{"id":820269,"date":"2026-11-01T00:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820269\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T00:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:44:26","slug":"rugby-union-eddie-hearn-expected-to-up-prem-influence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820269\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Union: Eddie Hearn expected to up Prem influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renowned boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is expected to ramp up his influence in rugby union after meeting with Prem bosses in Monaco last week.<\/p>\n

Hearn, who runs Matchroom Sport, has made a foray into rugby by signing high-profile players Finn Russell and Henry Pollock to his stable.<\/p>\n

And the sports mogul has been backed to make a big impact in the sport by senior figures in the English game.<\/p>\n

“[Matchroom] will be a force for good. [Hearn] sees that rugby is on a great trajectory and he’s very pro the Prem,” said Prem Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor.<\/p>\n

“I think his ambition goes beyond just representing top athletes.<\/p>\n

“He doesn’t want to be a disruptor. He wants to work with the league, but he definitely wants to agitate for more growth and sees a lot of potential.”<\/p>\n

Hearn has spoken previously of his desire to “turbo-charge”<\/a> the profile of rugby union and its players, adding it would be a “stroll in the park” to transform the sport.<\/p>\n

“I’d expect him to represent some more of the top stars in the Prem,” said Massie-Taylor.<\/p>\n

“And so you start to move into other options, whether that’s around events, big games, or something specifically commercial around the players across the league.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think he’s there to buy a rugby club, but he could definitely help introduce people to it and partner with that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renowned boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is expected to ramp up his influence in rugby union after meeting with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-820269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820269","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=820269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}