Rugby Football Union (RFU)

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Sponsorship & Marketing

The English Rugby Football Union has signed a sponsorship contract with automotive manufacturer Honda UK
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Media

Online retail giant Amazon has doubled down on its commitment to broadcasting rugby union in the UK in a deal to show the ‘Autumn Nations Series’.
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Events

The Rugby Football Union Council has voted to extend the freeze on relegation from the Premiership and second-tier Championship for a further two seasons, a move which will see England's top rugby union…
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Media

England's home Test matches against the United States and Canada next month will be broadcast on UK terrestrial television following a deal between the Rugby Football Union and free-to-air broadcaster…
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Media

Telco BT and the Rugby Football Union have finalised a domestic broadcast deal for the climax to this season’s Premier 15s, the English women’s top-tier rugby union competition.
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Events

The Welsh Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in Wales, has released its fixture list for the upcoming Autumn Nations Series and has said it is targeting full-capacity crowds for the series,…
Events

A group of the UK’s leading sports rights-holders have written an open letter to the country’s politicians in support of Covid-19 certification as a ‘credible option’ to enable full capacity stadiums from Ju…
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Media

Telco BT has secured domestic rights to the climax of this season’s top-tier English women’s Premier 15s rugby union competition, SportBusiness understands.
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Events

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) Council has cast a “strong majority vote” in favour of no relegation from the Premiership or the second-tier Championship for the 2020-21 season, with further talks over lea…
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Media

The Rugby Football Union is actively seeking a domestic broadcaster for the top-tier women’s Premier 15s league.
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Media

Premiership Rugby’s plan to halt relegation and grow its league to 13 clubs next season has been put on hold due to opposition from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, its domestic broadcast rights-holder.
Finance & Law

A total of 11 UK spectator sports will receive a share of £300m (€335m/$397m) from the UK government to see them through coronavirus restrictions this winter.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Bill Sweeney, chief executive of England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU), has forecast that the body will lose around £145m (€161m/$188m) in revenues in the short term as a “mid-case” scenario after the orga…
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Events

Online training sessions for volunteers at next summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have resumed following a roughly eight-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Rugby Football Union has extended its principal shirt sponsorship agreement with telco O2 for another five years in a deal that will take the association between the two organisations to 30 years
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Sponsorship & Marketing

England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) has extended its contract with sports equipment brand Gilbert
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Umbro’s return to rugby – in the form of its four-year kit supply deal with the Rugby Football Union – came into effect earlier this month, but it very nearly didn't happen. Matthew Williams examines what the union and the sportwear manufacturer hope to get out of the agreement.
Athletics
Esports

The Tokyo Olympic flame went on display at the Japanese Olympic Museum next to the National Stadium, the main venue for next year's Games