NFL Network acquires rights for Rugby Sevens series

The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by American football league the NFL, acquired rights in the US for the 2013 Professional Rugby Sevens series in a deal with promoter Grand Prix Entertainment.

Grand Prix Entertainment has the worldwide media rights to the Professional Rugby Sevens series under a deal with USA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the US, in a deal running until 2018.