RHINO RENEWS LONGSTANDING CONTRACT WITH ENGLAND RUGBY

Sophie Goldschmidt, RFU Chief Commercial Officer, yesterday announced another four year extension to the longstanding Official Supplier contract between Rhino and England Rugby which has now been in place for 28 years, one of the longest standing commercial relationships in world rugby. England forward coach Graham Rowntree commented: “Rhino has been great to work with over the years and I’m pleased that the relationship is set to continue. They understand the demands of rugby and the need to create quality and innovative equipment which develops the right technique for players and ensures the training ground replicates match conditions as closely as possible.” Rhino Rugby MD Anthony Locke commented: “We are very pleased to have renewed our arrangements with the RFU and look forward to continuing to work closely with all England representative teams and to supply the equipment that the senior side need to prepare for the 2015 World Cup and beyond. We're also excited to be involved in the RFU's drive to make first class equipment more accessible to clubs." England first packed down on an early Rhino Powerhouse scrum machine at a training session at Bisham Abbey in 1983 with a formal Official Suppliership following two years later – in Rugby World Cup year 2015 therefore Rhino will be celebrating 30 years of formal association with the RFU.

RHINO LONGSTANDING CONTRACT WITH ENGLAND RUGBY

October 22, 2013

29 Nov 2010, FOURTH RUGBY BUSINESS SEMINAR GREAT SUCCESS

CEO of the RFU John Steele
CEO of the RFU John Steele
Newly appointed CEO of the RFU John Steele made the keynote speech at the fourth annual Rugby Business Seminar at the Chiswick Moran Hotel the day before the England vs South Africa game, giving a tour d’horizon of the current challenges facing the game in England and globally and conducting an extensive Q&A session with delegates. He was followed by Gary Hetherington, CEO of Leeds Rugby who gave a fascinating insight into the running of the UK’s only dual code professional franchise and the future for co-existence and co-operation between the union and league codes. As usual seminar founders Lewis Silkin provided a series of extremely valuable working group sessions on immigration, disciplinary and commercial aspects of running professional and amateur rugby clubs, assisted for the final session by Saracens Finance Director Jonathan Hall. The Seminar, promoted by Lewis Silkin, Rhino Rugby, Pitchero, Campbell Gentry, Sportcal and venue hosts the Chiswick Moran Hotel, continues to go from strength to strength. For more information - please visit www.rugbybusinessseminar.com
November 29, 2010

25 Oct 2010, John Steele confirmed as speaker at Rugby Business Seminar 2010

John SteeleThe CEO-elect of the Rugby Football Union, John Steele has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 4th Rugby Business Seminar which will be held on Friday November 26th at the Chiswick Moran Hotel.  John Steele was recently appointed as successor to Francis Baron and will take up his new post in Autumn this year after concluding his time as Chief Executive of UK Sport, where he has had considerable success. www.rugbybusinessseminar.com
October 25, 2010