R360’s hope of launching in time for the 2026-27 season have suffered a major blow after the breakaway league deferred its application to World Rugby from September to June next year. However, those ...

Golf has LIV. Soccer had the quickly aborted Super League. Athletics was confronted with the failed Grand Slam Track. Rugby is having to tackle a live threat to its existing global order, an upstart ...

The R360 rebel breakaway league has been dealt a major blow after the world rugby players’ union refused to endorse the competition or any contracts offered to its members. It is understood the ...

Several of the world’s top rugby unions, including England, have warned players tempted to join the proposed breakaway R360 league that doing so would make them ineligible for national selection. A ...

All of a sudden, the phones stopped ringing. After months of regular and encouraging conversations, the last week has seen R360’s leading authorities go quiet on rugby’s top agents. ‘It’s been radio ...

Organisers of rugby union’s new breakaway league have now turned their attention to signing up top coaches as part of their plans to shake-up the game’s established order. R360 wants to create ...

The proposers of “R360”, a global competition of new franchise teams with all-star players, have gone to ground, with three of the principal figures contacted by The i Paper on Wednesday each refusing ...

R360, the proposed global rugby series targetting the game's top stars, has pushed back its launch date two years to 2028, raising doubts over the project's viability. "The decision to shift our ...

Golf has LIV. Soccer had the quickly aborted Super League. Athletics was confronted with the failed Grand Slam Track. Meet the latest disruptor in the sports world: R360. Rugby is having to tackle a ...