How club revenue turns Champions Cup into cash of the titans April 4, 2025 This weekend’s Investec Champions Cup round of 16 may be about getting the win in one of Europe’s most iconic stadiums, but in reality competitions such as this – seen by many as the top club rugby competition in the world – can have a monumental impact on rugby finances. The classic cliches in rugby [...]
Which English teams can win this weekend in the Investec Champions Cup? April 3, 2025 There’s always a fuzzy feeling when the Investec Champions Cup returns to the calendar, especially during the knockout stages. There are six French teams, five English sides and five URC outfits left in the competition but I do fear for the Gallagher Premiership contingent this weekend. Usually the five competing teams – Northampton Saints, Saracens, [...]
England Rugby captain Itoje sees £1m jump in wealth April 3, 2025 England Rugby captain Maro Itoje has seen his wealth jump by nearly £1m, according to his company’s latest accounts. Oghene Limited, whose sole director is England captain Itoje, saw total assets rise from £2.6m to £3.4m in the year to 30 June 2024. The Saracens forward is one of the highest paid players at his [...]
London City 7s: Rugby returns to the HAC in boost for Square Mile March 31, 2025 Those who have trodden the streets of the City’s Finsbury Square and the surrounding area will be well aware of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Guarding the rare expanse of City grass is Armoury House, home of the HAC since 1735. It boasts its own cricket, football and rugby clubs, and is flanked on all [...]
Investec expand rugby portfolio with SOHK kids tournaments March 28, 2025 Investec has strengthened its rugby portfolio, backing education inclusion charity School of Hard Knocks’ (SOHK) girls’ and boys’ spring rugby tournaments. The FTSE 250 bank, whose London office sits on Gresham Street in the Square Mile, featured at the tournament’s on 27 and 28 March at east London’s Eton Manor RFC. It added to their [...]
FNB to replace MTN as sponsor of South Africa Rugby’s Springboks March 25, 2025 Rugby world champions South Africa will unveil First National Bank (FNB) as its new front-of-shirt sponsor after ditching MTN, City AM understands. The Springboks announced on Tuesday that an eight-year partnership between the team and the mobile telecommunications provider had concluded following a spell that saw the senior men’s team win back-to-back Rugby World Cups [...]
Premiership Rugby pundit Brian O’Driscoll under fire by Irish competition watchdog March 25, 2025 Premiership Rugby pundit Brian O'Driscoll is under notice by the Irish competition watchdog over a “misleading” social media post
Leicester Tigers make key role change as season nears finale March 24, 2025 Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers’ majority shareholder Tom Scott has become the club’s chairman, replacing the long-serving Peter Tom after 33 years. Scott has owned the East Midlands club’s parent company, Leicester Football Club plc, since 2023 having taken an earlier stakeholding in the 11-time Premiership champions. Scott moves into the role of chairman having [...]
Who has played themselves into and out of the British and Irish Lions tour? March 21, 2025 If the Six Nations taught us anything it’s that picking a squad for this year’s British and Irish Lions tour to Australia is going to be very difficult. For some players a strong Six Nations has catapulted them from nobody to somebody, or from a fringe player into a starter. And for others it has [...]
England could ditch Twickenham for Milton Keynes over council row March 19, 2025 England could quit Twickenham and play their rugby internationals in Milton Keynes because of Richmond upon Thames Council, chief Bill Sweeney has warned. The Rugby Football Union needs to fund a £663m redevelopment of Allianz Stadium in Twickenham but has previously admitted that some of the financing for this would need to come from non-rugby [...]