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Canada: Premier Sports launches rugby streaming service

Premier Sports has announced the launch of a dedicated streaming service in Canada, giving rugby fans across the country access to an array of international and club rugby competitions in one place. The new Premier Sports service will stream every match of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, U20 Six Nations, the Nations Championship tournaments live […]

January 27, 2026

Premier Sports confirms EPCR Round of 16 fixtures live on its channels

Premier Sports will show every knockout game in the Investec Champions Cup live as EPCR confirms the dates, venues and kick-off times for its Round of 16 showdowns in early April. A blockbuster weekend of action in the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 kicks off on Friday 4 April as its 16 clubs take […]

January 22, 2026

Virgin TV adds free Premier Sports Rugby

Virgin TV subscribers can now watch Premier Sports Rugby – the 24/7 rugby channel offering comprehensive club rugby coverage. The channel was previously only available to viewers who were subscribed to Premier Sports, but it is now available to all subscribers at no extra cost. Virgin TV customers and rugby fans can now look forward […]

January 9, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Premier Sports to broadcast live Six Nations

Premier Sports has announced it will broadcast five live matches from the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship, one from each round. The newly acquired rights will see Premier Sports deliver live coverage of key Championship fixtures involving Scotland and Wales. Premier Sports becomes part of the UK broadcast partnership for Guinness Men’s Six Nations […]

January 7, 2026

Premier Sports kicks off 2026 with Welsh rugby derbies

Premier Sports will welcome in 2026 with back-to-back live coverage of two all-Welsh BKT United Rugby Championship derbies on January 1st 2026 as the Welsh festive rugby series reaches a dramatic climax. To celebrate the start of the new year, Premier Sports will show Dragons RFC v Scarlets from Rodney Parade, followed by Ospreys v Cardiff […]

December 31, 2025

Premier Sports scores Copa del Rey rights

Sports broadcaster and streaming service Premier Sports has agreed a deal to screen live coverage of Copa del Rey for the next three seasons. The new agreement adds to existing coverage of La Liga and La Liga 2 on the service. Coverage of the 2025/26 knockout competition kicks off with the Round of 32 matches […]

December 12, 2025

Premier Sports announces TV team for Investec Champions Cup

Premier Sports is ready to deliver another campaign of Investec Champions Cup rugby in 2025/26 and has unveiled a 40-strong TV team line-up to showcase 80+ EPCR live games on its channels. All the action kicks off on December 5th with rugby’s finest commentators, presenters and pundits set to take centre stage as the tournament […]

December 3, 2025

URC returns to Premier Sports with Black Friday deal

BKT United Rugby Championship action returns to Premier Sports screens tonight (November 27th) following a four week international break – with all eight URC games live across the weekend.  Plus there’s four live games from France’s Top 14 for UK rugby fans to tune into. To celebrate the return of the club competition live on […]

November 28, 2025

Premier Sports launches Black Friday offer

With a new season of international club rugby just over a week away, EPCR’s UK broadcast partner Premier Sports is celebrating the return of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup with a Black Friday deal for rugby fans across the UK. Premier Sports will once again bring every match live from this season’s Investec […]

November 24, 2025

International rugby on Premier Sports this November

UK & Ireland sports broadcaster Premier Sports has added live international rugby coverage to its channels this November with a series of fixtures for fans – kicking off with an international double-bill featuring some of the sport’s biggest names. Tune in on November 1st at 1:10pm (UK) on Premier Sports 1, when the Barbarians take […]

October 29, 2025