Rugby World Cup

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Sponsorship & Marketing

World Rugby has signed up Italian performance wear brand Macron to its sponsorship portfolio
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Governance

World Rugby has today (Wednesday) launched a new environmental sustainability plan to support global action on climate change, with efforts to be made to cut carbon emissions and deliver climate-positive…
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Stadia

Sports Travel & Hospitality UK is to sell 2023 Rugby World Cup hospitality packages in England, Scotland and Wales
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Events

Australia has today (Wednesday) been named by World Rugby as the exclusive ‘Preferred Candidate’ to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with the international federation to enter into “exclusive targeted dialo…
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

French hospitality company Accor Group has been unveiled as a national sponsor of the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, while its ResaEvents subsidiary has agreed a deal with the organising…
Rugby Union
Events

USA Rugby has officially unveiled its official bid campaign branding, as well as potential host cities, in its attempts to host the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 or 2031 and the women’s event in 2029.
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Events

The English Rugby Football Union has confirmed its intention to bid for the 2031 World Cup and is now set to go it alone in an effort to land the tournament, according to The Guardian
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Events

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has said a biennial Rugby World Cup would be an “interesting concept” but would need substantial stakeholder engagement before being considered.
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Events

The Infront agency has been named as an 'Official Hospitality Partner' for 15 games at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Social media platform Facebook has become the 'Official Social Media Services Supplier' of the 2023 Rugby World Cup to be hosted in France
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Capgemini, the French multinational information technology services and consulting group, has become a 'Worldwide Partner' of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the second new addition to the portfolio of top-tier…
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Media

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has extended its Rugby World Cup rights deal to take in next year’s postponed edition of the women’s tournament in New Zealand, plus France’s staging of the men’s event i…
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Finance & Law

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has said the global federation has opened talks with private equity houses as it seeks investment to fund the international growth of the sport and capitalise on…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

TotalEnergies has signed on as the seventh official sponsor of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, while Taisho Pharmaceutical has extended its backing of the tournament
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Events

USA Rugby has a new-found spring in its step after being formally accepted as a candidate to host the 2029 women’s Rugby World Cup and men’s event in 2027 or 2031. Bob Williams reports on the Union's bid process.
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Events

The United States has taken a significant step towards potentially hosting the men's Rugby World Cup in 2027 or 2031 after being formally accepted by World Rugby as a bid candidate for the showpiece events
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Events

Rugby Australia will today (Thursday) formally launch the country's bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup
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Events

The France 2023 Organising Committee for the Rugby World Cup has appointed Swiss e-commerce platform Daimani to be the tournament’s exclusive international official hospitality agent for its ticket-inclusive h…