Rugby Union

Mastercard has extended its long-running association with the Rugby World Cup in a sponsorship renewal

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…

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 is seeking private investment to support the management of a team that will compete in the Super Rugby club competition in the coming years

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…

The British and Irish Lions have signed up Chase Distillery to their sponsorship portfolio

Australian retailer Harvey Norman has become the naming rights sponsor of Super Rugby AU for the 2021 season, which kicked off today

Australian media group Nine Entertainment has announced an exclusive rights deal for the Japan Top League rugby union competition

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.

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby has begun a search for a head of broadcast rights and content.

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…

The Rugby Football Union is actively seeking a domestic broadcaster for the top-tier women’s Premier 15s league.

England Rugby has signed an extension to its sponsorship contract with Unilever’s skincare brand Dove Men+Care.

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.

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

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…

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

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.