Rugby Football Union news
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
15 Jun 2020
The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the
06 May 2020
Leaders of major English sports have told MPs that they are set to lose more
31 Mar 2020
Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief Bill Sweeney has said the sport wants to play a
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
05 Nov 2019
Groundskeeping teams at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and Premiership rugby side Northampton Saints
19 Sep 2019
A grassroots campaign aiming to create a lasting legacy for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
13 May 2019
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Andy Anson as its new CEO. Anson, a
03 May 2019
The UK's largest sports organisations have reinvested £142m of their broadcasting income into developing grassroots
11 Dec 2018
UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have made a number of appointments
27 Nov 2018
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has posted losses of £30.9m for 2017-18 – a year
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
16 Nov 2018
Steve Brown has announced he will step down as CEO of the Rugby Football Union
13 Nov 2018
UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has announced she will step down from the role
01 Nov 2018
Groundscare teams at Leicester City Football Club, Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby
11 Jun 2018
A number of sportspeople have been recognised for their work in this year's Queen's Birthday
26 Jan 2018
England Rugby has teamed up with Virgin Active to create a training programme aimed at
20 Jan 2018
Grassroots sport in the UK has received a cash injection of £125m, as a result
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
19 Jan 2018
A StreetGames project in Wales has received a surprise royal assent after it was visited
20 Dec 2017
More women and independent voices in the boardroom have seen 55 of the UK’s national
14 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has named Manchester-based firm Mather and Co to design its
07 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union has put nearly £100m (US$134.18m, €113.80m) back into the sport this
06 Sep 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has appointed Steve Brown as its new CEO, with the
27 Jul 2017
Fifty national governing bodies – including the Football Association (FA), England and Wales Cricket Board
14 Jul 2017
A high-performance rugby facility will be developed in Ireland as the nation’s governing body for
26 Jun 2017
Rugby coaches and PE teachers will be offered a free course to teach them how
22 May 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has begun its search for a new chief executive after
31 Mar 2017
Diana Lewis, the performance pathway manager for England Netball, has been appointed as the national
10 Mar 2017
Alun Powell, the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) head of regional academies, has been appointed as
01 Mar 2017
Ten teams have been selected to compete in the new Women’s Super Rugby competition, as
06 Feb 2017
Sport England has unveiled its latest tranche of national governing body (NGB) grants, distributing £101m
17 Jan 2017
People in Aylesbury, Preston and Weston-super-Mare will be able to play rugby for £1 on
10 Jan 2017
Britvic and the Rugby Football Union have announced that Britvic will become the official soft
09 Jan 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will shake up its coaching development programme after hiring for
21 Dec 2016
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Cycling Federation are among the sporting bodies
15 Dec 2016
Redevelopment works are set to take place on Twickenham’s East Stand after a proposal was
05 Dec 2016
Newcastle is launching an ambitious bid to host two major rugby union finals in a
02 Dec 2016
World Rugby will increase its spend on the grassroots game to £245.8m (US$309.5m, €291.1m) over
01 Dec 2016
Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport, has penned a letter to 40 national governing bodies
29 Nov 2016
The chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance has urged the sector to guard
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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