Photo by Sam Barnes/SportsfileMunster Rugby is set to break more new ground this month as the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions mean the Branch’s Annual General Meeting goes online. Clearly Munster, like every stakeholder in rugby throughout the world, needs a swift resumption in the professional game to get revenue streams flowing again from sponsorship, broadcast and other commercial deals. The deal is worth £30m to Irish Rugby with the IRFU phasing payments from CVC over three seasons, starting with a £5m downpayment made on completion last May 22. While a date for this month’s Munster AGM has yet to be confirmed and changes are expected to the format aside from it being held online there will be some familiar elements. Dave Kavanagh, who joined Munster in January from the Six Nations as head of commercial and marketing, said: “Naming rights for Thomond Park is very much on the cards for Munster.

Source: Irish Examiner June 06, 2020 03:11 UTC