Rugby Union

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Governance

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body of rugby union in England, has today (Friday) announced that Nigel Melville will step down as the organisation's professional rugby director in December
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Sponsorship & Marketing

South African food brand Crown National has signed as associate sponsor of two Western Province rugby union teams – the DHL Stormers and DHL Western Province.
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Media

Sky New Zealand has struck a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster TVNZ for free-to-air coverage of the 2020 summer Olympic Games, while the pay-television broadcaster has agreed multiple deals…
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Media

Rugby World Cup 2019 video content on official social media platforms attracted 2.1bn views, nearly six times the figure achieved by the 2015 tournament, World Rugby says
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Finance & Law

After almost going bankrupt in 2018, USA Rugby has revealed it now expects significant financial losses in 2019
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Sponsorship & Marketing

French rugby union’s governing body, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has signed a title deal with professional services firm the Extenso Group for the first professional rugby sevens championship i…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has secured moving specialists DMAX as a new kit sponsor
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Media

Rugby Australia has said it is in “general discussions with the broader market”, including Foxtel, amid reports the pay-television operator may end its long-running association with the sport’s national gover…
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Industry Moves

The British & Irish Lions has appointed the Rugby Football Union’s Tom Halsey as commercial director, as preparations step up for the 2021 tour to South Africa.
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Licensing & Merchandising

Major League Rugby side Glendale Raptors has rebranded itself as the Colorado Raptors. The refresh includes a change of logo as well as team name.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Specialist rugby brand Canterbury has renewed its Official Apparel Partner deal with the British & Irish Lions for the Tour of South Africa in 2021
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Media

Discovery-owned Eurosport is in talks with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to sublicense some of the latter’s rights to the Pro D2, France’s second-tier rugby union club competition, SportBusiness Med…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

German financial services company Allianz, the main sponsor of Saracens, has said it will hold talks with the English Premiership rugby union club after it opted not to contest heavy sanctions imposed…
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Events

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is set to increase its interest in European rugby union after agreeing a deal in principle to acquire a 27-per-cent stake in cross-border league the Pro14
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Fiji’s national airline, Fiji Airways, has extended and upgraded its shirt sponsorship deal with New Zealand Super Rugby franchise the Crusaders, with financial services group BNZ to downgrade its partnership w…
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Events

Global Rapid Rugby, a new club competition incorporating former Super Rugby franchise Western Force, has today (Thursday) revealed plans for its debut season with teams representing Fiji, Samoa, Hong Kong…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

English Premiership rugby union club Wasps has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with CWA, a Birmingham-based civil and structural engineering company
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The CSM Sport & Entertainment agency has been appointed by both SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions as their official sponsorship agency to exclusively manage all sponsorship rights for the Lions 2021…