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Rugby

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Leadership
    Eddie Jones: ‘My coaching wasn’t good enough’

    The England rugby head coach on his leadership mistakes and trying to maximise ‘the potential of the team’

  • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Tackling (financial) myths on Ronaldo’s move to Manchester United Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: World 12s reimagines rugby, India-England Test match cancelled, Raducanu’s rise, and more

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    News in-depthSport
    Sports hospitality shifts focus to fans as UK demand for ‘experiences’ grows

    Industry targets retail customers as part of pandemic rebound in move away from reliance on corporate clients

    Spectators wear red for charity during day two of the second Test between England and India at Lord’s
  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    Rugby League World Cup postponed until 2022

    Decision follows Australia and New Zealand’s abrupt withdrawal from tournament last month

    Australian team member’s celebrate their victory in the Rugby League World Cup men’s final in 2017
  • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Rugby uses Olympic showcase to tempt private equity

    Governing body seeks to capitalise on popularity of Games event to boost funding of sport around world

    Fiji rugby sevens victory in Tokyo Olympics
  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    South Africa looks to Lions rugby tour to avert financial crisis

    British and Irish team will play eight-game series in empty stadiums because of virus

    Britain and Irish Lions’ players arrive at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday
  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    CVC Capital Partners Ltd
    Pro14 to rebrand as United Rugby Championship under CVC investment

    Sweeping changes signal private equity group’s newly acquired influence in the sport

    Broadcast deals for the United Rugby Championship, for matches such as Cardiff Blues v Munster, will help more than double the tournament’s revenues
  • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
    Sport
    Silver Lake closes in on deal with cash-strapped New Zealand Rugby

    Players association warns private equity involvement threatens future of mighty All Blacks

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    CVC seals £365m Six Nations rugby deal

    Transaction crucial to buyout group’s plans to become the dominant commercial player in the sport

    A rugby match
  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    FT Magazine
    England star Maro Itoje on activism, racism and rugby

    ‘The one thing I’ve learnt through playing is you’re not going to please everybody’

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Scoreboard: Golf’s reckoning with Donald Trump has come Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: financial crisis at New Zealand Rugby spark Silver Lake deal talks, New York seeks to legalise sports betting, and more.

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Henry Mance
    Rugby union doesn’t know what has hit it

    Other sports are changing because of harm to players

  • Saturday, 19 September, 2020
    Scoreboard
    Scoreboard: Donald Trump seeks election win with college football’s return in swing states Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: Mercedes F1 seeks new cash, English Premiership Rugby clubs risk going bust, and more.

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Playing to empty stadiums places premiership rugby under threat

    Head of England’s top league says clubs will go bust unless restrictions are eased

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Q&AThe Questionnaire
    Maro Itoje: ‘I hate losing. I hate losing even more than I like winning’

    Q&A with the England international on his deep interest in politics and his love of roll-neck jumpers

  • Monday, 25 May, 2020
    CVC Capital Partners Ltd
    CVC scrums down for rugby shake-up after securing Pro14 deal

    Six Nations next in its sights as private equity firm sees bright future for the sport

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Sport
    Australian rugby faces financial maul from coronavirus

    Game suffers on and off pitch in country where sport is part of national identity

    Australian rugby has been hit by crises on and off the pitch, including a disappointing quarter-final exit at last year’s World Cup in Japan
  • Sunday, 19 April, 2020
    CVC’s £300m deal for Six Nations rugby pushed back by pandemic   

    Buyout group’s investment plans hit by coronavirus financial crisis

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    Saracens
    Allianz scraps Saracens sponsorship

    New blow to English and European rugby champions as fallout from financial scandal spreads

    Rugby Union - European Champions Cup - Pool 4 - Saracens v Racing 92 - Allianz Park, London, Britain - January 19, 2020 Saracens' Owen Farrell in action with Racing 92's Brice Dulin Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    News in-depthSaracens
    How rugby club Saracens taught executive skills — but hid the cheating

    Scandal-hit club sold its leadership philosophy to Allianz, Investec and Lidl

    Maro Itoje celebrates the Saracens winning the Rugby Union Premiership final in Twickenham in June 2019. The club was relegated last week because of persistent breaches of the league’s salary cap.
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    Saracens
    Saracens owner made £1.3m property investments with players

    Nigel Wray’s ‘ill-considered approach’ led to Premiership Rugby champions’ relegation

    Rugby Union - European Champions Cup - Pool 4 - Saracens v Racing 92 - Allianz Park, London, Britain - January 19, 2020 Saracens' Owen Farrell in action Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    Saracens
    Saracens relegated to second tier after breaching salary cap

    Reigning premiership rugby union champions apologise ‘unreservedly’ for violating rules

    Rugby Union - European Champions Cup - Pool 4 - Saracens v Racing 92 - Allianz Park, London, Britain - January 19, 2020 Saracens' Owen Farrell in action Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Saracens
    Saracens penalty a watershed moment in English rugby

    Executives want more evenly matched contests to entice more fans

    Saracens supplied eight players to this year’s England World Cup team, including captain Owen Farrell, third left
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    News in-depth
    World Cup ignites love affair between Japan and rugby

    First tournament held in Asia has left unexpectedly permanent stamp on the sport

    Japan fans await the start of the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup quarter-final match between Japan and South Africa at the Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo on October 20, 2019. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Saturday, 26 October, 2019
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    England rugby eyes financial win from World Cup success

    Semi-final victory over All Blacks could lift sagging revenues

    England's Anthony Watson, second left, attempts to fend off tackles during the Rugby World Cup semifinal at International Yokohama Stadium between New Zealand and England in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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