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RC Toulon players Mathieu Sma\u00efli (left), Dany Priso (centre), and Antoine Frisch (right) present the club\u2019s new away jersey<\/p>\n
Ulster Rugby\u2019s former sponsors Kingspan have announced a significant new deal with French club RC Toulon.<\/p>\n
The Kingspan logo will be emblazed on the club\u2019s famous rouge and noir jersey for the next four seasons, in a multi-million Euro deal.<\/p>\n
Bernard Lema\u00eetre, President of Toulonnais said: \u201cThis partnership with Kingspan goes beyond jersey visibility. It\u2019s about two organisations coming together around a shared vision. We are proud to associate the image of RC Toulon with an international group that embodies innovation, performance, and environmental responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kingspan\u2019s 11-year sponsorship of Ulster – that included naming rights for the Belfast ground traditionally known as Ravenhill – was dogged by controversary following the Grenfell Tower fire that saw 72 die in June 2017.<\/p>\n
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RC Toulon players Melvyn Jaminet (left) and Ga\u00ebl Dr\u00e9an (right) showcase the club’s new home jersey featuring the distinctive red and black design with Kingspan sponsorship<\/p>\n
Kingspan was one of several construction firms to face significant criticism in the final report into the disaster.<\/p>\n
The company has long said its K15 insulation product, which made up 5% of the insulation in the tower block, was used without its knowledge.<\/p>\n
Ulster\u2019s relationship with Kingspan came to end during the summer. Their Belfast home is now known officially as Affidea Stadium.<\/p>\n
CEO of Kingspan Gene Murtagh said on the sponsorship deal with the French giants: \u201cWe have a strong track record of supporting rugby globally, and we are delighted to partner with RC Toulon and join the ‘Rouge & Noir’ family. This partnership is a logical fit for Kingspan as we continue to grow our investment, employment and manufacturing footprint in France.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RC Toulon players Mathieu Sma\u00efli (left), Dany Priso (centre), and Antoine Frisch (right) present the club\u2019s new away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,41315,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-81434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-ulster-rugby","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}