Masterlease has become the leasing supply partner to the Rugby Football Union.

The new deal converts an existing relationship with the community department of the RFU into a sole supplier agreement.

The four-year agreement means Masterlease is the exclusive leasing partner for business vehicles and ancillary services to the RFU at head office and at a community rugby level.

Paul Vaughan, RFU business operations director, said: “The RFU undertook a robust review of all its car leasing options and at the end of the process selected Masterlease because it made real commercial sense to do so. The fact that we have reduced our fleet costs, made the fleet easier to manage and improved the position of our drivers means that all stakeholders are happy.”

As part of the deal, Masterlease becomes an official box holder at Twickenham and is able to entertain its customers at all England home games.

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