Rugby Australia

Rugby Union
Events

New Zealand Rugby has signed cyber security solutions company Fortinet as the naming rights sponsor of this year’s Rugby Championship as plans were confirmed to reshuffle the Bledisloe Cup series between t…
Rugby Union
Events

New Zealand Rugby has been forced to scrap plans to host two Rugby Championship Test matches against Argentina in September after the trans-Tasman travel bubble – between Australia and New Zealand – was…
Australian Rules Football
Events

Regional Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia are forcing relocations of sports events and teams
Rugby Union
Events

World champions South Africa will mark their return to the Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, with a doubleheader against Argentina in South Africa
Rugby Union
Governance

Rugby Australia is growing frustrated with the talks for next season's Super Rugby Trans-Tasman tournament due to New Zealand’s strong bargaining position and the potential addition of two new franchises t…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian brewery Stone and Wood Brewing Co. has become a sponsor of Rugby Australia and the Wallabies men’s national team ahead of the international season.
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia will today (Thursday) formally launch the country's bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup
Rugby Union
Media

Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass has continued its return to live rugby streaming with a rights deal for the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition covering major markets in Europe as well as…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia has named Cadbury as the new principal partner of the Wallabies men’s national rugby union team, ending an intense search period for the main jersey sponsor after the exit of airline Q…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

eToro extended its home match naming rights deal with Rugby Australia having identified the sponsorship as the most efficient way to hit its target 20-to-45-year-old male demographic in a growth territory
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia has extended a naming rights deal with investment platform eToro until the end of 2023
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Rugby Australia has said it will look to external investment and has openly considered taking the game amateur after posting losses of A$27.1m (€17.4m/$21m) due to the effects of Covid-19.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia will return to the market for the sale of its main jersey sponsorship after steel and mining conglomerate GFG Alliance pulled out of an advanced-stage agreement
Rugby Union
Events

Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua have taken a major step closer towards being accepted into the new Super Rugby competition being devised by New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia after they were granted…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Rugby Australia chief executive Hamish McLennan said planned private equity investment will lead to modernisation of the sport's structure in Australia, as well as shoring up its ailing finances
Rugby Union
Media

World Rugby has reached an agreement with Rugby Australia to stream live coverage of the Super Rugby Australia competition in selected markets, including the UK and Ireland
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Rugby Australia is stepping up its efforts to secure private equity investment as it looks to prop up finances that were already stretched even before the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia has offered a minimum guarantee to cover the costs of the forthcoming British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, and return a profit, in what is said to be a potentially decisive move…