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English Rugby goes into partnership with TWI

England Rugby, the new joint venture between the Rugby Football Union and Premier Rugby, has appointed the largest independent television production company in the UK, TWI, to handle its sales of international television rights in overseas markets.

The six year contract covers all England matches other than the Six Nations at Twickenham and includes The Zurich Premiership, Zurich Championship Playoffs and the Zurich Championship final. The RFU Cup package and other matches at the home of England rugby also form part of the deal.

Paul Vaughan, England Rugby’s commercial director said: “We are delighted with the deal. TWI is the largest independent producer, packager and distributor of sports programmes in the world. It has a good reputation based on excellence and TWI has proved itself natural partners for England Rugby in this enterprise.”