R360 Parent AOTG Sport Faces Strike-Off Over Unpaid Accounts — SkimNews
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- AOTG Sport received a Companies House strike-off notice this week, with two months to file overdue accounts covering the period up to December 2025 or face dissolution
- AOTG blamed the filing delay on an accountant error, saying it will be resolved by early next week, and insisted R360 remains on track for a 2028 launch
- R360 postponed its inaugural edition from October 2026 to 2028 after eight Test nations and the British & Irish Lions moved against the project
- Organizers planned a five-month, F1-style global circuit with eight men's and four women's teams, floating MetLife Stadium, Barcelona's Nou Camp and Dublin's Croke Park as venues
- England, Ireland and Scotland issued blanket bans on selecting players who signed R360 contracts; England fly-halves George Ford and Fin Smith stayed with their clubs
- Organizers claimed contracts with close to 200 men's players, though World Rugby withheld ratification without a guaranteed Test-window release
- Stuart Hooper (former Bath coach) and Mark Spoors (player agent) hold the majority of AOTG shares, with UAE-based 885 Capital — also invested in Baller League — as largest outside investor
Why it matters: With Companies House giving AOTG just two months to comply before dissolution, the company behind rugby's most ambitious rebel start-up faces a bureaucratic threat that could derail the 2028 relaunch even before the sport's governing politics get resolved. Organizers still need to convert roughly 200 player contracts and major-venue commitments into a viable product while navigating blanket bans from England, Ireland and Scotland.
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