Breaking: S4C has secured exclusive rights to broadcast both the men's and women's Barbarians v Wales fixtures on June 27th 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Live coverage will be shown across S4C, Clic, BBC iPlayer and YouTube, with commentary in both English and Welsh available.

5️⃣ highlights from last week's newsletter: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Prem Rugby on Twitch & YouTube 📈Champions Cup viewership up 📺Re-aggregation and rugby’s growth 📈URC TV revenue up 35% 🤝Super Rugby on YouTube, Top 14 on TV5MONDE www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

BREAKING: the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals will be broadcast live and free-to-air on ITV4 and ITVX in the UK. There will be no FTA coverage in Ireland. #ChampionsCup

The Rugby Broadcast Report Issue 29: Rugby Media Rights Update – Increase in Champions Cup Viewership; Live Prem Rugby on Twitch #Rugby #RugbyBroadcast #MediaRights

More free-to-air rugby this weekend.

It is in French but that just makes you feel even more sophisticated

🇫🇷Breaking🇫🇷 French broadcaster TV5Monde has confirmed that select Top 14 fixtures, including the final, will once again be shown for free in Ireland & the UK this season ▶️ www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/french-bro...

TG4 will once again broadcast both AIL finals this Sunday. www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/tg4-to-bro...

The Rugby Broadcast Report Issue 28: Rugby Media Rights Update & TV Guide #Rugby #RugbyBroadcast #SportsMedia

Some highlights from this week's newsletter: – Sky Sports quietly renews Super Rugby rights – 63% of viewers noticed in-play adverts – and 59% of those reacted negatively – Leinster v La Rochelle outperforms EPL in Ireland – TNT Sports moves, again www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

TV guide for this weekend's action: ✅️Six Nations ✅️U20s Six Nations ✅️Super Rugby ✅️Ireland Club XV v Scottish Club XV ✅️Top 14 ✅️RE Championship ✅️PWR ✅️Champ ✅️PREM Rugby Cup ✅️League One ✅️Celtic Challenge #SixNations2026 | #GuinnessM6N

CONFIRMED: Sky to broadcast Super Rugby Pacific until 2028 in Ireland and the UK.

SUPER RUGBY ON SKY: A number of Super Rugby fixtures have been added to Sky's listings. Sounds like the broadcaster has signed a new deal with SANZAAR – no confirmation from Sky or SANZAAR yet. #SuperRugbyPacific

England v Wales delivered ITV’s biggest peak audience of 2026 so far, with 5 million viewers across ITV1 and ITVX. The Six Nations fixture also attracted ITV's biggest sports audience of the year, with a 4.6 million average on ITV1 and ITVX.

Streaming access to TNT Sports is moving from discovery+ to HBO Max in the UK on March 26th. As things stand in Ireland, TNT Sports will remain on NOW and will not be moving to HBO Max.

Some highlights from this week's newsletter: – Major Ireland internationals on FTA TV until 2029 – RPTV secures Super Rugby in 🇺🇸, still no broadcaster in Ireland or UK – Despite rumours of cancellation, Against the Head returns – In-play ads: yay or nay? www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

🚨Over 37 hours of rugby🚨 📩Weekly newsletter👇 shorturl.at/3n3zS ✅️Six Nations ✅️U20s Six Nations ✅️Ireland XV v England A ✅️Italy XV v Scotland A ✅️RE Championship ✅️PWR ✅️Champ ✅️PREM Rugby Cup ✅️League One ✅️Scottish Premiership ✅️AIL

Every major Ireland international to be shown free-to-air from 2026. www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/virgin-med...

Breaking: Virgin Media has secured exclusive broadcast rights to the new Nations Championship, which kicks off this year. The broadcaster will also show fixtures from the Summer Nations Series and the Autumn Nations Series.

As noted in the newsletter last year, ITV is introducing adverts during its live coverage of the 2026 Six Nations.

This week's quote of the week was courtesy of @threeredkings.bsky.social

Some highlights from this week's newsletter: 📺 ITV to show 124+ live internationals free-to-air 🎤 ROG in, Eddie Jones out 🇨🇦 Premier Sports expands 🇮🇹 EPCR’s D2C model paying off in Italy www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

RugbyPass to show Super Rugby in the US this season🇺🇸 No update yet on a broadcast deal for Ireland or the UK. Sky's deal with SANZAAR ended in 2025.

🚨Over 40 hours of rugby🚨 📩Weekly newsletter👇 tinyurl.com/h7yb9mz2 🌍URC x 8⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PREM Cup x 1⃣ 🇫🇷Top 14 x 4⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Champ x 7⃣ 🏉Celtic Challenge x 3⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PWR x 4⃣ ☘️AIL x 3⃣

Premier Sports to broadcast Ireland XV v England A in Ireland and the UK and the broadcaster has launched a streaming service in Canada👇 www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/premier-sp...

ITV secures Nations Championship TV rights, extends Prem Rugby deal #Rugby #ITV #NationsChampionship

5 – the number of Irish rugby matches that featured in the top 10 most watched programmes in Ireland in 2025, according to TAM Ireland/Nielsen Media.

