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BREAKING: Live coverage of The British & Irish Lions will return to UK terrestrial television for the first time in nearly 30 years with Channel 4’s broadcast of the Lions against Japan.
Channel 4 will also show highlights of all three Tests against South Africa.
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BREAKING: World Rugby to provide financial, high performance and administrative support for two potential Pacific Island Super Rugby franchises
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What a picture…. and this is why we adore French rugby!
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As Gatland said about England in 2019 after beating NZ… have Ireland just played their final?
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This is 100% the young and vibrant look I would have gone for when launching a new exciting rugby tournament...
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The biggest match this weekend in rugby is England v New Zealand….
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I’m a huge fan of the Lions…the tradition, history, the whole experience. But this tour should never have taken place and I think will actually damage their future in the game rather than enhance it...
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Madagascar really is the most fanatical rugby country on the planet...
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Who likes the idea of a dedicated rugby union channel so you don't have to search for games on a myriad of providers or pay for other sport in which you have no interest and never watch?
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BREAKING: 👇
@RugbyPass
has partnered with
@usmlr
to launch a free streaming and digital content service… ‘The Rugby Network’
Includes live streaming of select MLR matches, international matches, highlights, and exclusive behind-the-scenes content...
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So CVC Investment into rugby:
£120m for 27% of Pro14
£200m for 27% of Prem Rugby
£365m for 14.3% of Six Nations
So…
Pro 14 valued at £444m
Prem Rugby valued at £740m
Six Nations valued at £2.55bn
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If you ever wonder about French TV directors and ‘finding’ the right shot for the TMO 👀
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11 years ago this wonderful doggie came into my life… today I had to say goodbye to him. Heartbroken.
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Gatland made a huge call in 2013 dropping O’Driscoll. I think he needs to do similar this week with Alun-Wyn Jones. Great leader but the pack needs more than that...
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France RWC record: Impressive.
1987 - FINAL
1991 - QF
1995 - SF
1999 - FINAL
2003 - SF
2007 - SF
2011 - FINAL
2015 - QF
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“One name that hasn’t been mentioned as a potential Lions skipper is Tom Curry. He’s young, dominant, hugely influential, bright, humble and fun.”
@davidflatman
spot on here...
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One aspect international rugby needs to urgently address is the endless breaks in play. Watching the
#ENGvAUS
match yesterday was more like an NFL match. A series of individual plays with water breaks in between. Loses all drama?
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This is the Sapporo Dome where England will play their first RWC 2019 match (v Tonga)…. coolest RWC stadium ever? And yes that is a slide in pitch!
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One of the coolest rugby pics ever - England great Gill Burns….
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BREAKING: The IOC have announced that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Rugby 7’s will again feature in the first week of the Games with matches being played across six days of two sessions per day from 27 July to 1 August 2020.
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The USA Men are unbeaten this year, winning all 9 test matches, including victories over Scotland and Samoa… perhaps they might get nominated for World Rugby Team of the Year?
@USARugby
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Significant news from World Rugby…
"the awarding of the next two men’s and women’s Rugby Worlds Cups will be determined by an open electronic vote...the results of which will be published”
This will hopefully end the cloak and dagger shenanigans!
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Here’s the Top 10 sports share of Global media rights value in 2021
NB: Rugby isn’t there….
(Via SportsBusiness)
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Fiji Rugby Union prime minister Frank Bainimarama has announced the country will bid to host a leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
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If you haven’t followed the incredible story of the Iranian Women’s rugby team then you should… simply amazing role models.
@ScrumQueens
@NahidBRJ
👇
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Private equity firm Arctos Sports Partners have paid 275m for a 5% stake in the Golden State Warriors NBA team.
CVC paid:
£120m for 27% of Pro14
£200m for 27% of Prem Rugby
£365m for 14.3% of Six Nations
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Game-changing plans for French rugby… Each Top 14 club to run a professional 7’s team and professional women’s team…. 28m euros in funding!
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6.6 million people watched the live coverage of Wales against England in Cardiff on the BBC.
28,000 on a laptop or PC
18,000 on a tablet
8,000 on a phone.
6,580,000 watched it on BBC One
Hmmm...
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New
@Springboks
captain Siya Kolisi wore boxer-shorts to his first rugby trial as he could not afford rugby shorts…
Aged 23 he adopted his half-siblings having found them in a township and now raises them alongside his own child with his wife Rachel. via
@MailOnline
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Bernard Laporte was on French radio this morning and said Clive Woodward applied for the French manager's job and was interviewed for the role but he chose Fabien G instead.. 😳
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"“Based on this evidence, World Rugby should consider substituting refs, not just players. The first half was an oval-shaped omnishambles.”
@davidflatman
not holding back!
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BBC Radio 5 Live has secured exclusive radio commentary rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Very good news.
@Sonjamclaughlan
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The only surviving shirt from the very first international match... England v Scotland 1871
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There is so much more but this gives a taste of what
@benjaminryan
and
@fijirugby
mean to eachother…
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I wonder what will happen to London Irish very valuable training ground in west London if no buyer is found for the club 🤔 Acquire a great asset at a low price. Maybe this is what it might be all about even…
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Where are they now? Find out where the Olympic mens champions from Fiji are all playing now… via
@benjaminryan
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I think you might find it is already a done deal 😳
Rugby…………….
Six Nations version of Drive to Survive would be brilliant, please!
