Rugby Union

Ireland has submitted its formal candidature file in a bid to secure the hosting rights for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Organisers of France’s bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup have shed three venues from their original masterplan for the national team tournament and have rejected concerns over the Stade de France’s role as the centrepiece of the event.

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has said it will stage the most profitable World Cup in the event’s history after formally submitting its bid for the 2023 edition of the national team tournament.

A new North American rugby sevens club competition has been set up as part of plans to further grow the sport in the United States and Canada.

French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has signed a long-term deal with Infront Sports & Media for the agency to market its sponsorship, hospitality, media and digital rights.

Andy Fry investigates the commercial appeal of the British & Irish Lions rugby union team, which will tour New Zealand this year.

Hamilton has replaced Wellington as the host of New Zealand’s leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series for 2017-18, World Rugby has announced.

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced a series of changes to the qualification process for the Champions Cup, one of its showpiece club rugby union competitions.

Premiership Rugby has agreed a new four-year deal with sports and live entertainment company AEG and US broadcast rights-holder NBC Sports which will commence with Newcastle Falcons and Saracens playing a regular season game in Philadelphia on September 16.

Ian Ritchie has informed the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) board of directors that he will retire from his position as chief executive of England’s governing body for rugby union at the end of the summer.

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has today (Tuesday) received a major boost in its efforts to land the 2023 World Cup after the government reversed a ban on it and two other national federations bidding for, and hosting, major sporting events.

The Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby franchise is preparing a lawsuit against the Australian Rugby Union after it emerged that the governing body is trying to buy back the team’s licence to compete in the rugby union competition.

Altrad Group chairman, Mohed Altrad, has hit out at Premiership Rugby and France’s National Rugby League (LNR) after the two bodies moved to block a significant investment from the businessman in English Premiership club Gloucester.

The Melbourne Rebels has become the latest Super Rugby franchise to attack the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) over its handling of the decision to reduce the number of teams in the club competition by stating it is seeking compensation from the governing body.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has stepped back from an initial promise of a quick decision over which of its Super Rugby franchises will be axed from the club competition, as the Western Force commenced legal action against the governing body.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and South African Rugby are considering their options after Sanzaar confirmed that the Super Rugby club competition will be cut from 18 to 15 franchises for its 2018 season.