Rugby Union
Mastercard renews long-term ties with Rugby World Cup
Mastercard has extended its long-running association with the Rugby World Cup in a sponsorship renewal
Rugby Australia offers guarantees for Lions tour staging
Rugby Australia has offered a minimum guarantee to cover the costs of the forthcoming British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, and return a profit, in what is said to be a potentially decisive move…
RugbyPass to stream Super Rugby Aotearoa in overseas markets
Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass will stream live coverage of New Zealand's Super Rugby Aotearoa competition this year in 100 territories around the world, under a new deal with New Zealand…
Fiji Rugby eyes private investment for Super Rugby team
Fiji Rugby is seeking private investment to support the management of a team that will compete in the Super Rugby club competition in the coming years
Stan Sport ‘lines up’ smart TVs as solution to pub blackout
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is said to be considering offering its streaming service Stan Sport directly to pubs and clubs via smart television apps, in an effort to ensure its Super Rugby…
British & Irish Lions add Chase Distillery to supplier tier
The British and Irish Lions have signed up Chase Distillery to their sponsorship portfolio
Harvey Norman names Super Rugby AU and Trans-Tasman competitions
Australian retailer Harvey Norman has become the naming rights sponsor of Super Rugby AU for the 2021 season, which kicked off today
Stan secures Japanese Top League rights
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has announced an exclusive rights deal for the Japan Top League rugby union competition
MLR signs with PT SportSuite to transform digital media properties
Major League Rugby has partnered with digital media company PT SportSuite for a multi-platform agreement designed to transform the start-up league’s digital media properties.
French rugby’s LNR back in the market for broadcast head
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for a head of broadcast rights and content.
Relegation put on ice for rugby’s Premiership
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) Council has cast a “strong majority vote” in favour of no relegation from the Premiership or the second-tier Championship for the 2020-21 season, with further talks over lea…
RFU eyes broadcast deal for women’s top-tier league
The Rugby Football Union is actively seeking a domestic broadcaster for the top-tier women’s Premier 15s league.
England Rugby extends with Dove Men+Care
England Rugby has signed an extension to its sponsorship contract with Unilever’s skincare brand Dove Men+Care.
Premiership Rugby abandons plan to scrap relegation ‘after BT intervention’
Premiership Rugby’s plan to halt relegation and grow its league to 13 clubs next season has been put on hold due to opposition from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, its domestic broadcast rights-holder.
ITV peak hits 8.7m for Scotland win, France 2 peaks at 5m for opener
Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Rugby Australia extend Wallabies pay cut until end of 2021
Australia's Rugby Union Players Association have agreed to significant pay cuts for the national team after agreeing to a Covid-19-enforced extension to an amended collective bargaining agreement running…
Macron replaces Errea as Romanian Rugby Union kit supplier
The Romanian Rugby Union has signed up sportswear firm Macron as its new kit supplier.
The deal commences immediately and will run until the end of the 2022-23 season
Silver Lake ‘offers NZ$465m’ for 15-per-cent stake in NZR’s commercial rights
New Zealand Rugby has received a NZ$465m ($335m/€279m) offer from US-based private equity firm Silver Lake, for a 15-per-cent share in its commercial rights arm, it has been reported.