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Samsung and Sky bolster their rugby partnerships with sponsorship deal Two of England Rugby’s partners come together with Twitter Amplify Sky is partnering with Samsung as sponsors of Sky Sports’ England QBE International updates on Twitter, providing near-live video clips of match action. 7th November 2014, London UK. The digital content-led campaign will be live […]
Rugby Legends Join Line-Up for World Rugby ConfEx 2014 Sean Fitzpatrick, Brian Moore, Agustín Pichot and Thomas Castaignède to discuss the ‘State of the Union’ Panel will kick off a strong two-day agenda looking at major issues and opportunities for the game ConfEx takes place in London from 17-18 November IRB World Rugby Conference and […]
Road to England 2015 for World’s Top Teams in November The world’s top teams will be honing their Rugby World Cup 2015 preparations as an unprecedented schedule of November fixtures kicks off this weekend. 19 of the 20 nations that will compete at England 2015 will be in action over the coming weeks, as each […]
A packed weekend of action across Connacht in a week where player welfare, injuries and playing schedules has dominated international rugby media. More must be done by administrators to educate and provide medical knowledge and technology such as defribulators to every club in Connacht period! With no provincial games on this weekend we would encourage […]
CEO of RWC 2015 Host Broadcaster ITV to Address ConfEx 2014 IRB World Rugby Conference and Exhibition 2014 (ConfEx) has announced that ITV Chief Executive Adam Crozier will join the speaker line-up to share his thoughts on the commercial importance of sport. ITV, which holds the host broadcast rights for next year’s rugby showpiece, Rugby […]
Derek McGrath departs ERC 31-10-2014 Issued on behalf of Jean-Pierre Lux CEO oversaw spectacular growth of European professional club rugby As announced earlier this year, ERC Chief Executive, Derek McGrath, who has overseen the spectacular growth of European professional club rugby during a 14-year period, will be standing down from his role. Derek McGrath was […]
Scottish Rugby Union President, Ian Rankin, today confirmed that Scottish Rugby will roll out a new £1.6 million facilities fund over the next four years. The Club Sustainability Fund, which will be the biggest support of its kind from Scottish Rugby to its member clubs, will have three strands – FastTrack, Revenue and Capital – […]
Exciting Henshaw/Payne Partnership selected in Ireland Midfield For immediate release: Thursday 6 November 2014 Issue on behalf of Irish Rugby Football Union The Ireland Coaching team have selected a strong side to face the Springboks at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday for the first game of the 2014 Guinness Series. There is one new cap […]
Strong Interest in Japan 2019 as 14 Venues Apply to Host Matches Fourteen cities the length and breadth of Japan have applied to host matches at Rugby World Cup 2019, Japan Rugby 2019, the tournament’s organising body has announced. With the submission phase of the bidding process for the hosting of matches now closed, each […]
Injuries to star players force rugby’s administrators to scrutinise club calendar Rugby Football Union emphasises its commitment to player welfare as talks with Premier Rugby Ltd begin over new ‘heads of agreement’ Player welfare again found itself screaming at the top of rugby union’s in-tray last week, and understandably so after three members of England’s […]
