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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

France Télévisions sublicenses Six Nations to TF1

France Télévisions, the French PSB and exclusive rights holder for the rugby Six Nations Championship until 2029, will sublicense part of the rights of the 2026 edition of the men’s tournament to TF1, owing to “strong budgetary constraints”. Following an agreement concluded with the commercial group, France Télévisions is sublicensing nine of the 15 matches, […]

January 7, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

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 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

BKT URC Xmas derbies on BBC Wales

BBC Cymru Wales has agreed a free-to-air rights for three Welsh BKT United Rugby Championship matches over the festive period in partnership with Premier Sports. Scrum V Live will broadcast the live matches of Cardiff vs Scarlets on December 19th (KO 7.45pm), Cardiff vs Dragons on December 26th (KO 3pm) and Ospreys vs Cardiff on […]

November 14, 2025

PREM Rugby partners with Whisper

PREM Rugby has agreed a partnership with production company Whisper to deliver a new, authentic player-led content strategy. Capitalising on the recent  growth of the Gallagher PREM, Whisper is helping to further accelerate and deepen fandom throughout English rugby, through social and digital creative content and storytelling. The partnership forms part of PREM Rugby’s ambition […]

November 5, 2025