Rugby Union

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Media

France’s record-breaking Six Nations win over England on Saturday attracted a peak audience of 9.2 million viewers on French public-service television.
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Media

Premiership Rugby has entered into an agreement with media company Ocean Outdoor, which will broadcast highlights of matches on large-format digital out-of-home screens
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has unveiled Continental Tyres as a new sponsor in a multi-year deal
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Media

Rugby Europe, the administrative body for rugby union in Europe, has signed an exclusive media rights distribution deal with the Protocol Sports Marketing agency covering Asia, Oceania and South Africa
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Industry Moves

European Professional Club Rugby has named Jacques Raynaud as its new chief executive following what it described as an “extensive and rigorous global search”.
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Industry Moves

Major League Rugby (MLR) commissioner George Killebrew has stepped down just one week into the new league season. Killebrew had served as the league's commissioner since 2019
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Media

Broadcast rights to the Rugby World Cup have once again been split in Japan across free-to-air and pay television in deals for this year’s tournament with NHK, Nippon TV and J Sports.
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Governance

Sanzaar's Super Rugby Pacific competition is introducing rule changes aimed at making its matches more fluid and entertaining for fans
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Media

Commercial broadcaster TF1 has secured rights to show France's build-up matches prior to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, along with France's autumn internationals in both 2024 and 2025
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Vueling Airlines has become an official supplier of France Rugby and its men’s, women’s and sevens national teams.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has signed a sponsorship agreement with temporary work and recruitment company Manpower in a deal brokered by the Infront agency
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Industry Moves

Sports marketing company Global Sports Media has added former Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) sponsorship manager David Whiteford as its head of business development and strategy
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Industry Moves

Steve Phillips has resigned from his position as chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in the wake of the fallout from a report into an alleged toxic workplace environment at the governing body
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Governance

Bernard Laporte has resigned as president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) after he received a two-year suspended prison sentence for corruption offences
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Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby, organising body of the annual rugby union tournament, is set to appoint former England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison to a role overseeing the commercial…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) top-tier sponsors Principality, Admiral and Vodafone have publicly called out allegations of bullying and discrimination within the governing body and demanded that immediate action…
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Industry Moves

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has completed the organisational structure for its new commercial arm NZRC with the appointments of Gina Brogi and Rob Fyfe to its board of directors
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Licensing & Merchandising

Global sports merchandising company Fanatics has extended its ecommerce and manufacturing deal with the British & Irish Lions rugby union team through to 2030