Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Governance

Major League Rugby is preparing for the possibility of staging its fourth season next year in a quarantined bubble format in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

French carmaker Renault has become a second-tier official partner of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and its national rugby union teams
Football
Attendance

Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility
Rugby Union
Media

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), the organising body of rugby union’s Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup, has created an over-the-top streaming platform to service fans in c…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian Super Rugby club, the Plus500 Brumbies, has extended its naming deal with online trading platform Plus500 for the 2021 season
Rugby Union
Media

Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass has launched a new subscription service, The XV, offering premium journalism, including interviews and long-read features, with podcasts and video content to…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian sportswear brand Macron has become the new kit supplier of the Welsh Rugby Union in a seven-year agreement
Rugby Union
Events

The New Zealand government has relaxed some of its Covid-19 quarantine rules to make it easier for the Australia v New Zealand Bledisloe Cup rugby union matches to go ahead next month
Rugby Union
Media

Pay-television operator Foxtel appears to be in the box seat to retain Rugby Australia’s broadcast rights after telecoms operator Optus was said to have opted against participating in the governing body’s lat…
Rugby Union
Events

USA Rugby is taking the first official steps towards a likely bid to host the Rugby World Cup by conducting and financing a feasibility study to explore the operational and financial capabilities of hosting…
Rugby Union
Media

Online retail giant Amazon has made its first moves into rugby union broadcasting in a deal to show UK coverage of the new Autumn Nations Cup, an international tournament created in the wake of postponed…
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the body which oversees the Rugby Championship, has announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament will be played in Australia in November and December this year
Badminton
Events

Seven-times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has dismissed speculation he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season, saying he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Malaysian-based team…
Cricket
Events

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said "important and intensive discussions" were taking place in the coming weeks about Covid-19 counter measures for the Tokyo Olympics
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

State-owned railway company SNCF and building equipment rental firm Loxam have become the latest official sponsors of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, as French organisers announced they have filled all eight…
Rugby Union
Events

This year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship is in danger of not going ahead as planned due to the second wave of Covid-19 cases in expected host country New Zealand, and infections in the Argentina s…
Rugby Union
Governance

Major League Rugby has revealed that talks with an expansion group from Hawaii have been put on hold for now
Rugby Union
Fan Engagement

World Rugby has launched a fan survey in order to form a global rugby fan panel which aims to shape the governing body's broadcast, content production and social media rugby offering