Rugby Union
Martini Ip | Women’s sport presents opportunities for brands in Asia-Pacific
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
Trans-Tasman Super Rugby gets green light
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
Vodafone extends main shirt deal with Wasps Rugby
English Premiership Rugby club Wasps has extended its main shirt sponsorship deal with telecommunications company Vodafone until the end of the 2023-24 season
SRU signs Peter Vardy as shirt sponsor, BT retains Murrayfield naming rights
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…
BT secures rights to climax of women’s top-tier rugby union league
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.
Altrad owner reveals interest in New Zealand All Blacks jersey rights
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
Marseille hit by second postponement of EPCR finals hosting rights
European Professional Club Rugby has again removed its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals from Marseille amid the worsening Covid-19 situation in France
Opro agrees Lions mouthguard licensing deal
The British & Irish Lions have announced a product licensing partnership with mouthguard manufacturer Opro.
The deal, which was brokered by The Point
New Zealand Rugby confident about ‘transformational’ private equity deal
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
Average French audience of 7.6 million tuned in for Six Nations finale
An average audience of 7.6 million viewers watched the final match of this year’s Six Nations tournament between France and Scotland on French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
NZRPA rejects New Zealand Rugby’s proposed Silver Lake deal
The New Zealand Rugby Players Association (NZRPA) has moved to oppose New Zealand Rugby’s proposed deal to sell a stake in the organisation to US private equity firm Silver Lake, citing concerns over p…
Premiership rugby clubs propped up with £88m government funding package
English Premiership rugby union clubs will receive £88m (€103.3m/$121.6m
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
WRU sets ‘red line’ over live Welsh-language free-to-air Six Nations coverage
The Welsh Rugby Union has said that ensuring Wales’ Six Nations matches remain live on free-to-air television in the Welsh language is a “red line” in ongoing discussions over the UK broadcast rights from …
Ben Cronin | Bruin partnership burnishes CVC’s appeal to sport
SportBusiness Europe editor Ben Cronin argues CVC's 2019 strategic partnership with Bruin Sports Capital points at how the private equity firm might seek to extract value from its new investments in volleyball and the Six Nations rugby tournament
World Rugby to support Pacific teams’ Super Rugby entry
Rugby union's world governing body is to contribute $1.65m (€1.4m) over three years to help two teams from the Pacific Islands enter the Super Rugby competition from 2022.
South Africa to stage Lions tour after contingency plans rejected
The British & Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa will go ahead as scheduled this summer after an agreement was reached with the South African Rugby Union.
Ex-Stade Toulousain president Bouscatel to succeed Goze as LNR president
René Bouscatel, the former president of French Top 14 club Stade Toulousain, has been elected president of France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the rugby union body that operates the country’s Top …