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The four 'home unions' in the UK and Ireland are contemplating a joint bid for the 2031 Men’s Rugby World Cup after World Rugby launched the host selection process for both the 2027 and 2031 tournaments.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

World Rugby and its global master licensee IMG will launch the consultation process to select a global sports apparel supplier for all competitions during the 2021 to 2024 period this month
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Sponsorship & Marketing

A new sports marketing agency, Global Sports Media, has been launched in London by former Sportseen LLP sales director Robert Dyan
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Events

Rugby Australia has offered to host the British & Irish Lions’ tour to South Africa, with a view to bolstering its bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
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Industry Moves

Scottish Rugby’s chief operating officer Dominic McKay is to become chief executive at Scottish Premiership side Celtic as Peter Lawwell, the long-standing incumbent, leaves the role.
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Industry Moves

Southern Hemisphere rugby union alliance Sanzaar has appointed chief operating officer Brendan Morris as its new CEO, and named Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez as its executive committee chairman.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has conceded that this year’s postponed edition of the women’s tournament has yet to secure a new title sponsor, while adding that talks continue over a permanent move to a new calendar slo…
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Media

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has introduced more stringent financial guarantee measures and altered the payment schedule in its recently-launched domestic rights tender in the wake of the c…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Premiership Rugby has appointed the Turnstile valuation agency to work alongside the league’s commercial team to value its sponsorship offerings as part of a broader review of its commercial programme.
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Media

The executive board of France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has approved the issuing of a domestic broadcast rights auction for the top-tier Top 14 in a sales process launched in the same week as t…
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Media

Online retail giant Amazon secured almost half of all new UK subscriptions to streaming services in the final quarter of last year, according to new data. The UK witnessed almost 1
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Events

The 2021 edition of the Emirates Airline Dubai 7s will take place on December 2-4, organisers have confirmed
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Governance

The Dallas Jackals have pushed back their entry into Major League Rugby from 2021 to 2022 to try to ensure a more successful debut for the club amid the Covid-19 pandemic
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Finance & Law

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has approved CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in the Six Nations, stating the private equity giant’s offer represents a “great opportunity” for French and Eur…
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Events

Hamish McLennan, the chairman of Rugby Australia, said the organisation is willing to host a "mini World Cup" during the southern hemisphere’s winter to support the international calendar during the C…
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Governance

The Japan Rugby Football Union on Friday announced that the country's new league will start in January 2022 with 25 professional and amateur teams split into three divisions
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Media

Jurie Roux, chief executive of South Africa Rugby, has pushed back against proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator, ICASA, that would impose restrictions on media-rights contracts.
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Media

Six Nations Rugby, the organising body of the annual national team tournament, has slightly delayed to February the restart of its sales process for broadcast rights in the UK to the Six Nations and Autumn…