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Mar 2022
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UP232 Re-Thinking Sport: Club Rugby

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About this episode

This is an episode in our Re-Thinking Sport series in collaboration with Portas, the global strategy consultancy dedicated to sport and physical activity. Today, we're talking about the business of rugby union with our guest, Nick Garcia, the former City Football Group executive who is now CEO of Welsh club, Ospreys and Head of Team Sports at Y 11 sport and media, the Hong Kong based group that bought a 75.1% stake in the club in May, 2020. 
The other voice you'll hear is that Nick Rawlinson, senior consultant at Portas. 

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