Martin Anayi, CEO, will continue to lead the management team at PRO14 Rugby, working closely with CVC and the unions on execution of the commercial plan. The RFU Rose and the words ‘England Rugby’ are official registered trade marks of the Rugby Football Union. DUBLIN – The suspension of rugby's PRO14 2019/20 competition has been extended indefinitely and the final scheduled for June has been cancelled due to coronavirus, organisers said on Thursday.The competition, which features leading clubs and provinces from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa and Italy, had already been put on hold before the various unions subsequently postponed all rugby in the countries involved.“The board of Celtic Rugby DAC met by teleconference this week and agreed upon a strict list of criteria that would enable the Championship to recommence,” the league said in a statement.“However, no decision on a definitive re-commencement date can be made until four key criteria can be met within our respective competing territories:“Public Health Authorities cease to prohibit the resumption of sport and group training.“Travel restrictions between our territories are lifted. Please visit the official Government information portal for Coronavirus by clicking CELTIC RUGBY DAC.
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This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. W elsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips has welcomed the CVC Capital Partners Fund VII (CVC) investment in the Guinness PRO14, announced this morning.
Championship participants 2. Twitter Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy Refunds will be made automatically to all who have already purchased tickets.“Should any final be played as part of the 2019/20 season, it will be hosted by the team with highest ranking based upon league records from this campaign.”Our season has been suspended indefinitely and the 2020 Final will now not take place in Cardiff.All major club rugby union competitions around the world have been suspended because of the impact of the virus, while four Six Nations international matches were postponed. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. This is YOUR comments community. Sean Farrell One of our key goals was to secure a strategic partner to help accelerate our plans and CVC bring a wealth of experience and great expertise in this regard,” says Celtic Rugby DAC chairman Dominic McKay.“Sport, like all of society is dealing with major challenges currently that we could not have imagined just a few months ago, and it is testament to the strength of our partnership with CVC that they have committed to the game of rugby in a such a significant way.”“We believe the Guinness PRO14 is a world-class club league, that is still in its growth phase and we are confident that it will become a major standard bearer in our sport. Choose 3 or more sports that you want to see
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site. Rugby union’s Pro14 has sold a minority of its shareholding to privacy equity firm CVC Capital Partners, giving roughly £120m to the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Italian rugby federations that form the Celtic Rugby DAC.. As part of the agreement, CVC has acquired 28 per cent of Pro14 Rugby from Celtic Rugby DAC, with the latter firm retaining a 72 per cent majority share.