World Rugby, via their master licensee IMG, has appointed Legends as the Official Retail Partner and operator for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France next year. Taking place from 8 September until 28 October, the pinnacle event in the men’s fifteens game will build on the phenomenal spectator, media and commercial success of Japan […]
Harlequins signs MyoMaster as official recovery partner
Harlequins has announced its partnership with the fast-growing specialist sports recovery brand MyoMaster. Created by and for professional athletes, Harlequins hooker Joe Gray is a co-founder of the company. The partnership also extends to the women’s teams at Harlequins with MyoMaster supporting their mission to become one of the best teams in Europe. This […]
Premiership Rugby appoints Simon Massie-Taylor as CEO
Premiership Rugby has appointed Simon Massie-Taylor as their new Chief Executive. This is a key moment for Premiership Rugby as the business moves to accelerate development of the full potential of the league, for the benefit of the players, the clubs and our fans. The Gallagher Premiership Rugby plan is to continue to build […]
England Rugby extends kit partnership with Umbro until 2028
Umbro, the Official Technical Kit Partner of England Rugby to continue until 2028. For the first time in the professional era of the women’s game, a bespoke England Women’s Rugby kit has been developed, by Umbro. Continuing the commitment by Umbro to champion the Women’s game, the English brand worked in collaboration with the […]
RLWC2021 on-boards NuArca to launch NFT experience
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has announced a commercial partnership with NuArca which will see the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT) fan experience and marketplace for the tournament – the first official NFT marketplace in the history of Rugby League. Rugby League World Cup 2021 will be the biggest and best Rugby […]
Rugby League World Cup 2021 postponed to next year
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) and the UK Government have announced their intention to stage the flagship event in the international Rugby League calendar in 2022. The extremely difficult decision was taken by the RLWC2021 Board, which includes representation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the International Rugby League […]
The British & Irish Lions signs licensing partnership with Titleist
The British & Irish Lions has signed a new licensing partnership with world-leading golf brand Titleist. The agreement is one of a number of new license deals secured by brand licensing specialist The Point.1888, who have partnered with the Lions to create a new range of products ahead of the eagerly awaited Tour to South […]
Vivendi becomes official sponsor of Rugby World Cup France 2023
Vivendi has been appointed as the Official Sponsors of the 2023 Rugby World Cup to be held in France. Vivendi, which had already supported France’s bid to host Rugby World Cup 2023, is also the competition’s only Official Entertainment Sponsor. The sponsorship is one of the first to be signed for the world’s third-largest sporting […]
Premiership Rugby renews its partnership with Gilbert
Premiership Rugby has extended its partnership with Gilbert. Gilbert’s Sirius match ball will feature in both Gallagher Premiership Rugby and the Premiership Rugby Cup. The preferred choice of the world’s leading nations, Gilbert has been the official ball at the Rugby World Cup for the last seven consecutive tournaments and will be used exclusively at […]
RLWC2021 opens up the public ballot
Hosts England will open the tournament when they play Samoa on 23 October 2021 at St James’ Park, Newcastle. Public ticket ballot is now open for applications and will remain open until 16 November 2020 at 20:21 GMT. Applications can be made via: rlwc2021.com/tickets. To celebrate the one year to go milestone, RLWC2021 organisers have […]