Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Sanzaar chief executive Andy Marinos is being lined up to be the next chief executive of Rugby Australia, according to media reports
Rugby Union
Marketing

Two Circles CEO Gareth Balch explains why 2021 will present a once-in-a-generation opportunity to grow the world’s engagement with sport – making it more important than ever to be a sports marketer
Baseball
Events

Amazon is expected by some sports media rights industry experts to follow up its bid for New Zealand Cricket rights in India with bids for bigger properties such as the Indian Premier League
Rugby Union
Media

Sky and Amazon have struck a carriage deal in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria, making Amazon’s premium football content available to certain Sky subscribers for the first time.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organisers of the 2023 Rugby World Cup have added telco Orange as the latest sponsor of the event
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Logistics company DHL Express has signed as the official logistics provider for the 2021 British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa
Football
Governance

The Scottish government has announced that it will release £55m (€60m/$73m) in emergency funding for sports which have missed out on vital ticketing revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Rugby Union
Events

Backers of a new world championship for leading club rugby union teams are increasingly optimistic the first edition can be launched in 2022, according to UK newspaper The Telegraph
Esports
Events

Sanzaar says it is open to hosting the Rugby Championship in a centralised location again after this year’s edition was reduced to three teams and played entirely in Australia due to the Covid-19 pandemic –…
Rugby Union
Media

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a two-year broadcast deal for rights to European Professional Club Rugby competitions
Rugby Union
Governance

Octavian Morariu has won an emphatic victory in the election for Rugby Europe president, beating Kirill Yashenkov to secure a third and final four-year term from 2020-2024
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Brett Gosper, chief executive of World Rugby since 2012, is leaving the organisation to become the National Football League’s head of Europe and UK.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Irish Pro14 rugby union club Munster has announced that Musgrave Park will revert to its original name after a mutual agreement was reached to bring an early end to a stadium naming rights deal with Independent…
Rugby Union
Events

The women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025 will be the first to feature 16 teams, World Rugby has announced, as it continues its push to develop the women’s game internationally.
Rugby Union
Media

The Kenyan Rugby Union has agreed a new five-year domestic rights deal with media group Mediamax Networks, boosting national coverage
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

An invitation to tender has been issued for official ball suppliers to the final stages of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D2.
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby is changing the way it awards the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups in an attempt to make the process more transparent and bring it in line with host selection best-practice.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

France's National Rugby League (LNR) is the latest French sports rights-holder to sign up supermarket chain Intermarché to a sponsorship deal.