Alan Gilpin on reviewing the 2023 Men’s Rugby World Cup and running a game in the midst of change.

As the tickertape settles on a record-breaking 2023 Men’s Rugby World Cup, World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin reviews the tournament – the format, the performance of the Tier 2 nations, the role of technology and the experience in France – and sets out the organisation’s big priorities over the next few years.

In an extended conversation on Leaders in Focus, Gilpin spends time with Leaders’ James Emmett and David Cushnan, at IMG’s London studios, to discuss what a sustainable and smart future for women’s rugby union could look like; player welfare and safety; the influence private equity money might exert over the sport in the coming years; the dynamics at play in the CEO-Chairman relationship within international federations; the boring-but-critical role of committees; and the constant evolution of sports hospitality. He also reflects on the unique way rugby stirs emotion and how he channels his own emotions as a leader.

On the conversational agenda:

• 1:03 – Reviewing the 2023 RWC
• 4:41 –  The performance of Tier 2 Nations
• 6:52 – Addressing the law challenges for casual fans
• 8:39 – Reviewing the technology at the RWC
• 13:01 – Possible growing pains in the women’s game
• 14:49 – Private equity in rugby union
• 17:42 – Becoming World Rugby CEO
• 30:22 – Making difficult decisions as a leader

You can also listen to the podcast version below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Leaders in Focus is produced by Leaders in Sport, in partnership with IMG.

Alan Gilpin on reviewing the 2023 Men’s Rugby World Cup and running a game in the midst of change.

As the tickertape settles on a record-breaking 2023 Men’s Rugby World Cup, World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin reviews the tournament – the format, the performance of the Tier 2 nations, the role of technology and the experience in France – and sets out the organisation’s big priorities over the next few years.

In an extended conversation on Leaders in Focus, Gilpin spends time with Leaders’ James Emmett and David Cushnan, at IMG’s London studios, to discuss what a sustainable and smart future for women’s rugby union could look like; player welfare and safety; the influence private equity money might exert over the sport in the coming years; the dynamics at play in the CEO-Chairman relationship within international federations; the boring-but-critical role of committees; and the constant evolution of sports hospitality. He also reflects on the unique way rugby stirs emotion and how he channels his own emotions as a leader.

On the conversational agenda:

• 1:03 – Reviewing the 2023 RWC
• 4:41 –  The performance of Tier 2 Nations
• 6:52 – Addressing the law challenges for casual fans
• 8:39 – Reviewing the technology at the RWC
• 13:01 – Possible growing pains in the women’s game
• 14:49 – Private equity in rugby union
• 17:42 – Becoming World Rugby CEO
• 30:22 – Making difficult decisions as a leader

You can also listen to the podcast version below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Leaders in Focus is produced by Leaders in Sport, in partnership with IMG.

A run through of the week coming up on 16 – 19 October, how it’s shaping up and tips and tricks for when you go.

Leaders Week London is happening on Monday 16^th to Thursday 19^th of October. With 3,000 in person attendees from over 70 countries and 50 sports, it’s an unparalleled opportunity to connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry. In this episode, Leaders’ Content Director David Cushnan, Managing Director Laura McQueen and Events Director Hannah Redfern tell you what to expect, what to look out for and everything you need to know about everything happening during the week.

Monday 16^th: The Diversity Forum – a platform for executives within sport to champion equity, diversity and inclusion.

Tuesday 17^th: The Leaders Sports Awards – a prestigious, black-tie celebration of excellence across the industry with 500 distinguished guests, at the iconic Natural History Museum.

Wednesday 18^th and Thursday 19^th: The Summit, at Twickenham. 3 fully programmed stages, a host of private forums and gatherings, a thriving partner village, all your favourite sports industry connections and the best lunches in town.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Tongue Tied Media’s Jo Tongue
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch

If you’d like to join sign up for an unforgettable week of relationship building and knowledge sharing, you can click here find out more.  And if you’re already registered, you can download the official Leaders Events app from your chosen app store to see the latest version of the agenda, plan your week, book meetings and connect with people from across the industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.

Agency founder Jo Tongue on building a business around her clients.

Welcome to Founders Keepers, the podcast series about entrepreneurship and business building from the Leaders Sport Business podcast.

The guest for this final episode of the season is Jo Tongue, founder of Tongue Tied Media.

Tongue has 20 years of experience in the industry across sport, media and commercial, beginning with an eight-year stint as a Producer at the BBC. She then moved to independent agency Somethin Else, before beginning her role as as Director at Women in Football in 2010 – a role she holds to this day. She is also a Trustee of the Jason Roberts Foundation and the Michael Carrick Foundation. She was recently recognised in the Woman’s Hour 2023 Power List for Women in Sport, and was awarded an MBE for services to Football and to Gender Equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

In 2015, Tongue founded Tongue Tied Media. Tongue Tied Media consists of two branches. The first is Tongue Tied Management, which represents the likes of Jill Scott, Leah Williamson, Dion Dublin, Andy Cole, Emma Hayes and Michael Carrick.

The second branch is Tongue Tied Productions. The company’s production portfolio includes ‘Euro ’96 – When Football Came Home’ and ‘Raising the Bar with Rob Rinder’ on BBC Radio 5 Live – which featured the likes of Kenny Dalglish, Alan Shearer, Kelly Cates, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Sutton. Their series ‘Re:United’ brought together rivals such as Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Cram and Lord Coe, and Andy Cole and David Seaman.

• Podcast: Founders Keepers – ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong
• Podcast: Founders Keepers – Two Circles’ Gareth Balch
• Podcast: 4SE Material – Merch à la mode: Why fashion is embracing sports merchandise

Leaders Week London, our flagship in person event experience, is returning on the 16^th-19^th October. Find out more about how you can connect with those at the heart of the global sports industry.

Listen to the podcast below, and subscribe today on Apple, Amazon, Spotify or your chosen podcast platform.