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Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: October 9, 2024, 3:20 am
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Premiership Women’s Rugby shock as CEO resigns a week into new
season
Belinda Moore only took up her position in January last year but
no explanation has been given for her departure
08 October 2024 9:05pm BST
Fiona Tomas
Belinda Moore has resigned from her role as chief executive
officer of Premiership Women’s Rugby in a shock development less
than a week into the new season.
Moore took up the position in January last year after being
identified by the Rugby Football Union as “the perfect
candidate” for the role.
She was given a remit to oversee a 10-year plan to
professionalise the women’s top flight and put the league on a
path towards sustainability, but her sudden departure was
confirmed in a five-sentence press release issued by the PWR
board on Tuesday afternoon.
No reason was given for her resignation, which comes just days
into the new season and less than a year out from a women’s
World Cup which England will host.
Moore, who re-launched the women’s top flight during her tenure
and secured a first ever broadcast deal with TNT Sports and is
the wife of Telegraph rugby columnist Brian, had previously
spoken of her ambition to capitalise on “the Lionesses effect”
and for women’s rugby to broaden its commercial reach.
In an interview with Telegraph Sport last year, she said she was
“pleasantly surprised” by the number of brands who were looking
to align themselves with women’s rugby in the build up to next
year’s World Cup.
News of Moore’s departure comes days after the league launched
its new “Powered Differently” campaign for the 2024-25 season,
which celebrated the dual career athletes in the women’s top
flight.
While a process for her successor is yet to get underway, it is
understood Genevieve Shore, the former England international who
won the World Cup in 1994, will assume more responsibility in
her current role as PWR chair.
A PWR spokesperson said: “Belinda Moore has made the decision to
move on from Premier Women’s Rugby Ltd (PWR) to focus on other
opportunities and will be stepping down this month.
“From our brand to the Powered Differently campaign and the
broadcast deal with TNT Sports she has achieved a huge amount
during her time with PWR. We are very grateful to Belinda for
all her hard work and wish her all the best in the future.
“PWR has a fantastic team that will continue to drive the
business forward and will be supported by the Board through the
leadership transition.
“Our focus is now on the new season, supporting our clubs and
athletes through an exciting new period of growth for PWR, and
onto the Women’s Rugby World Cup being held in England in 2025.”
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Bod
Date: October 9, 2024, 4:12 am
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Less and less women involved in Prem/International Rugby
structures at a Senior level
I think only Exeter still have a Woman Director of Rugby in
Womens Prem
Laddos like to muscle in too much now.
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Squint
Date: October 9, 2024, 5:18 am
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--- Quote from: Bod link ---
>
> Less and less women involved in Prem/International Rugby
structures at a Senior level
> I think only Exeter still have a Woman Director of Rugby in
Womens Prem
> Laddos like to muscle in too much now.
>
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Bill Burr (contains swearing) nails it.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I745Ajeq_B8
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: never sleep
Date: October 9, 2024, 6:52 am
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--- Quote from: Bod link ---
>
> Less and less women involved in Prem/International Rugby
structures at a Senior level
> I think only Exeter still have a Woman Director of Rugby in
Womens Prem
> Laddos like to muscle in too much now.
>
--- End Quote ---
[pedant mode=on] Fewer and fewer women [pedant mode=off]
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: October 9, 2024, 6:54 am
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Yareet
Date: October 9, 2024, 7:47 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
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> [pedant mode=on] Fewer and fewer women [pedant mode=off]
>
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[pedant mode=on] Women's Prem [pedant mode=off]
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Wirralquin
Date: October 14, 2024, 12:12 am
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it’s just working is it . the pitiful attendances in canada and
south africa show this .you can advertise the hell out of a
roses v NZ match at alliance twickenham. giving thousands of
tickets away at cost price . but , it just isn’t taking off
professionally . clubs can’t afford it sadly ..
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: poorfour
Date: October 14, 2024, 3:26 am
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--- Quote from: Wirralquin link ---
>
> it’s just working is it . the pitiful attendances in canada
and south africa show this .you can advertise the hell out of a
roses v NZ match at alliance twickenham. giving thousands of
tickets away at cost price . but , it just isn’t taking off
professionally . clubs can’t afford it sadly ..
