IRB announces record investment programme

The International Rugby Board has reaffirmed its commitment to growing the global Game, by announcing a record investment programme for 2014, the second year of its current four-year (2013-16) funding cycle, despite recording a planned operating loss in 2013.


With Rugby World Cup 2015 set to deliver a record commercial programme and global participation at an all-time high of 6.

6 million, funding invested and utilised by the IRB in 2014 (excluding Rugby World Cup 2015 related expenditure) will total £50 million.


It is anticipated that the core investment will remain at approximately th…