CONFIRMED: ITV secures exclusive Nations Championship TV rights for the UK. The broadcaster has also secured the rights to the Summer Nations Series in 2027 and the July Internationals and Autumn Nations Series in 2029. In total ITV will show at least 124 games as part of the deal.

📩Some highlights from this week's newsletter: 5⃣ Irish rugby matches featured in the top 10 most watched programmes in Ireland in 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿The PREM continues to attract strong viewership figures this season 📺Potential Super Rugby blackout on linear TV www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

Ireland XV v England A will be broadcast live on Premier Sports. Kick-off is at 7:15pm on Friday, February 6th.

🚨Over 46 hours of rugby🚨 Here's your excuse for not leaving the couch this weekend. 📩Weekly newsletter👇 shorturl.at/6fo8I 🌍URC x 8⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PREM x 5⃣ 🇫🇷Top 14 x 4⃣ 🇫🇷Pro D2 x 1⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Champ x 7⃣ 🇯🇵League One x 2⃣ 🌍Super Cup x 2⃣ 🏉Celtic Challenge x 3⃣

The Rugby Broadcast Report Issue 24: Rugby Media Rights & TV Guide – No Confirmed Broadcaster for Super Rugby in UK or Ireland #Rugby #SuperRugby #RugbyBroadcast

Breaking: ITV has secured a two-year extension to its broadcast agreement with Prem Rugby: – ITV will continue to broadcast 7 live games per season, including the final – The renewal covers the 2026-2027 & 2027-2028 seasons

The newsletter and TV guide are both back this week folks 📩

Premier Sports considering bid for Super Rugby rights according to rugby correspondent Nik Simon

Less than a month to go until the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season kicks-off and there is no confirmed broadcaster for the UK or Ireland. Sky's deal ended in 2025 and there has been no word on a potential renewal or another broadcaster acquiring the rights.

✅Free-to-air maintained 📺All Virgin Media TV customers in the UK to gain access to Premier Sports Rugby channel at no extra cost 💶Heineken 0.0 🤝 Premier Sports www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/premier-sp...

BREAKING: Premier Sports will broadcast one live fixture per round in this year's Men's Six Nations in the UK. All games will still be available FTA.

📈 The PREM continues to post strong viewership figures this season: – Round 8 secured the 4th highest total television audience for a single round – More than 1.2 million viewers tuned into Round 9 – Round 9 also delivered the 2nd highest cumulative peak audience on record

Apologies for the delay this week folks.

Mutiple media outlets reporting that ITV has outbid TNT Sports for rights to the new Nations Championship. No more Champions Cup, Challenge Cup, autumn internationals or Champions League (from 2027) on TNT.

📺Here's your rugby TV guide for the weekend🛋️ 🗺️Quilter Nations Series x 1⃣ 🇫🇷Top 14 x 4⃣ 🌍URC x 8⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PREM x 5⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Champ x 7⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PWR x 4⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Premiership x 1⃣ ☘️ AIL x 3⃣ 🟰over 44 hours of rugby 🏉

The Rugby Broadcast Report Issue 22: Rugby TV Guide & Media Rights News – Leinster v Munster Delivered Strong Viewership on TG4 and Premier Sports in Ireland #Rugby #RugbyBroadcast #Leinster

📈Record rugby audience for TNT 🌍LNR launches Top 14 Rugby TV and confirms 11 new deals ▶️PREM Cup hits YouTube 📺BBC secures URC Welsh derbies 🏆Whisper wins award 🌐TNT tipped for rights to Nations Championship 📺Picture-in-picture ads during Six Nations www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/the-rugby-...

The Top 14 has launched a global streaming platform and announced 11 international broadcast partnerships – here's everything you need to know 👇 www.rugbybroadcast.com/p/top-14-rug...

📺Here's your rugby TV guide for the weekend🛋️ 🗺️Quilter Nations Series x 6⃣ 🇫🇷Top 14 x 4⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿PREM Rugby Cup x 1⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Super Rugby Cymru x 1⃣ 🗺️Other internationals x 4⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Harlequins v Scarlets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🟰over 22 hours of rugby 🏉 #QuilterNS | #IREvRSA

The Rugby Broadcast Report Issue 21: Rugby TV Guide & Media Rights News - Record-Breaking Rugby Viewership on TNT Sports #RugbyBroadcast #RugbyTVGuide #MediaRights

"We are not comfortable incurring significant deficits but had been prepared to do so in the expectation of material improvements in future broadcasting renewals. Such improvements have not occurred thus far" www.irishrugby.ie/2025/11/19/i...

England v New Zealand attracts "best-ever rugby audience on TNT Sports and discovery+" 📈Audiences peaked for George Ford’s 75th minute penalty, surpassing last year’s high and marking a 27% increase in viewers 📈No single rugby fixture has reached a wider audience on TNT Sports

LNR has launched a new global streaming service Top 14 Rugby TV. The service is available primarily in territories without a local broadcaster, such as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.