Rugby Australia
New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia agree new Super Rugby format
New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia have agreed a new Super Rugby format, despite mounting frustrations between the two governing bodies
Queensland to host remainder of Rugby Championship
An agreement has been reached between the members of the Sanzaar rugby grouping to host the remaining matches of this year's Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia
Streaming launches stir Australian rights market, but deeper challenges limit rights-holder upside
Kevin McCullagh looks at the competition for media rights in Australia, after an outbreak of 'streaming wars' in Australia has injected life into a sports media rights market.
Fortinet to sponsor Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup rescheduled
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…
New Zealand cancels Pumas Tests, Bledisloe Cup to go ahead
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…
Australian lockdowns move Wallabies test, AFL teams
Regional Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia are forcing relocations of sports events and teams
Argentina to travel to South Africa for Rugby Championship opener
World champions South Africa will mark their return to the Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, with a doubleheader against Argentina in South Africa
Rugby Australia feels ‘undervalued’ as Trans-Tasman talks with NZ Rugby flounder
Rugby Australia is growing frustrated with the talks for next season's Super Rugby Trans-Tasman tournament due to New Zealand’s strong bargaining position and the potential addition of two new franchises t…
Stone and Wood replaces Yenda as Rugby Australia beer sponsor
Australian brewery Stone and Wood Brewing Co. has become a sponsor of Rugby Australia and the Wallabies men’s national team ahead of the international season.
Australia launches 2027 Rugby World Cup hosting bid
Rugby Australia will today (Thursday) formally launch the country's bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup
RugbyPass, Premier and Wowow among Super Rugby Trans-Tasman broadcasters
Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass has continued its return to live rugby streaming with a rights deal for the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition covering major markets in Europe as well as…
Rugby Australia calls off sponsor search as Cadbury signs as principal partner
Rugby Australia has named Cadbury as the new principal partner of the Wallabies men’s national rugby union team, ending an intense search period for the main jersey sponsor after the exit of airline Q…
eToro identifies user “passion point” in rugby union to accelerate growth in Australia
eToro extended its home match naming rights deal with Rugby Australia having identified the sponsorship as the most efficient way to hit its target 20-to-45-year-old male demographic in a growth territory
Rugby Australia extends naming rights agreement with eToro
Rugby Australia has extended a naming rights deal with investment platform eToro until the end of 2023
Rugby Australia ‘open to external investment’ after posting A$27.1m loss
Rugby Australia has said it will look to external investment and has openly considered taking the game amateur after posting losses of A$27.1m (€17.4m/$21m) due to the effects of Covid-19.
Rugby Australia seeks new jersey sponsor as GFG Alliance pulls out ‘at eleventh hour’
Rugby Australia will return to the market for the sale of its main jersey sponsorship after steel and mining conglomerate GFG Alliance pulled out of an advanced-stage agreement
NZR approves Super Rugby licences for Pacific Islands teams
Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua have taken a major step closer towards being accepted into the new Super Rugby competition being devised by New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia after they were granted…
Private equity deal to usher constitutional change at Rugby Australia
Rugby Australia chief executive Hamish McLennan said planned private equity investment will lead to modernisation of the sport's structure in Australia, as well as shoring up its ailing finances