World Rugby news
27 Jan 2020
Bill Beaumont has confirmed that he will stand for a second term as World Rugby
20 Jan 2020
Scotland's new multi-million pound Regional Performance Centre for Sport has opened in Dundee. The £32m
19 Sep 2019
A grassroots campaign aiming to create a lasting legacy for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
27 Aug 2019
Rugby's world governing body has announced that its flagship Rugby World Cup properties will no
05 Apr 2019
English Premier League (EPL) club Tottenham Hotspur has reported the biggest annual profits of any
02 Apr 2019
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has formed a partnership with Oceania Rugby, which will see both
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04 Feb 2019
Representatives of Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) are set to meet international governing body World
30 Dec 2018
A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours
18 May 2018
Construction is nearing completion on the only new stadium being built for the 2019 Rugby
14 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has named Manchester-based firm Mather and Co to design its
01 Jun 2017
The governing body for South African rugby union has lodged an official bid to host
22 May 2017
World Rugby’s ambition to crack the US market may be accelerated by a rights deal
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24 Mar 2017
The world governing bodies of football, rugby and hockey have agreed to a set of
10 Mar 2017
Rugby’s global governing body will fire the starting gun on a broad consultation before launching
14 Feb 2017
Twickenham’s World Rugby Museum will be “upgraded” and “modernised”, and is due to reopen during
22 Dec 2016
Bernard Laporte, the recently-installed president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), has made his second
02 Dec 2016
World Rugby will increase its spend on the grassroots game to £245.8m (US$309.5m, €291.1m) over
16 Nov 2016
Representatives for Northern and Southern Ireland have come together to officially submit the nation’s bid
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26 Oct 2016
E-commerce giant Alibaba has earmarked an eye-watering US$100m (£81.9m, €91.6m) for the development of rugby
14 Oct 2016
Japan’s preparations to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup have been declared as “satisfactory” by
12 Sep 2016
The organiser of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England – Andy Cosslett – has
07 Sep 2016
France, Ireland, Italy and South Africa have submitted official bids to host the 2023 Rugby
09 Jun 2016
After plans were revealed at the end of last month to build a permanent home
08 Jun 2016
Scottish rugby union club Glasgow Warriors has submitted a proposal to install an artificial pitch
31 May 2016
The birthplace of rugby will be the permanent home for the sport’s Hall of Fame,
25 May 2016
England’s hosting of the 2015 Rugby World Cup was the fifth largest single-sport event ever,
12 May 2016
Bill Beaumont, the former England rugby international, has been officially appointed as the chair of
15 Mar 2016
Former England international lock Bill Beaumont is set to become chair of World Rugby after
11 Mar 2016
IAAF president Sebastian Coe, culture secretary John Whittingdale and Akira Shimazu, chief executive of Japan’s
04 Mar 2016
Bill Beaumont – the chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) – has revealed his
14 Dec 2015
Vancouver, Canada has set its sights on becoming a leading destination for major sports events.
18 Sep 2015
The Rugby World Cup 2015 – which kicks off today – has already broken all
14 Nov 2014
Wasps Rugby Club has completed a deal to become the sole owner of Arena Coventry
08 Oct 2014
Aviva Premiership rugby club London Wasps has secured a deal to buy a 51 per
19 Sep 2014
With only a year to go until England hosts the Rugby World Cup 2015, Prince
28 Aug 2014
The International Rugby Board (IRB) will renamed World Rugby later this year, as part of
16 Jun 2011
The Bill McLaren Foundation has confirmed plans for the creation of a multi-million pound world
25 Nov 2009
Rugby House, a new conference and events complex that forms part of the South Stand
01 May 2009
Scotland Rugby has pulled out of the race to host the Rugby World Cup in
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