>
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The attendances in Canada and South Africa were disappointing
compared to what has been achieved in England, but they are
first time hosts of a tournament in its second year for a sport
that is in its professional infancy.
As for "giving thousands of tickets away at cost price"...
selling tickets at a low price isn't giving them away, and there
isn't really such a thing as "cost price" for an event. The cost
of staging the event is fairly fixed and once you've covered
that, the marginal cost for additional attendance is basically
the number of additional bar staff and stewards. Mark Evans made
the point after the original Big Game that at 50k attendees
Quins could make the same money they would have selling out the
Stoop, and every ticket thereafter was essentially pure profit
however cheaply they were sold.
For the RFU, that equation is even more favourable, because they
don't have to pay to hire their own stadium.
I just don't get the attitude of rugby fans who seem to want the
women's game to fail as a professional sport. If you don't enjoy
it, don't attend.
But we should all support its growth, because rugby as a whole
is not profitable and needs new sources of revenue. It's hard to
squeeze more men's games into the calendar, so our choices are
to encourage a format that brings new fans to the sport and can
reach profitability faster than the men's game has, pay more for
tickets and tv for the men's game or wait for more owners to
pull out and more teams to go under.
The clubs are investing in this because they can see it makes
economic sense.
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: Domestos
Date: October 14, 2024, 3:39 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
>
>
> Edited.
> I just don't get the attitude of rugby fans who seem to want
the women's game to fail as a professional sport. If you don't
enjoy it, don't attend.
>
> But we should all support its growth, because rugby as a whole
is not profitable and needs new sources of revenue. It's hard to
squeeze more men's games into the calendar, so our choices are
to encourage a format that brings new fans to the sport and can
reach profitability faster than the men's game has, pay more for
tickets and tv for the men's game or wait for more owners to
pull out and more teams to go under.
>
> The clubs are investing in this because they can see it makes
economic sense.
>
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I don't think anyone actually wants the women's game to fail.
I suggest that many people are luke warm about women's rugby.
This is reflected in the numbers attending games and the amount
that can be charged for tickets. Will it get better? Yes, I
think so, but not massively.
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Re: Pitbulls' Wife leaves as CEO of Womens Premiership Rugby
DIR By: poorfour
Date: October 14, 2024, 4:02 am
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I totally agree that there are a lot of "traditional" rugby fans
who are lukewarm about women's rugby - but it hacks me off when
they feel the need to weigh in and knock it, especially without
any consideration of where the game is in its development or how
important it is to rugby as a whole that it succeeds. I
genuinely think rugby has a much greater chance of surviving as
a professional sport if there is a succesful women's game. It
will take a while to get there but things are mostly moving in
the right direction.
I watched four games of professional rugby over the last
weekend, starting with Sale v Newcastle on the telly, then Quins
v Gloucester-Hartpury at the Stoop, taking in Red Roses v Canada
overnight and finishing with Quins v Saracens at the Stoop.
The quality of three of those games, in terms of excitement and
the relative physicality of the teams, was pretty similar. There
were differences in some skill sets (particularly kicking), but
overall the gap has narrowed a fair bit. Last season, PWR games
tended to be very one sided with big wins and big losses, but
this season it looks like there will be many more tight games
(and that Mr Gilmore has been working with the women as well as
the men). The International game is also much more competitive
at every level below England and Canada - the other WXV1 teams
can at the moment each beat each other and push Canada close,
but only Canada are currently offering a threat to the Red
Roses.
I have a vested interest here. Ms Poorfour Maj is in the RFU's
player development pathway and hopes to play professionally. So
I am biased in favour of it succeeding - but I am also closer to
what the unions and clubs are doing and why.
Right now, everything is geared around RWC 2025 as a way to
accelerate the game globally, but particularly in England.
Ticket pre-sale has been successful, and the next big test is
whether the wider pool stage pre-sale is successful once the
draw is made this week.
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