Rugby Union

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Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby has rejected alternative proposals from the country's rugby union professionals to a planned investment by US private equity firm Silver Lake as being based on models that are "flawed"…
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Events

The Irish national rugby union team has cancelled a planned tour of Fiji this summer due to the pandemic. Ireland and Fiji were due to play three Tests in July
Rugby Union
Events

The finals of this year’s Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby union competitions, originally scheduled to take place in Marseille, will now be held at London’s Twickenham Stadium, with up to 10,000 fan…
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Media

The Spring Media agency has teamed up with production company Rugby Factory to distribute the latter’s new ‘RugbyTown’ documentary series outside of the US market. T
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Finance & Law

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.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The British and Lions has signed up menswear retailer T.M. Lewin as a sponsor of its 2021 tour of South Africa. As official formal wear partner, T.M
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Premiership Rugby club Wasps has signed a club-record technical and retail deal with Danish sportswear brand Hummel
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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…