Rugby Union

Rugby Union
Events

The Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, will welcome back world champions South Africa for its 2021 edition
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Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed its rights to top-tier rugby union competitions in the Southern Hemisphere in a new agreement with governing body Sanzaar
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Media

UK free-to-air broadcasters the BBC and ITV have reached an agreement in principle with Six Nations Rugby on a four-year renewal of their domestic media rights to the competition
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Scottish rugby union’s Glasgow Warriors have renewed a back-of-shirt sponsorship agreement with The Malcolm Group, the Scotland-based logistics and construction company.
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Events

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

Rugby union’s Six Nations Championship is poised to stay on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK as part of a long-term deal, it has been reported.
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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
Finance & Law

The New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association has published the details of an alternative capital raising option to the NZ$387.5m ($279/€230m) from American private equity firm Silver Lake.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Logistics company DHL and the Swiss watch manufacturer Tudor are the first to strike deals to sponsor the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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Sponsorship & Marketing

England’s Rugby Football Union has renewed its sponsorship with alcohol brand Guinness. The association first began in 2013 and will now continue until August 2025 across a four-year extension.
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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…
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Media

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has finalised its acquisition of rights to highlights of the British & Irish Lions’ three tests against South Africa, along with live rights to the pre-tour Test m…
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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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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
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Media

Pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow has acquired streaming rights in various international territories to rugby union’s Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals later this month.
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Events

The France 2023 Organising Committee for the Rugby World Cup has appointed Swiss e-commerce platform Daimani to be the tournament’s exclusive international official hospitality agent for its ticket-inclusive h…
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Media

Live coverage of rugby union’s Six Nations Championship is poised to return to Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ following a deal struck with tournament organisers and incumbent rights-holder Virgin Me…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The merger of Global Sports Rights Management, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, with the Chile-based 1190 Sports agency was driven by a move to “unlock” spons…