R360 rugby project fully funded and profitable after a year, say insiders Sport Business The breakaway R360 global club rugby competition has already secured the funding to launch in 2026 and is targeting a profit in its second year, sources close to the ambitious project have told Morning Wire. Organisers of R360 intend to change the face of the sport through franchise ownership, attracting brands not traditionally associated with [...]
Breakaway rugby talks not a ‘distraction’ to Rugby World Cup, says chief Sport World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has insisted that talk of a breakaway franchise competition is not a distraction, stating that any investment talk is “fantastic”. Reports have circled of a LIV Golf-style breakaway in rugby union with both private equity and sovereign wealth backers, to various degrees. Details of the supposed competition, which some [...]