Six Nations CEO Tom Harrison on risk, relevance and rugby's future

About this episode

Tom Harrison discusses the future of rugby and the Six Nations tournament in this episode.

In one of his first interviews since joining Six Nations Rugby, chief executive Tom Harrison joins Sam Carp and Steve McCaskill on this week's episode for an in-depth conversation at a pivotal moment for rugby union. With this season's Six Nations underway, Harrison assesses the health of the competition, discusses whether the tournament going behind a paywall was ever a genuine possibility, and explains why in-game ads have been introduced for the first time. There's also time to look ahead to the inaugural edition of the new Nations Championship and explore the challenges of calendar reform, while Harrison also offers his view on what rugby needs to do to stay relevant and predicts what the sport could look like in ten years. 📩 Got questions for future episodes? Email us at: editor@sportspromedia.com 🎧 Don’t forget to check out SportsPro’s other podcasts: StreamTime Sports, Mics Out, and New Era. OUR SOCIALS: Newsletter: https://www.sportspro.com/account/registration/ YouTube: http://youtube.com/@wearesportspro Instagram: https://instagram.com/sportspro.media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sportspro-media TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sportspromedia

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Carp, Steve McCaskill

Guest: Tom Harrison

Topics covered

• rugby
• Six Nations
• sports management
• calendar reform
• advertising in sports
• future of rugby

Keywords

• rugby
• Six Nations
• Tom Harrison
• sports management
• Nations Championship
• calendar reform
• in-game ads

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Six Nations Rugby, Nations Championship, SportsPro

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