Tag: Brett Gosper
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Record Numbers Get into Rugby in Brazil as Rio 2016 Celebrates Two Years to Go
Dublin, Aug 05, 2014: With two years to go until Rugby Sevens makes its Olympic Sevens debut at Rio 2016, Brazilian boys and girls are getting into Rugby in record numbers. Rugby participation has grown by 25 per cent since 2011 and, in 2013 alone, more than 9,000 boys and girls in Rio and Sao…
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Corporate Hospitality Research as Sales Begin
Dublin, Jan 31, 2014: With Rugby World Cup 2015 official hospitality packages on sale from February 1, Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) welcomes initial findings of a new study that highlights the positive benefits of Rugby corporate hospitality on UK businesses and client relationships. Demand is set to be high for the wide range of…
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Emirates Appointed Official Airline of RWC 15,19
Dublin – Ireland, Jan 27, 2014: Airline, Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has announced the appointment of Emirates as a Worldwide Partner of Rugby World Cup 2015 in England and Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. The deal also features an extension to Emirates’ successful sponsorship and support of the IRB match officials until 2019,…
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“Player Welfare Continues to be Top Priority
Dublin – Ireland, Nov 22, 2013: The fifth annual IRB Medical Commission Conference has heard that the global governing body continues to place player welfare as its number one priority as the Game continues its unprecedented growth. Chief Executive Brett Gosper reaffirmed the IRB’s pledge at the meeting of medical experts in Dublin this week,…
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Big Speakers Announced for Conference/Exhibition
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 02, 2013: The International Rugby Board (IRB) has today announced that Debbie Jevans CBE (Chief Executive, England Rugby 2015) and Leo Varadkar TD (Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport) will speak at the inaugural IRB World Rugby Conference and Exhibition in Dublin on November 18. Speaking on the day one…
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Clifford Chance Appointed RWC 2015 Official Law Firm
London, Sept 18, 2013: Rugby World Cup Limited has appointed Clifford Chance as the Official Law Firm of Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. One of the world’s foremost law firms with a strong heritage in sport, Clifford Chance will provide the full range of legal services for the tournament, which kicks off in exactly…
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IRB Elite Referees Ready for Scrum Trial Debut
Dublin – Ireland, august 12, 2013: The International Rugby Board’s top referees gathered at the Fédération Française de Rugby’s (FFR) Centre National de Rugby in Marcoussis, near Paris, last week for a workshop to finalise consistent management of the new ‘crouch, bind, set’ scrum engagement sequence that will begin global trials this month. Twenty-one referees,…
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Rugby joins sporting family in getting active
Dublin – Ireland, June 23, 2013: Russia men’s and women’s players promote Olympic Day in the Luzhniki Stadium, venue for the 1980 Olympics and for RWC Sevens 2013. Rugby has joined the global sporting family in celebrating Olympic Day and encouraging men, women and children to get up, get out and get active. Rugby World…
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Specsavers Named as Sponsors of Match Officials
Dublin – Ireland, April 25, 2013: The International Rugby Board has announced that Specsavers will sponsor the match officials for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour to Hong Kong and Australia, which kicks off on June 1. As part of the arrangement, the officials will wear Specsavers-branded kit for each of the tour matches,…
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Gosper Appointed IRB Chief Executive
Dublin – Dublin, July 21, 2012: Brett Gosper has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the International Rugby Board by the global governing body’s Executive Committee. Vastly experienced and with an impressive sport and business track record, Gosper will start the role on August 15 and joins the federation at an exciting time for a…