ON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER

A production company formed by footballer turned pundit Gary Neville, below, has won the contract to produce the rugby output on TNT Sports from next season.
Blindside understands from TV insiders that Buzz16, a company co-founded by Neville in 2016, undercut rugby’s long-established producers Sunset and Vine by a significant seven figures to win the deal.

The Premiership’s deal with BT Sport which is being rebranded as TNT Sports following a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, is due to run out at the end of next season.
It remains to be seen if the media...