R360 launch delayed until 2028 after unions threaten players with bans Sport Business R360 chiefs insist they remain “absolutely determined to bring it to life at full scale and with maximum global impact” after delaying the launch of the rugby franchise league until 2028. Organisers and investors including City grandee Martin Gilbert and former England international Mike Tindall had intended to start the globetrotting competition in 2026 but [...]
British Lions vows to ban players who defect to R360 rugby breakaway Sport Business British and Irish Lions chiefs have landed another blow on R360’s plans by warning they will not pick any player who signs up for the planned rugby franchise league. It follows England, Ireland, New Zealand and five other leading unions adopting the same stance last month and comes less than a year before R360’s proposed [...]
Gianni Infantino, Jay Shah and the rise of sport’s super-execs Sport Business Infantino at Fifa and Shah at the ICC are styling themselves as super-execs like Musk and Zuckerberg but it won’t end well, warns Matt Readman. In sport, the best referees go unnoticed. They quietly manage the game, letting play flow and leaving the athletes to shine. Occasionally they must enforce the law, but they are [...]
NRL rugby league star Tuivasa-Sheck lined up for R360 move – reports July 16, 2025 Current rugby league star and former All Black Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is being lined up for a big-money switch to the breakaway R360 competition, according to reports in Australia. The move would see the 32-year-old New Zealand Warriors winger, one of the biggest names in the NRL, switch codes from league to union for the second [...]
