Women's Rugby World Cup

Rugby
Host Broadcast & Production

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, will continue to produce the host broadcast for all Rugby World Cups through to 2029
Rugby Union
Media

Women’s rugby union is set to earn a viewership boost for the 2025 women’s Rugby World Cup, with all matches available exclusively on BBC platforms. 
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia is beginning to reap the benefits of the attractive schedule of rugby events passing through the country, securing a four-year extension to its Principal Partner sponsorship deal with Cadbury covering its men’s test team.
Rugby Union
Media

World Rugby is increasingly looking to unbundle commercial rights to the women’s game, following similar steps taken by Fifa and Uefa in recent years, but believes that bundled rights deals “still make sense” in certain markets.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Gallagher, the US insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed a significant multi-year sponsorship deal with World Rugby to sponsor the women's game, including the showpiece Women's Rugby World Cup…
Rugby Union

After an epic World Cup final ended in a triumph on home soil for the Black Ferns, Victoria Monk, communications director, CSM Sport & Entertainment, explores why women’s rugby is ready for a period of sustained growth
Rugby Union
Events

More than 65,000 tickets have been sold for the rugby union match between Japan and New Zealand in Tokyo on Saturday (October 29), the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) has announced
Rugby Union
Media

New Zealand telecoms operator Spark has finalised a deal with media company Warner Bros
Rugby Union
Events

Australia is set to host the women's Rugby World Cup for the first time in 2029 after being named the 'preferred candidate' for the event by World Rugby
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Radio and outdoor media company MediaWorks has signed on as a sponsor of the rescheduled 2020 Rugby World Cup for women.
Rugby Union
Events

The United States is now in contention for the 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup, as well as the 2029 event. The news was disclosed by World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin in an interview with SportBusiness
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Outside investment enabling ‘mature dialogue’ about global calendar Governing body unlikely to agree to a ‘whole-of-sport’ PE deal like FIVB Women
Multiple Sports
Events

The UK government will pledge £30m (€36m/$41m) to support bids to host the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup and the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ. T
Rugby Union
Events

The Rugby Football Union, the governing body for the sport in England, has announced that it intends to bid to host the 2025 women’s Rugby World Cup and is seeking up to £30m (€35m/$41.2m)
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby’s Executive Committee has formally authorised a recommendation to postpone this year's Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand to 2022.
Rugby Union
Events

The women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand is to be shelved until next year due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic.
Rugby Union
Events

The women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025 will be the first to feature 16 teams, World Rugby has announced, as it continues its push to develop the women’s game internationally.
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby is changing the way it awards the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups in an attempt to make the process more transparent and bring it in line with host selection best-practice.