Rugby Union

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Sponsorship & Marketing

French automotive manufacturer Peugeot has extended its long-running association with domestic Top 14 champion Stade Toulousain by agreeing a three-season renewal to its role as the rugby union club’s m…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has unveiled Go.Compare as the governing body's first back-of-shirt sponsor in a multi-year, seven-figure deal
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The British & Irish Lions has announced a new four-year Principle Partner deal with Howden which grants the global insurance group the front-of-shirt sponsorship position for the team’s next tour to A…
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Events

Ticket resale platform Viagogo has been ordered to pay €300,000 ($335,000) in damages to France’s local organising committee for the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC) for the unauthorised sale of tickets to …
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Scottish Rugby has announced a new five-year sponsorship deal with Scottish Gas that sees the energy company take the naming rights to Murrayfield Stadium, replacing BT
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced rights renewals for a slew of sports properties, including the Uefa European Championship, the NBA, rugby union’s Six Nations and sailing’s America’s Cup. S
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Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body of the New Zealand, Australian, South African and Argentinian unions, and Six Nations Rugby, have announced they are working in partnership with World Rugby to launch a new men's…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based sportswear brand Castore has announced a multi-year kit and retail deal with United Rugby Championship team Leinster
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Media

Women's Sports Group (WSG) has been commissioned to deliver the media rights strategy for Premiership Women's Rugby (PWR)
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Events

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today (Tuesday) announced that its Premier 15s club competition will be rebranded as Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) as part of a 10-year strategy to enhance the women’s gam…
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Events

World Rugby has announced that Dubai will be the destination for one of the three legs of its new women’s competition concept, WXV.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Premiership Rugby has announced a new sponsorship with Israeli online trading and investment platform eToro
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Governance

Scottish Rugby has appointed Alexandra Whelan, a broadcast executive at the IMG agency, to a non-executive director role. Whelan joins the board of Scottish Rugby Limited
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Specialist rugby apparel brand Canterbury will support its third consecutive British & Irish Lions tour after extending its deal to cover the 2025 event in Australia
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Vodafone has secured the front-of-shirt and back-of-short sponsorship rights to the Welsh men’s national rugby union team to add to its existing investment in the top tier of the sport through a shirt d…
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Events

World Rugby has announced that Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington will be the host cities when its new WXV women’s concept debuts in New Zealand later this year.
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Industry Moves

Richard Heaselgrave has left his role as chief revenue and fan engagement officer at World Rugby just over 18 months after taking up the post, SportBusiness understands
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus pulled in its best ratings in nearly a decade for the final of the Top 14, the top division of French rugby union, while public broadcaster France Télévisions secured a…