The Red Roses qualifying for the Women’s Rugby World Cup final has driven significant online engagement. Data from Adtech firm Quantcast shows that online engagement levels have grown 40 per cent during the tournament so far, compared with the same length of time the month before. To put it into perspective, the Women’s Six Nations […]
BBC Sport has reported that its coverage of the England vs France Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final on September 20th drew a record-breaking peak audience of 3.3 million across BBC TV and digital platforms – the highest ever for a women’s rugby union match on UK television. The match also drove a further 2.4 million […]
Rugby fans in the US can watch the Gallagher PREM on sports streaming giant FloSports, with the exclusive deal running to the 2027/28 season. FloSports boasts an extensive rights portfolio including the Investec Champions Cup, Super Rugby, United Rugby Championship and Top 14 – cementing the platform as a key destination for US rugby fans. […]
The clash between England and the USA at the Women’s Rugby World Cup on August 22nd, which ended in an emphatic 69-7 victory for England, drew a peak audience of 2.4 million on BBC One and 600,000 on iPlayer. The weekend saw 2.1 million streams overall across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website/app. In […]
Premier Sports will serve as the lead broadcaster of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup in the UK and Ireland for the 2025/26 season. As part of a three-year broadcast agreement with EPCR, which runs until the finale of the 2026/27 season, Premier Sports will cover all 63 Investec Champions Cup matches as […]
Scottish rugby fans can watch full live coverage of Scotland’s two remaining tests on their summer Pacific tour on Premier Sports – with a big fixture against Fiji in the early hours on July 12th (Premier Sports 2 from 3.55am UK – repeated at 8.30am UK). Scotland will play their first game on Fijian soil […]
BBC Cymru Wales and S4C have announced a deal for the live free-to-air rights for the Wales men’s rugby team’s two-Test tour of Japan this July. The first match takes place at the Mikuni World Stadium in Kitakyushu on July 5th and will be broadcast live on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer, with coverage […]
World Rugby and Samsung have partnered to launch the RugbyPass TV FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus. Available in in the UK immediately, and launching soon in the US this collaboration is the latest development in scaling up the global digital footprint of Rugby Pass as it looks to grow rugby’s audience share in key […]
The finale to Premier Sports’ live rugby coverage across the 2024/25 rugby season culminates in a showdown between four giants of French club rugby as Top 14’s semi-finals are played out on ahead of the big Final at the Stade de France on June 28th. With EPCR’s knockout stages and Champions Cup and Challenge Cup […]
England Rugby and World Rugby have announced RugbyPass TV as the exclusive broadcast destination for supporters to watch live coverage of England XV v France XV at Allianz Stadium later this June, as well as the England senior men’s test match against the USA in Washington DC in July. The matches will be free to […]