Six Nations

Rugby Union
Finance & Law

CVC's £365m investment to acquire a 14.3 per-cent stake in the Six Nations rugby championship will encourage the six unions to think more collectively and instil a more professional approach in rugby union according to sources familiar with the deal. Ben Cronin reports.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners has today (Thursday) sealed its investment deal with Six Nations Rugby, the official organising body of rugby unions’ Six Nations Championship and Autumn Internationals.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Football Union chief commercial and marketing officer Simon Massie-Taylor explains how the organisation has kept sponsorship deals flowing, even while fans have been locked out of England international games. Matthew Williams reports.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

England Rugby has signed an extension to its sponsorship contract with Unilever’s skincare brand Dove Men+Care.
Rugby Union
Media

Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

A new sports marketing agency, Global Sports Media, has been launched in London by former Sportseen LLP sales director Robert Dyan
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has conceded that this year’s postponed edition of the women’s tournament has yet to secure a new title sponsor, while adding that talks continue over a permanent move to a new calendar slo…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has approved CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in the Six Nations, stating the private equity giant’s offer represents a “great opportunity” for French and Eur…
Rugby Union
Media

Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the annual national team tournament, has slightly delayed to February the restart of its sales process for broadcast rights in the UK to the Six Nations and Autumn…
Rugby Union
Events

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and Six Nations Rugby are awaiting the verdict of the French government over the participation of domestic clubs in upcoming Champions Cup and Challenge Cup matches…
Rugby Union
Media

Sky and Amazon have struck a carriage deal in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria, making Amazon’s premium football content available to certain Sky subscribers for the first time.
Media

The Irish government has launched a review of the list of sporting events currently reserved for free-to-air television coverage in the country.
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby has named the Welsh Rugby Union’s Craig Maxwell as its chief commercial officer in a role that will begin at the start of next year.
Rugby Union
Media

Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the annual national team tournament, will restart its sales process in late January for broadcast rights in the UK to the Six Nations and Autumn Internationals,…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Scottish Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in Scotland, has extended its association with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in a grassroots-focused sponsorship deal that will run until 2023
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has posted a loss of €35.7m ($42.2m) for the 2019-20 season as the governing body continues to deal with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Rugby Football Union has extended its principal shirt sponsorship agreement with telco O2 for another five years in a deal that will take the association between the two organisations to 30 years
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Welsh Rugby Union's recently signed kit supply deal with Macron is more lucrative than the previous agreement with Under Armour and provides a timely boost to the country's community clubs