Rugby: IMG extends its partnership with World Rugby - including major events - until the end of 2020

"IMG has extended its long-standing exclusive worldwide archive partnership with World Rugby to include all major events until the end of 2020," according to World Rugby on 24/10/2017.

"The representation agreement, which will now also cover Women’s Rugby World Cup, World Rugby U20 Championship, and the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, will see more than 2,500 hours of content made available on IMG’s digital platform, IMG Replay. This will include archive footage from both upcoming and historic seasons and events. In addition to this newly extended partnership, IMG also now represents World Rugby globally across licensing and marketing," said the international federation.

• IMG relaunched its branch specialised in the distribution of historical sports videos, under the IMG Replay brand, on 07/03/2017.
  • This service was previously known as IMG Sport Video Archive.

"IMG's influence has been profound" (Beaumont, World Rugby, on 24/10/2017)

• "IMG has proved itself over many years to be an excellent…