Rl Commercial Limited

In 2022, the Rugby Football League Limited (“RFL”) and Super League (Europe) Ltd (“SLE”) entered into a Joint Venture and formed RL Commercial Limited (“RL Commercial”). RL Commercial has been assigned the rights of all the commercial properties of the professional Sport of Rugby League and is charged with selling those properties as well as staging the Sport’s central events. Ownership of those rights still remains with the RFL and SLE respectively. This Joint Venture began trading in January 2023. RL Commercial distributes residual value payments to both the RFL and SLE, in line with the underlying agreement. SLE acts as a vehicle to pass these payments onto Super League Clubs, while the RFL receives payment for the provision of services to RL Commercial as well as distributing Championship and League 1 clubs their share of the residual value payments. Under this business model, all stakeholders have a vested interest in the success of RL Commercial, which continues its long-term relationship with a strategic partner to further help drive the commercial value of the sport.