New Zealand Rugby

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Events

The United States is looking to bring a British & Irish Lions match to the country for the first time, as part of a wider strategy to drive interest in the sport ahead of its hosting of the 2031 Rugby…
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World Rugby has announced that Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington will be the host cities when its new WXV women’s concept debuts in New Zealand later this year.
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Rugby Australia (RA) and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have sealed a deal securing the long-term future of Super Rugby Pacific following a year in which the club competition has been called into question amid…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has signed its first-ever major technology sponsorship deal with software company SAP to accelerate the rugby union’s digital transformation across all areas of the business.
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Events

A new format of the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby club competition will launch in 2022, with two new Pacific Islands teams joining the existing five teams each from Australia and New Zealand
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New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia have agreed a new Super Rugby format, despite mounting frustrations between the two governing bodies
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New Zealand Rugby has announced that several forthcoming Test matches for both the men’s All Blacks and women’s Black Ferns have been cancelled in response to the latest lockdown and travel restrictions in …
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Events

New Zealand Rugby has signed cyber security solutions company Fortinet as the naming rights sponsor of this year’s Rugby Championship as plans were confirmed to reshuffle the Bledisloe Cup series between t…
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Events

New Zealand Rugby has been forced to scrap plans to host two Rugby Championship Test matches against Argentina in September after the trans-Tasman travel bubble – between Australia and New Zealand – was…
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Industry Moves

Stewart Mitchell has been appointed as the new chair of New Zealand Rugby, and will be joined by Farah Palmer as his deputy
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Events

The Australia-New Zealand Super Rugby tournament this year looks set to go ahead following the New Zealand government's announcement of a travel bubble between the two countries starting April 19
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Sponsorship & Marketing

French construction services company Altrad is interested in acquiring the main jersey rights to the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team, according to French media reports
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Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby's chief executive Mark Robinson has said that he is confident a proposed private equity investment deal for the union will go ahead despite recent concerns expressed by players
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Finance & Law

Fiji Rugby is seeking private investment to support the management of a team that will compete in the Super Rugby club competition in the coming years
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Headphones brand Nura has become the ‘Official Headphones of the All Blacks’ in a deal that will see New Zealand Rugby take an equity stake in the company.
Esports
Esports

A new esports High Performance Centre at New Zealand's Eden Park stadium will aim to provide a base for the country's entire esports industry, not just top-tier teams. Callum McCarthy reports.
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Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body of the South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentinian rugby unions, has identified New Zealand as the preferred destination for the 2020 Rugby Championship, adding that…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby is in talks to sell its main shirt sponsorship inventory, from the All Blacks down to U20 level, to a single investor