{"id":689872,"date":"2025-11-01T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=689872"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:47:35","slug":"stiga-becomes-official-groundskeeping-partner-of-englands-rugby-football-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/stiga-becomes-official-groundskeeping-partner-of-englands-rugby-football-union\/","title":{"rendered":"STIGA becomes Official Groundskeeping Partner of England\u2019s Rugby Football Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

STIGA becomes Official Groundskeeping Partner of England\u2019s Rugby Football Union<\/strong><\/p>\n

A natural alliance of performance and excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leading garden and grounds care machinery manufacturer STIGA<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0has been appointed Official Groundskeeping Partner of England\u2019s Rugby Football Union (RFU)<\/a><\/span><\/span>. In this role, STIGA will support both the senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, as well as grassroots rugby clubs nationwide. With over 90 years of technical expertise in garden care, STIGA blends cutting-edge technology with sustainable solutions to deliver professional-quality performance on any surface.<\/p>\n

The multi-year partnership with England\u2019s Rugby Football Union (RFU) reflects STIGA\u2019s commitment to easing the load on volunteers and grounds teams in pitch maintenance, while ensuring world-class playing surfaces for sports players at every level, contributing to nurturing rugby from the ground up. As part of the agreement, the garden care brand will support the maintenance of pitches and green spaces across the country, from elite England Rugby training facilities to grassroots clubs, by providing access to its cutting-edge autonomous robot mowers<\/a><\/span><\/span> [6] and battery-powered equipment<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Designed to deliver professional-quality results with minimal effort, STIGA\u2019s intelligent, wireless mowing technology helps optimise turf care, reduce workload for grounds teams, and ensure consistently high-quality playing surfaces for players at every level of the game.<\/p>\n

James Gordon, Managing Director of STIGA UK, said: \u201c_We\u2019re proud to be the Official Groundskeeping Partner of the RFU. Rugby is built on strong foundations, and we believe great games start with great grounds. By showcasing the quality and innovation of STIGA products, we will support clubs, inspire fans, and elevate standards across the sport_.\u201d<\/p>\n

Claudio Borges, RFU Executive Director of Commercial and Marketing, said: \u201c_We are very excited to start this partnership with STIGA. We have aligned values and are excited to see where we can take this new relationship. Having the best pitches and training facilities is_<\/p>\n

paramount to any professional team\u2019s performance, and we are delighted that we will be getting support on this from STIGA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The partnership will be showcased through joint activations, branding across the Union\u2019s channels, as well as those of the senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams and grassroots clubs, alongside a strengthened presence during key matches. Furthermore, demonstrating its commitment to the wider rugby community, STIGA will introduce an exclusive discount programme for all England Rugby clubs, the players and their members…available via stiga.com [8]. A portion of proceeds from these purchases will be reinvested directly into the RFU community, further reinforcing STIGA\u2019s dedication to strengthening rugby from the ground up, while supporting clubs at every level of the game.<\/p>\n

This unprecedented partnership between STIGA and RFU strengthens the brand\u2019s presence in the sports sector and complements its existing collaborations with clubs such as Stade Toulousain in France, Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany, Benetton Rugby in Italy, Lech Pozna\u0144 in Poland, and many others across Europe. This alliance aligns with STIGA\u2019s recent expansion into the professional segment, leveraging over 90 years of expertise in lawn care.<\/p>\n

Image, from left to right:<\/p>\n

Ian Ayling – Grounds Manager – RFU<\/p>\n

Jack Brown – Sales Director – STIGA UK<\/p>\n

James Gordon – Managing Director – STIGA UK<\/p>\n

Claudio Borges – Director of Commercial and Marketing – RFU<\/p>\n

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About STIGA Group<\/p>\n

STIGA Group ranks among the leading European manufacturers and distributors of garden machinery and equipment. The Group consists of five brands, which together represent over 90 years of experience in the industry: in addition to the premium brand Stiga, the Group includes the brands Alpina, Mountfield, Castelgarden, and Atco. The Group sells more than one million gardening machines every year and operates in 87 countries worldwide; with a workforce of more than 1,300 people, STIGA has three production plants: one in Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso, Italy), one in Slovakia, and one in China. The Group also has 15 subsidiaries throughout Europe.<\/p>\n

www.stiga.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STIGA becomes Official Groundskeeping Partner of England\u2019s Rugby Football Union A natural alliance of performance and excellence Leading garden and grounds care machinery manufacturer STIGA\u00a0has been appointed Official Groundskeeping Partner of England\u2019s Rugby Football Union (RFU). In this role, STIGA will support both the senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, as well as grassroots rugby clubs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":689873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689874,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689872\/revisions\/689874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}