Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Business

A new American rugby union competition linked to the NFL is aiming to shake up the sport by hiring star players and adjusting the game's rules to 'Americanise' it
Rugby Union
Events

New Zealand's Super Rugby teams are to take part in a mini-series, among other sporting restarts, with the country preparing to ease its Covid-19 restrictions on Monday
Cricket
Governance

Tom Harrison, chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has told the UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee that the body risks losing up to £380m (€436m/$470m) if t…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Peter Wiggs has resigned as board director from the Rugby Australia, the national governing body for rugby union in Australia, a little over a month into the role
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced British sports apparel brand Umbro as its new kit supplier
Rugby Union
Events

Reports of a breakaway competition involving only Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby clubs have been rejected as speculation by Sanzaar’s chief executive Andy Marinos.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

French rugby union club Sporting Union Agenais (SUA) is set to lose the sponsorship of French discount chain Gifi at the end of the 2020 season
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Former England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont has been elected to serve a second four-year term as head of the sport's world governing body
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby Union side Hawke's Bay has renewed with its principal sponsor, oil and lubricants company Total Lubricants
Rugby Union
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will reverse its decision not to pay the final fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition if the move severely impacts clubs’ cash flo…
Rugby Union
Governance

USA Rugby sent shockwaves throughout the US sports industry, as well as the global rugby community, when it filed for bankruptcy in March. Bob Williams examines how the organization is looking to escape from its latest financial crisis.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today (Thursday) reported a better-than-expected loss of NZ$7.379m (€4.16m/$4.5
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adam Hodge, Octagon’s head of planning & strategy for APAC, asks how rights-holders can ‘make good’ the loss of value felt by their sponsors
Rugby Union
Events

Super Rugby is set for major and permanent change, sparked by the Covid-19 shutdown, according to stakeholders within Sanzaar, the grouping of Southern Hemisphere rugby unions
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Organisers of the 2023 Rugby World Cup remain confident about the sponsorship prospects for the tournament, despite the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has resigned after nearly two-and-a-half years in the position at the instigation of the governing body’s board.
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has withdrawn its nomination of Francis Kean from World Rugby's executive committee and he has stood down from the international federation's council ahead of the World Rugby…
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot has said he will push for the British and Irish Lions to tour new destinations should he succeed in being elected as the new leader of rugby union’s world governing b…