Six Nations

'Super Saturday' sees 11.4m pints sold

22-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Almost 11.5m pints of draught beer and cider were sold in pubs across the UK on Saturday 19 March as the nation cheered ‘Super Saturday’s’ culmination of the Guinness Six Nations championship, according to data from real time market intelligence business...

BBPA predicts 24.5m pints to be sold during Six Nations matches

11-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has estimated 24.5m pints could be sold in UK pubs during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship this weekend (Friday 11 and Saturday 12 March 2022), according to the BBPA’s beer sales volume survey alongside...

Star invests £60,000 into 'Rugby packages' in a bid to increase footfall

28-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Star Pubs & Bars has invested £60,000 into Rugby support packages ahead of the Six Nations to help its pubs maximise the occasion.

Welsh Six Nations games to be played in Wales

14-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed Wales’s Six Nations rugby matches are to be hosted in Wales as planned after restrictions were lifted, offering a chance for hospitality businesses in the country to recoup some revenue from lost trade...

Pubs could lose £20m if the Welsh Six Nations games move to England

13-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Moving the Welsh matches outside of Wales during the Six Nations rugby tournament would be an “insult” to hospitality businesses because losing out on the trade provided through these key events would be a “catastrophe”.

Six Nations Rugby: Making the most of it

20-Jan-2015 By Phil Mellows

As England prepares to host the Rugby World Cup next September, the Six Nations tournament, which kicks off in February, is set to be even bigger than usual, and pubs could find themselves entertaining a whole new demographic.

Pubs offer Six Nations themed menus

28-Feb-2014 By Jo Bruce

Licensees are capitalising on the Six Nations Rugby Tournament with themed food menus.

How to make the most of Six Nations rugby

21-Jan-2013 By Phil Mellows

The Six Nations tournament is the highlight of the domestic rugby-union calendar and provides licensees with the opportunity to kick-start their trading performance after the post-Christmas lull. Phil Mellows looks to the battles ahead and passes on tips...

Sports Preview of the Year 2011: Game on

19-Jan-2011

With no big summer football tournament this year, you could be forgiven for thinking there won't be much sport to watch in pubs in 2011, but you'd be...

Six Nations: Tasting the beers of the Six Nations

09-Jan-2008

The battle between brands on your bar this February and March looks set to be as fierce as the action on the pitch, as major beer labels clamour to...

Six Nations: Prepare for the tournament

09-Jan-2008

Pub companies and drinks brands have been busy preparing for the Six Nations, hoping to help licensees capitalise on a sport whose popularity is...

Six Nations: score with rugby

11-Jan-2007

Within the past year, England have flopped at football, been hit for six at cricket, and been tackled into touch in the rugby. These failures by the...

It's try time again

10-Jan-2007

One tournament, six nations - and 15 opportunities to up your takings as rugby fever returns next month, says Noli Dinkovski There are some...

Game on for pubs

24-Jan-2006

The Six Nations is a perfect opportunity to drive sales up in your pub. Phil Mellows reports.It's cold, damp and gloomy. Christmas is a memory that...

Six Nations preview: Give it a try

14-Jan-2005

The fast-approaching RBS Six Nations rugby tournament is a perfect opportunity to attract custom to your pub. Phil Mellows offers some tips.Talk of...

Six Nations Preview: Brewers on the ball

16-Jan-2004

After the success of the Rugby World Cup the Six Nations is a great opportunity for pubs and brewers to exploit the growing popularity of the oval...