising committee for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France have been raided by French police as part of an investigation into mismanagement at the organisation
Rugby Union
Media

World Rugby has acquired the RugbyPass digital media platform as part of a seven-year media rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand
Rugby Union
Media

Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, is to broadcast the women’s Rugby World Cup, which begins tomorrow (Saturday), along with the men’s 2023 tournament.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

World Rugby will embark on a radical change in commercial strategy after the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France in a bid to attract new fans and generate more revenue
Rugby Union
Media

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to the next two editions of the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand and France
Rugby Sevens
Events

The United States leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series, the LA Sevens, is hoping to grow the sport in the country and ultimately capitalize on that growth ahead of the 2028 Olympics. Shawn Medow reports.