Sponsorship
Introduction
The St Joseph’s College National Schools Rugby Festival started in 1986 to commemorate the College’s Golden Jubilee. Schools invited to take part came from both the state and independent sectors. The Festival has grown from strength to strength; our main pitches are now professionally live streamed and all matches can be watched worldwide with last year's viewers totalling over 100,000.
Many professional rugby players have competed in the Festival, including Chris Robshaw, Anthony Allen, Mako Vunipola, Jonathan Joseph, Tom Penny, Levi Davis, Christian Wade and Mike Tindall.
St Joseph’s College has also had a huge number of students go on to become professional rugby players, including
Cameron Ives
Ethan Waddleton
Tom Emery
Dan Lewis
Lewis Ludlam
Alex Day
Adrian Sanday
George Wacokecoke
Harry Williams
Luc Jeannot
Sponsorship Opportunities
*Headline Sponsorship also includes a watermark on all professional photos
Sponsorship of the festival shirt includes sponsorship on the Saturday match kit for 23/24
VIP tickets include a three-course lunch
All main sponsors have access to the Sponsors Tent across the whole weekend
Advertising boards are on-site for one academic year
Additional Opportunities
Advertising Boards
Stand-alone pitch side advertising boards are priced at £375 per board, and remain in place for the Festival and remainder of the 23/24 academic year. These boards measure 1800 x 600mm.
Product Placement
Product placement spaces are available on request. For example, branded cars can be placed at a very visable point, including within site of the Live Stream on Pitch 1. POA
Festival Programme
We print 1,000 copies of our Festival Programme, within which stand-alone advertisements are also available.
Full Page Advertisement
Half Page Advertisement
£250
£130
Festival Statistics
16 teams from across the UK
2 minis/youth tournaments
7,000+ visitors on-site over the weekend
100+ tweets using #sjcfestival
over 79,000 users reached via Facebook and Instagram for posts around 2022
Rugby Festival
43,999 page views on the Festival website (November 2021- October 2022)
Live Streams
Pitch 1 Day 1 - 29,000 views
Pitch 2 Day 1 - 22,000 views
Pitch 1 Day 2 - 30,000 views
Pitch 2 Day 2 - 16,000 views
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