Rugby Union

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Sponsorship & Marketing

French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has renewed a sponsorship agreement with Fiducial, the France-based company that provides professional services to small businesses
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Events

Leading rugby figures have expressed doubt about the prospects of South African joining an expanded Six Nations championship, after the possible move was reported by UK newspaper the Daily Mail
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Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed with the Ligue Nationale de Rugby to change the timeslots from next season for the top two matches each week in the domestic Top 14 rugby union league
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Business

MLR enters its third season this weekend after an offseason of change designed to strengthen the position of the start-up rugby union competition within the US sporting landscape. Bob Williams reports
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Finance & Law

CVC’s attempts to acquire a stake in the Six Nations are reportedly being held up by a disagreement over the rugby championship's media rights.
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Media

Fox Sports, the Australian pay-television broadcaster, is ready to end its longstanding coverage of Australian rugby union as Rugby Australia’s rights from 2021 onwards come to market, it has been claimed.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

French car manufacturer Renault has co-signed of a letter of intent with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) to return as a major sponsor of French rugby
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has completed its purchase of OTT entertainment platform Lightbox from telco Spark. Sky plans to merge Lightbox with its own OTT service Neon
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Lagardère Sports agency has brokered a deal between France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and Duracell for the battery manufacturer to sponsor the Supersevens, a new professional rugby sevens ch…
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Industry Moves

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has developed a new suite of fan statistics to activate its sponsorship rights for this year’s Six Nations rugby championship.
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Events

World Rugby is aiming to launch a global competition for emerging union national teams in 2021, following the collapse last year of its Nations Championship concept
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Finance & Law

The private companies that own the licences for four Super Rugby teams from New Zealand are seeking compensation from New Zealand Rugby for an expected drop in revenues due to a league format change, according…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

England Rugby has agreed a new sponsorship deal naming British luxury brand Bremont as its official timekeeper
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Business

Major League Rugby team Austin Herd has been renamed the Austin Gilgronis (the AGs) and will relocate to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) ahead of the 2020 season as part of an ownership change
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Events

The Japan Rugby Rugby Union has outlined plans for a new domestic rugby union league, to launch in autumn 2021
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Durban-based Super Rugby franchise the Sharks has renewed its major sponsorship deal with South African telecommunications company Cell C
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Industry Moves

English Premiership Rugby side Saracens has announced its interim chief executive Edward Griffiths is leaving after less than a month in the role