World Rugby expands 2025 women’s World Cup
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will feature 16 nations for the first time ever, World Rugby has confirmed, as the governing body looks...
Rugby League World Cup 2021 selects £10m capital grant recipients
The Rugby World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has chosen three recipients for its CreatedBy social impact initiative which offers community clubs and organisations a £10...
Super League takes hit on new Sky Sports contract
UK network Sky Sports has agreed a new cut-price deal with rugby league’s Super League, the Daily Mail has reported.
The deal, which is the...
Premiership Rules to monitor WhatsApp texts to catch out salary cap...
Premiership Rugby has introduced tighter regulations to the top flight of rugby union, in order to prevent clubs from breaching the salary cap.
An independent...
UK government assembles £300 million Winter Survival Package for sporting clubs
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that the UK government will provide a rescue package which will largely consist...
Cazoo lines up biggest ever Rugby League World Cup sponsorship deal
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) will be sponsored by car retailer Cazoo after the brand agreed a seven-figure deal with the competition’s...
Sponsorship agreements have provided a lifeline for sporting clubs, says BGC
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has stressed the importance of sponsorship deals for professional and semi-professional sports clubs in the UK throughout the...
Six Nations undergoes personnel reshuffle
Craig Maxwell has been appointed as the new Chief Commercial Officer of Six Nations Rugby, and will assume the position at the start of...
Ryan Atkins issued three-month ban by RFL after gambling incident
Ex-England centre Ryan Atkins has been dealt a three-month ban by the Rugby Football League (RFL) after the player admitted to betting on a...
New Super Rugby tournament pencilled for 2021
A new trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition is awaiting approval from Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby, reports from the Sydney Morning Herald have suggested.
The...