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| Published On Feb 11, 2015 8:59 am CET  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 1:37 pm CEST | By Daniel Allermand

Six Nations Rugby and Sportradar in Partnership

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Sportradar, the world’s leading sports data and fraud detection company, announced a new partnership with Six Nations Rugby today. The agreement between the two parties is for a three-year period and will cover the next three editions of Six Nations for Senior Men, Women as well as U20’s Championship with the Sportradar Fraud Detection System (FDS).

Sportradar already works with the Rugby Football Union and the Australian Rugby Union, which will make it easier for them to deploy their FDS to monitor global betting patterns and movements across regular and unregulated markets for all games under Six Nations. In total, Sportradar will be covering around 135 matches and also be hosting Fraud Prevention Service workshops to representatives.

Speaking about the new arrangements, Six Nations Rugby Tournament & Operations Director Jon Davis set out: “To date, rugby, particularly international rugby, has thankfully stayed clear of match-fixing and match manipulation. But we would be naïve to discount the risk altogether, so, in order to head off the possibility, The Six Nations in consultation with the six Unions decided that the Sportradar service would send a clear message. We are vigilant and remain vigilant across our competitions: men’s, women’s and U20s. We hope to hear very little, if at all, from Sportradar in the coming years; but if we do, supporters and stakeholders of the RBS 6 Nations can rest assured that we will act quickly and with conviction”.

Andreas Krannich, the Managing Director for Integrity at Sportradar, added this: “The Six Nations have decided to double-down their defences by pairing our FDS, which monitors 450 betting operators worldwide, with our educational workshops, which have been delivered to football and rugby rights holders across Europe and beyond. Education is such a key component of this service and we are excited to arm key participants with the awareness and understanding of the issue and how it can affect them. This year is a big year for international rugby and it all starts with this year’s RBS 6 Nations. We are proud to play our part in keeping that competition honest, as well as intense and exhilarating!”

Daniel Allermand

Daniel Allermand is a freelance writer, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry as an operator, affiliate and poker player. Daniel has decided it was time to try and bring more coverage about the industry to the general public by writing articles about everything from poker to casino.