Rugby Football Union (RFU)

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Finance & Law

Increasing broadcast revenues has been cited as an immediate target for the Rugby Football Union (RFU), with the sector still lagging behind pre-Covid levels, the English governing body has revealed
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Events

World Rugby and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) have named the eight venues that will host England’s staging of an expanded Rugby World Cup in 2025, with the goal of creating the most accessible edition of the women’s national team tournament to date.
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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…
Rugby Union
Governance

The UK government has appointed two independent advisers to help address rugby union’s financial crisis, as London Irish battles to avoid the same fate that befell former Premiership clubs Wasps and W…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Experienced sports events executive Sarah Massey has been appointed as managing director of the Local Operating Company (LOC) for England’s staging of the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) turned down a lucrative sponsorship agreement with oil and gas firm ExxonMobil over fears of a backlash from the public, SportBusiness understands.
Rugby Union
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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Governance

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced an ambitious plan to make the Premier15s the world’s first fully-professional women’s rugby club competition.
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has today (Thursday) confirmed that the five editions of the various men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup tournaments spanning 2025 to 2033 will be held in England, Australia and the USA, res…
Rugby Union
Events

The England national rugby union team will face Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time since 1986 as part of a three-match tour of the country later this year, Rugby Australia announced…
Rugby Union
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has extended its commitment to the Premier 15s, the top-tier club competition of English women’s rugby union.
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Events

Australia has today (Wednesday) been named by World Rugby as the exclusive ‘Preferred Candidate’ to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with the international federation to enter into “exclusive targeted dialo…
Multiple Sports
Events

The UK government will pledge £30m (€36m/$41m) to support bids to host the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup and the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ. T
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Events

The Rugby Football Union, the governing body for the sport in England, has announced that it intends to bid to host the 2025 women’s Rugby World Cup and is seeking up to £30m (€35m/$41.2m)
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Industry Moves

Premiership Rugby, the organising body of the top division of English club rugby union, has today (Tuesday) ended its six-month search for a new chief executive by appointing Rugby Football Union chief…
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Media

The England’s women’s rugby team’s four internationals this autumn will be broadcast live on BBC 2 on primetime Sunday afternoon slots. T
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Finance & Law

A consortium which includes the South African World Cup-winning captain Francois Pienaar has agreed a deal worth £32m (€37m/$43m) to acquire Premiership Rugby side Saracens FC.
Rugby Union
Events

The English Rugby Football Union has confirmed its intention to bid for the 2031 World Cup and is now set to go it alone in an effort to land the tournament, according to The Guardian