Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby has voted to approve the proposed investment in its commercial rights by US private equity company Silver Lake Partners
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Sponsorship & Marketing

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has signed up gambling platform Betclic as a sponsor of its Top 14 competition.
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Events

The Welsh Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in Wales, has released its fixture list for the upcoming Autumn Nations Series and has said it is targeting full-capacity crowds for the series,…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

World Rugby has signed up Asahi Group, the Japanese alcoholic and soft drinks company, as a global sponsor for the next edition of the Rugby World Cup, which is being held in France in 2023
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Sponsorship & Marketing

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
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Saracens has become the first rugby union side to work with Horizm, the digital inventory management company, in a deal announced today (Friday)
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Industry Moves

Darren Childs has resigned from his position as chief executive of Premiership Rugby to “focus on a wide range of business interests” and has been named an adviser to CVC Capital Partners, the private equ…
Rugby Union
Governance

World Rugby has today (Wednesday) launched ‘A Global Sport for All’, its new strategic plan for 2021-25 that will seek to grow and advance the sport through calendar changes, fan engagement and other met…
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Media

Stan Sport, the streaming service owned by Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment, has further bolstered its rugby union coverage by acquiring rights to the new Rainbow Cup competition
Netball
Sponsorship & Marketing

English Premiership Rugby club Saracens has signed up specialist property and business finance bank Shawbrook as a sponsor
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Events

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…
Cricket

Women’s tennis, cricket, rugby and football will provide powerful sponsorship platforms for brands in the Asia-Pacific region in coming years, argues Martini Ip, account director, CSM Sport & Entertainment, Hong Kong
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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

English Premiership Rugby club Wasps has extended its main shirt sponsorship deal with telecommunications company Vodafone until the end of the 2023-24 season
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has signed up automotive retailer, the Peter Vardy Group, as its new front-of-shirt sponsor for the Scotland national team while renewing and realigning its sponsorship deal…
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Media

Telco BT has secured domestic rights to the climax of this season’s top-tier English women’s Premier 15s rugby union competition, SportBusiness understands.
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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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Events

European Professional Club Rugby has again removed its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals from Marseille amid the worsening Covid-19 situation in France