Rugby/Six Nations: "CVC have given us a lot of input to improve our product" (John Jeffrey)

"Since our agreement with CVC, there are seven of us around the table, and our shares are equal. They have given us a lot of input to improve our product. You don't see it from the outside, but it's huge. The financial health of the 6 Nations Tournament is good, although it could have been better if it wasn't for the pandemic. In the next three or four years, the 6 Nations Tournament will take off again and develop. We're going to improve the television broadcasts even further," said John Jeffrey, chairman of the Six Nations Council, to the French newspaper Midi Olympique on 31/01/2022.

An agreement dated 11/03/2021 indicates that the Luxembourg investment fund CVC Capital Partners will enter the capital of the commercial company of the Six Nations Committee. The FFR noted this entry on 16/01/2021. "As part of this partnership project, CVC guarantees the Federations the payment of £305m (€343m) in five annual instalments for its stake in the company managing the rights to the Six Nations Tournament and the Autumn Tournament. In addition, a further £60m (€67.5m) may be paid to the…