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Events

The women's Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand has been scheduled for September 18 to October 16. The competition will be the ninth RWC for women and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere
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World Rugby is aiming to launch a global competition for emerging union national teams in 2021, following the collapse last year of its Nations Championship concept
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Governance

Bill Beaumont has announced today (Friday) that he will be seeking re-election as chairman of World Rugby at the body’s council meeting in May.
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Events

Groupe Couleur has been appointed as exclusive global rights holder for the official travel programme of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, part of what local organisers in France claim will be an “innovative a…
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Events

World Rugby has today (Tuesday) unveiled a new competition designed to encourage the further development of the sport’s sevens format, with the first events to take place in Chile and Uruguay.
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Industry Moves

World Rugby has appointed Michel Poussau as the General Manager for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Health insurance company Cigna has signed as the official wellness partner of the World Rugby Sevens Series
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Media

Rugby World Cup 2019 video content on official social media platforms attracted 2.1bn views, nearly six times the figure achieved by the 2015 tournament, World Rugby says
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Events

World Rugby has announced it will return to a dual award strategy for the hosting rights to the 2027 and 2031 World Cups, with a similar approach of pairing established and emerging rugby nations likely…
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Events

ITV, the UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster, claimed the most-watched television moment of the year for England’s 32-12 defeat to South Africa in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

World Rugby has re-appointed IMG as its exclusive commercial partner agency for the next Rugby World Cup cycle through to the 2023 tournament in France
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Events

World Rugby has awarded hosting rights for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens to South Africa, with Cape Town’s staging of the event to mark its first edition on the continent.
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Events

The 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan had 1,024,000 visitors to its 16 fanzones up to and including Saturday's semi-final between New Zealand and England, beating the 1 million record set at the 2015 tournament
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Media

Japan’s thrilling 28-21 victory over Scotland in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday has become the most-watched live event in the country this year as the ongoing tournament continues to set records in its h…
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Media

World Rugby has said that it will enter into talks with rights-holding broadcasters after two group-stage matches at the Rugby World Cup in Japan were cancelled given the threat posed by Typhoon Hagibis
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed a new four-year deal to continue coverage of the World Rugby Sevens Series until 2023
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Media

Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten attracted a national audience of 576,000 viewers for Australia’s narrow 29-25 defeat to Wales at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
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Events

The organising committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has moved to cancel around ¥180m (€1.5m/$1.7m