Twickenham product placement
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Topic: Twickenham product placement
Posted By: Robb
Subject: Twickenham product placement
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 09:26
So, the RFU blazers have sold the Home of English rugby's soul (and to a german company at that!).  And of course, they give the rubbish that the money will trickle down the levels but we all know this is just so the RFU exec can restock the drinks cabinet and get some new carpet down in hospitality.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cd9dd2xyx2ko
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Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 09:34
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If it's £100M then well done the rfu. Twickenham has the great advantage that everyone arriving into Heathrow flies over it. I expect some serious branding on the roof soon.
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Posted By: Mark W-J
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:41
| Given that there were rumours of the RFU selling Twickenham and buying a stake in Wembley, I think this has to be a better option. Of course the supporters will still call it Twickenham. I don't know why it still needs millions of pounds worth of improvements given the money that has already been spent over the last 20 years or so, but I've heard suggestions that it might be to do with replacing materials which are possibly non-conforming post-Grenfell. Like most people on this board, I have a pretty low opinion of the RFU, but I don't think this is the end of the world. |
Posted By: Richard Lowther
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:47
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Let's be frank everyone will still call it Twickenham whilst the RFU have received £X to plough back into the game. My only issue is where that £X ends up, my fear is it will go to the top rather than the bottom of the game. ------------- Moderator http://www.leaguerugby.co.uk" rel="nofollow - National League Rugby Message Boards Remember Wakefield RFC |
Posted By: tulip
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 11:22
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Yes the Mail says £10 million per year over 10 years. But as Richard says where will it go ?
Maybe a few quid to spare after paying England players for season’s Internationals
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Posted By: WEvans
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 14:57
| So having previously been sponsors of a discredited bunch in Barnet Allianz are now sponsoring a discredited bunch in Twickenham. They sure know how to pick them! |
Posted By: Halliford
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 15:16
They would have chosen Rosslyn Park but the roof isn't big enough to spell Allianz!!
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WEvans wrote:Posted By: Stoatgobbler
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024 at 22:49
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Twickenham was going to be sponsored by Durex, but they had to pull out at the last minute. |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 23:13
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Sweeney: "Thank goodness that's done. We're solvent" CVC: "We'd like to draw your attention to Section 3, Clause 4.1 - Non-playing and Other Income" ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Fake_Shemp
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 16:00
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I would rather the RFU stipulated the name stayed, so it became Allianz Twickenham, than change it completely. That's what happened in Scotland with BT Murrayfield, undoubtedly satisfying both sponsor and supporters. However, if I was told that the RFU, given the parlous state of its finances, were approached and turned down £100 million (£10 million PA for the next decade), I'd be puzzled and possibly angry that they didn't do whatever it took to secure the future of the international and grassroot games in England. As the ground is in Twickenham and will be accessed on the tube by Twickenham Station, everyone (bar those contractually stipulated to use the new name, such as commentators) will continue to use the old name. I hope the money is used to grow the game, particularly at the Championship level and below, and isn't just pumped into the marquee events at HQ to make the internationals more luxurious. |
Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:30
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If Universal Resort opens next to Bedford, anyone fancy Universal Arena/Stadium Bedford, home of Bedford Blues? ------------- The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused. |
Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 21:43
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Posted By: Thatbloke
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 22:39
| Spot on Cheshire Exile - grassroots rugby will receive exactly doodle-I-squat of these new monies. Everything will be ploughed back into the top level - Championship Clubs might get a few thou as a token gesture but that will be it! |