Six Nations Rugby

Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

IHG Hotels & Resorts has strengthened its position in rugby union, becoming a sponsor of the men's and women's Six Nations
Sponsorship & Marketing

Guinness is to take on title sponsorship of the Women's Six Nations, as part of its renewal with Six Nations Rugby that was officially announced today (Tuesday)
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has today (Tuesday) approved the launch of a new competition for men’s international teams as part of a wide-ranging reform of the calendar that will also include an expansion of the World Cup to 24 teams in 2027.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Guinness is close to a surprise renewal of its title sponsorship agreement with rugby’s Six Nations Championship, despite the increasingly prohibitive alcohol marketing laws in two of the countries where t…
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body of the New Zealand, Australian, South African and Argentinian unions, and Six Nations Rugby, have announced they are working in partnership with World Rugby to launch a new men's…
Rugby Union
Fan Engagement

Jamie Watts, media research manager at Publicis Sport & Entertainment, looks at worrying viewing figures for the Six Nations and examines how the rugby championship is trying to address a decline in younger audiences.
Rugby Union
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…
Multiple Sports
Media

Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
Football
Industry Moves

Ben Morel, the current chief executive of Six Nations Rugby, has been named chief executive of the new commercial entity at France's Professional Football League (LFP)
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby’s chief executive Ben Morel is to leave at the end of the current 2022-23 season. Six Nations announced this afternoon that Morel “decided to step down”. M
Rugby Union
Media

Six Nations Rugby has agreed new rights deals in Ireland covering the country's matches during the upcoming Autumn Nations Series, striking agreements with ecommerce giant Amazon and pay-television operator…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has announced a new sponsorship with payroll software company Sage
Rugby Union
Media

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has reached an agreement in principle to retain rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship.
Rugby Union
Events

Southern hemisphere rugby union alliance Sanzaar has announced that South Africa will continue to play in its annual Rugby Championship tournament until at least 2025
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Former NBA executive says ‘premature’ to say exactly where PE money will be spent Unions were beginning to think collectively before CVC B
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has signed short-form social media video platform TikTok as the title sponsor of the Women’s Six Nations in a deal announced this morning that also includes rights to the men’s Six Nat…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has signed up luxury watchmaker Breitling to its sponsorship portfolio
Rugby Union
Media

Public-service broadcaster RTÉ and Virgin Media Television, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster, have signed off on their deal to show rugby union’s Six Nations Championship in Ireland.