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22,000 fans packed into the Madagascar stadium for their Africa Cup match v Nigeria...
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It's a great Irish backline...
Hansen (Aus)
Aki (NZ)
Lowe (NZ)
Gibson-Park (NZ)
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Breaking: Ireland and Lions legend Keith Wood has hit a hole-in-one at the
@theiconsseries
rugby pro-am!!
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Mark Bingham was a gay man and a rugby player and a hero aboard Flight 93 on 11 Sept 2001.
Here’s the film we helped
@WorldRugby
make about him.
@IzzyFolau
you should take a look...
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Interesting numbers - Six Nations shirt sponsor values/year
England: O2 (US$10m)
France: Altrad (US$7.7m)
Ireland: Vodafone (US$4.4m),
Italy: Cattolica Assicurazioni (US$2.5m)
Scotland: BT (US$8m)
Wales: Isuzu (value unreported)
(Source SportsPro)
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Now would this be offside because he is in front of the ball as it’s kicked?!!
@BrianODriscoll
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This is what the new Hong Kong stadium will look like…it will be built on the site of the city’s former Kai Tak airport and will
host its first Hong Kong Sevens in 2024...
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The world’s largest (and best) school rugby tournament gets underway tomorrow…best wishes to all the boys and girls playing in the magnificent Rosslyn Park 7’s…
@RPNS7
#rugby
#wellypower
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World Rugby has made history by launching the .rugby internet domain name.
World Rugby’s website has become and all of its digital properties, including email addresses, are being seamlessly transitioned as part of a phased major digital re-brand.
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Japan Airlines have reportedly complained to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) over the "alcohol-fuelled” behaviour of the country's rugby sevens team on the flight back to Australia.
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BREAKING: Romania have been replaced by Russia for RWC 2019 in Japan after World Rugby inquiry into ineligible players.
(Spain + Belgium also ruled out of qualifying for same reason).
Germany advance to play-off with Portugal. Winner plays Samoa for a place in Japan!
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I have little doubt there will be no relegation from the Premiership this season and that the top two from The Championship (Saracens & Ealing) will be promoted and then the competition will be ringfenced for 21/22 and 22/23
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Sitting having a coffee and working at the Lensbury Club…Eddie Jones wanders over and stops for a 5 min chat…never ever forgets names, asks about family, life in general. Such a good man. England lucky to have him.
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I read a lot of sports biographies…but I had never read one start to finish in one go… until I opened
#SevensHeaven
by
@benjaminryan
. I would be stunned if it doesn’t win the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
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Quite a phenomenal achievement from Japan 2019/RWC and local authorities to get the
#JPNvSCO
match on in front of 70,000 fans a day after a super-powerful Typhoon...
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Interesting detail released by Nielsen re RWC 2019:
* 83% of people in Japan believe hosting RWC generated a positive legacy for rugby.
*54.8 million (almost half the population) watched Jap v Sco on NTV
*99.3% of all tickets were sold
*Record 1.7B digital video views
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One thing football leads rugby is the non-description of countries as ‘Tier 1’ or ‘Tier 2’... I wish rugby would drop it.
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Surely the English Premiership looking for investment is a golden opportunity for the RFU to do what they should have done back in 1995 and take back control of the club game.
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There are going to be some very exciting and major developments alongside significant investment into the US rugby market in the next five years…
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My current Podcast ranking/listening order:
1.
@TheRugbyPod
2. The Short Ball
3.
@flatsandshanks
4. The Ruck Podcast
5. Green And Gold Rugby
6. Full Contact
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The World Rugby Awards are rapidly approaching… IMO the best rugby player in the world is probably Fiji’s Leone Nakarawa…
@benjaminryan
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I can’t help feeling a little cynical about some of the people boycotting social media who in the past have been pretty vitriolic in their comments!
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New tackle height law will be trialled at World Rugby U20 Trophy this year: The acceptable height of the tackle is reduced from the line of shoulders to below the nipple line.
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British Embassy’s (
@UKinJapan
) biggest concern is fans underestimating the force of the typhoon and trying to travel/go out. Useful sites in English:
NHK news:
Japan Meteorological Agency:
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The
@HSBC_Sport
Asian 5 Nations Cup was the coolest looking trophy in rugby… hope this tournament thrives in the future!
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New England cricket coach Brendon McCullum was a very talented rugby player who was picked in front of All Blacks legend Dan Carter at fly-half in the NZ South Island U18 team in 2000.
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I wonder if
@jameshaskell
would consider playing for the
@Barbarian_FC
against the All Blacks...
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BREAKING:
Spain have lodged an appeal against their disqualification for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France.
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Just to cheer people up a little bit please meet Arthur… he’s coming home on Thursday!
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BREAKING: World Rugby has confirmed that the women’s edition of the Rugby World Cup will expand to 16 teams from 2025 onwards.
@ScrumQueens
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England 7’s star James Rodwell will play his final tournament this weekend in London. He is the world’s most capped sevens player and also has the record for the most consecutive tournaments played….
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@TelegraphSport
highlighting a ‘chop tackle’ but do we really want kids to put their head on the wrong side and get a hard knee and knocked out?
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Congratulations to all the players, officials and fans that helped make the
@WorldRugby7s
such an awesome event in San Francisco… but what a shame ITV failed to show it live in the UK...
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793 million people follow rugby globally, while 338 million consider themselves as fans – an increase of 24 per cent since 2013… Nielsen Sports report
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