Rugby Union

Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has extended an agreement in Canada for rights to the men’s and women’s Six Nations rugby union competitions.

New Zealand Rugby chief commercial officer Richard Thomas tells SportBusiness how the All Blacks' recent trip to the States is designed to help grow the game locally as well as the organization's financial pulling power.

BeIN Sports and Stan Sport have both acquired non-exclusive media rights in Australia covering all matches from the upcoming Autumn Nations Series of rugby union test matches

Plans for a new 12-a-side franchise-based rugby union tournament are “dead in the water”, according to one club source, after World Rugby has refused to sanction the competition. 

Pitch International will continue to sell the Six Nations’ international media rights in a new deal that allows the agency to take a wider Northern Hemisphere rugby package to the market for the first t…

Car manufacturer Peugeot has renewed its shirt sponsorship agreement with French rugby union’s Stade Toulousain until the end of the 2023-24 season in a new deal announced this morning.

The Welsh Rugby Union has signed a renewal to its sponsorship contract with Admiral which expands the association to include title sponsorship of Wales’ national rugby union leagues.

L’Équipe, the French free-to-air digital terrestrial channel and streaming platform, has today (Monday) announced the acquisition of rights to 27 international rugby union test matches between now and th…

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)

The All Blacks' trip to Washington DC proved an off-field success with the inaugural 1874 Cup match against the United States at FedEx Field drawing an announced crowd of 39,720

European Professional Club Rugby, organising body of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments, has appointed Dominic McKay as a non-executive director and as its chairman on an interim basis.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a four-year extension to its radio rights deal for the Six Nations rugby union championship

Australian gas supplier Santos has upgraded its association with Rugby Australia to become a major partner of the Wallabies men’s national rugby union team.

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.

Fiba, the world governing body for basketball, is to make its .basketball domain name available to the general public on the GoDaddy registry for the first time

Major League Rugby has appointed former Octagon and DC United executive Harry Hardy as its new chief commercial officer