World Rugby: Gallagher (insurance), partner of women's rugby, including the WXV & the 2025 World Cup

Gallagher, an American insurance brokerage firm, has become an official partner of World Rugby as part of a "multi-year global partnership," announced the brand on 03/05/2023. The agreement covers women's rugby, including the XWV, a new annual global competition organised by the body, for the 2023 and 2024 editions, as well as the 2025 World Cup (awarded to England).

As part of the deal, "Gallagher will also be the founding partner of the High Performance Academy, a fully immersive development and leadership programme established by World Rugby and Gallagher with the stated mission of increasing the prominence of female coaches and other high performance roles at elite levels of the sport that will have a lasting impact on the women's game," explained the US brand. Former New Zealand international Kendra Cocksedge and England international Sarah Hunter are ambassadors for the partnership.

In addition to Gallagher, World Rugby has another sponsor committed to women's rugby: the American payment solutions group Mastercard. Mastercard extended its partnership with World Rugby to become…