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WORLD RUGBY High Performance Playbook 2016-2020
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‘Mission Critical’
Why is high performance a commercial and
financial objective for World Rugby?
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rugby and creating a more attractive product.
A more attractive product enhances the quality
of our major event properties*, which gives us
the ability to generate greater revenues from
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them. These revenues can then be reinvested in Reinvest
all business programmes, in order to deliver the to deliver CRITICAL’
mission of our strategic plan “Growing the global the mission:
rugby family”. Growing the Create a more
global rugby attractive
And then the wheel keeps turning… family rugby product
*Our major event properties are:
• Rugby World Cup 15s (men) 4 Generate greater
revenues from 3
• Rugby World Cup 15s (women) major event
• Rugby World Cup Sevens (men and women) properties
• HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
(men and women)
• World Rugby U20 Championship (15s men)
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Outcomes
• Reduce Tier 2 infringements and cards by 20%
Strategic targets are therefore aligned to these
unions and these events. The high-level targets for
2016-2020 (15s men) are:
• Reduce Tier 2 average losing margins to
• One Tier 2 union to qualify for the Internationals
of international rugby
• Two Tier 2 unions to qualify for the
quarter-finals of RWC 2023
These targets are further detailed across the • Quality of HP processes – coaching, people, plans
system of union investment. First, we target
RWC and culture
processes within unions that underpin success in
pinnacle events. Second, we target measurable Campaign • Development and execution of the union’s
outcomes of national teams representing unions. RWC project for the three months up to and
Processes
When all targets are aligned, we can truly impact including RWC 2019
on the competitiveness of international rugby.
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WORLD RUGBY High Performance Playbook 2016-2020
France Georgia
Italy Japan
Australia Tonga
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WORLD RUGBY High Performance Playbook 2016-2020
Targets
of international rugby
high performance investment. The assessment and
criteria is the Performance Management High Performance System
Framework with an allowance for the union to
express its own unique selling points. Union Budget
and
The Performance Case is in two parts:
World Rugby Investment
Variables
1. The union makes a detailed desktop
submission Individual Union Context
and
2. The union presents its case to the Performance
Critical Success Factors
Case Investment Panel
After all unions have presented their case, the
panel recommends investment for allocation
by World Rugby’s Executive Committee. Unions Targeted
are allocated investment in up to four tiers
(which in turn supports projects within the five
performance drivers): Conditional
1. Core Investment: the minimum sum based on
participation in the programme
Performance
2. Performance Investment: an additional sum,
based quality of Performance Case
3. Conditional Investment: an additional sum,
based on KPIs to be achieved
4. Targeted Investment: additional sum, based Core
on ability to achieve specific World Rugby
targets (RWC 2019 quarter-final potential or
long-term major market appeal)
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2016/17 2018/19
Investment Investment
Agreement Year 1 Year 2 Agreement Year 3 Year 4
signed Operations* Operations* signed Operations* Operations*
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Contact Details
For more information on
World Rugby’s High Performance Programme,
please contact:
Peter Horne
General Manager High Performance
peter.horne@worldrugby.org
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