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England's Rugby Football Union has announced it will return to Japan in 2020 for a groundbreaking two-test tour against the Rugby World Cup host nation
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Industry Moves

Global marketing agency CSM has appointed Charlie McEwen, the former chief operating officer of the British and Irish Lions rugby union team, as its chief executive of rugby and special projects
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Business

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has announced a planned loss of £4.3m (€5m/$5.5m) for the year ending June 30, 2019, with a turnover of £90.5m. The WRU also announced that it reinvested a record £49.6m a
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Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has enhanced its coverage of European club rugby union competition the Champions Cup through an expanded agreement covering at least the three seasons spanning 20…
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The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, the governing body of the Top 14, will launch its new Super Sevens competition on February 1 next year, it said on Tuesday
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Japan bowed out of its Rugby World Cup yesterday (Sunday) by setting yet more broadcast records, while New Zealand telco Spark said its under-fire service worked efficiently throughout quarter-final weekend
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New Zealand telco Spark has expressed confidence in the stability of its OTT platform ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Rugby World Cup quarter final between New Zealand and Ireland, but has said coverage wil…
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Japan’s thrilling 28-21 victory over Scotland in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday has become the most-watched live event in the country this year as the ongoing tournament continues to set records in its h…
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has extended its rights deal with New Zealand Rugby, with the “revolutionary” new contract involving the sport’s national governing body becoming an investor in Sk…
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Business

Japan's Rugby Football Union wants to move quickly ahead with plans for a new domestic league that would attract international stars, to capitalise on the excitement created by the national team's World…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian natural gas company Santos has agreed a deal to become the back-of-shirt sponsor of the Queensland Reds Super Rugby franchise
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has extended an exclusive agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to continue delivering coverage of its events for the next four years
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World Rugby has said that it will enter into talks with rights-holding broadcasters after two group-stage matches at the Rugby World Cup in Japan were cancelled given the threat posed by Typhoon Hagibis
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Japan's heroic win over Samoa on Saturday at the 2019 Rugby World Cup recorded the country's biggest-ever single-market broadcast audience. The game earned a local record peak TV audience of 46
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed a new four-year deal to continue coverage of the World Rugby Sevens Series until 2023
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Wealth management company McCrea Financial Services will continue as a sponsor of PRO14 rugby union club Glasgow Warriors for another two years
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Industry Moves

Neil Martin has been appointed as global chief executive of OTT streaming service RugbyPass following its recent takeover by pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand
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Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten attracted a national audience of 576,000 viewers for Australia’s narrow 29-25 defeat to Wales at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.