Terms & Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE

The website located at nationschampionshiprugby.com (“Website”) is operated by Wasserman Digital and WMH Management Europe Limited trading as Wasserman Performance, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 03584251 whose registered office is at 71-91 7th Floor, Aldwych House, Aldwych, London, England, WC2B 4HN on behalf of:

1. Six Nations Rugby Limited, which is incorporated in Ireland under company number 358420 and which is tax resident in the United Kingdom where it is registered with company number FC037182 and whose business address is at Thomas House, 84 Eccleston Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 1PX (“SNRL”);
2. New Zealand Rugby Union Incorporated of Level 4, 100 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand (“NZRU”);
3. Rugby Australia Ltd ACN 002 898 544 of Rugby Australia Building, Corner Moore Park Road and Driver Avenue, Moore Park, New South Wales, 2021, Australia (“RA”);
4. South African Rugby Union of SARU House, Tygerberg Office Park, 163 Uys Krige Drive, Plattekloof, 7500, Western Cape Province, South Africa (“SARU”); and
5. Union Argentina De Rugby of Dardo Rocha 2950, B1640, Martinez, Provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina (“UAR”).

References in these Terms of Use to “we”, “us”, “our” and similar expressions are to Wasserman, SNRL, NZRU, RA, SARU and UAR collectively. References to the “SANZAAR Unions” are to NZRU, RA, SARU and UAR, collectively.

To contact us, please email hello@email.nationschampionshiprugby.com.

These terms of use are entered into by and between you and us. The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website.

By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Website.

[This Website is offered and available to users who are [13] years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you meet the foregoing eligibility requirement. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.] If you are not yet 18 years old, then you must review these terms with your parent or guardian and they must understand and agree to these Terms of Use in order for you to use the Website. Please also see our Privacy Policy or an explanation of how we use your personal information when you use our Website. Your parent or guardian can reach out to us at hello@email.nationschampionshiprugby.com with any questions.

Please note that if you are under the age of 18, you cannot register for an account without your parent/guardian’s permission.

The Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of the Website:

• Our Privacy Policy https://nationschampionshiprugby.com/privacypolicy, which explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.
• Our Cookie Policy https://nationschampionshiprugby.com/privacypolicy, which sets out information about the cookies on the Website.

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the most recent version of the Terms of Use. You are expected to check this page from time to time/frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

The Website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. You are responsible for any devices, software and services needed to use the Website. We do not guarantee that the Website will fully function on any particular device or with any particular software or browser. You are also responsible for any messaging and data charges, fees and taxes for your use of Website, including when we communicate with you by text, email or other means that you choose.

We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Website for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. We will not be liable to you for any period of suspension, withdrawal or unavailability of the Website.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and other applicable terms of service, and that they comply with them.

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to another organisation. We will always tell you by an update to these Terms of Use if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at hello@email.nationschampionshiprugby.com.

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. Nothing in these terms intends to transfer any such rights to you, or to vest any such rights in you. All such rights are reserved. You may not take any action to jeopardise, limit or interfere with our or the licensors’ rights.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from the Website for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on the Website.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified third party contributors, as applicable) as the authors or source(s) of content on the Website must always be credited (except where the content is user-generated) and you must make clear that the use of any material or content from our Website is subject to these Terms of Use.

You must not otherwise use, reproduce, disseminate or distribute any part of the content on the Website, including for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of the Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these Terms of Use).

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to the Website or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Website for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

• any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Website or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same; and
• any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, the Website, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, the Website or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Website for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model.

This clause will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

You may add links to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to the Website in any website that is not owned by you.

The Website must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of the Website other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects the Acceptable Use of the Website section below.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on the Website other than that set out above, please contact hello@email.nationschampionshiprugby.com.

The Nations Championship name, the Nations Championship logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of SNRL and the SANZAAR Unions (or their affiliates or licensors). All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

All rights, including copyright and database rights, in the Website and its contents, are owned by or licensed to SNRL and the SANZAAR Unions (or their affiliates), or otherwise used by them as permitted by applicable law.

You must not use such names, logos, designs, slogans or marks without the prior written permission of SNRL and the SANZAAR Unions. Nothing stated or implied on the Website is designed to grant any licence or right under any copyright or other intellectual property rights of SNRL, the SANZAAR Unions or any third party to use any names, logos, pictures, trade marks or other works or content featured on the Website. No act of downloading or otherwise copying or reproducing from the Website will transfer title to you.

The content on the Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely for any purpose. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on the Website. We disclaim all liability and responsibility if you rely on the Website and any content on it.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Website despite being under no obligation to do so, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website (including any match data or statistics) is accurate, complete or up to date.

The Website may link to or allow you to use third-party websites, downloadable materials, content, social networks, or other digital services (together, “Third Party Services”), which are provided for your information only. Any such links to Third Party Services should not be interpreted as approval by us of those Third Party Services or any information you obtain from them. These Third Party Services may have their own, separate terms and conditions or privacy policies that you should review and understand before using them. We do not endorse, have any control over, and are not associated with any of these Third Party Services.

We have no responsibility for any loss or damages arising from or related to Third Party Services.

We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software and ensure you regularly update your web browser to help you mitigate against the risk of viruses and bugs.

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with the Website or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website or any other equipment or network connected with the Website. You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of the Website or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which this Website relies in any way. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

• we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

If you are a business user:

• we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to the Website or any content on it.
• we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
• use of, or inability to use, the Website; or
• use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Website.
• we will not be liable for:
• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user:

• we only provide the Website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity arising from such use.
• if defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation.

The acceptable use standards set out in this section apply to any ways in which you use the Website.

You must comply with these standards in spirit as well as to the letter.

We will determine, in our discretion, whether your use of the Website breaches these acceptable use standards.

You may not use the Website:

• In any way that breaches any local, national or international law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• In any way that infringes the rights of any person.
• In any way that restricts or inhibits the use and enjoyment of the Website by SNRL, the SANZAAR Unions, other Website users and/or any third party.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, share, post, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

We will only use your personal information as set out in our https://nationschampionshiprugby.com/privacypolicy.

We provide the Website “as-is” and without any warranties. We disclaim all warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant or make any representation that the Website will be accurate, reliable, uninterrupted or error free, that defect will be corrected, or that the Website is free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume total responsibility related to your use of the Website. Your sole remedy against us for dissatisfaction with the Website is to stop your use of the Website.

We make no representation that the Website is available in all countries. You are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws in the country from which you access this Website.

If any of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms of Use are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which the relevant term(s) and/or condition(s) are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it/they shall be severed and deleted from these Terms of Use and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

On termination of these Terms of Use your permission to use the Website and all rights granted to you under these Terms of Use will cease; however, these Terms of Use will continue to apply to your prior use of the Website and anything relating to or arising from such use. On termination, all our rights including all intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, and licences in these Terms of Use will survive, as well all restrictions on use, all limitations on liability and disclaimers.

These Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes in connection with these Terms of Use.

In the event of any inconsistency between the English language version of these Terms of Use and any other language translations (if made available), the English language version shall always take precedence.