Rugby on the Box

Fri Jan 4

7:45pm Sale v Saracens BT Sport 1

Sat Jan 5

2pm Benetton v Glasgow Premier Sports 2
3pm Ospreys v Cardiff Blues Premier Sports 1 / Eir Sport 2
3pm Tigers v Gloucester BT Sport 1
5:15pm Scarlets v Dragons Premier Sports 1 / Eir Sport 2
5:15pm Leinster v Ulster Premier Sports 2 / Eir Sport 1 (Full deferred coverage TG4 9:50pm)
7:35pm Connacht v Munster Premier Sports 2 / Eir Sport 1 / TG4
7:35pm Edinburgh v Southern Kings Premier Sports 1 / Eir Sport 2
8pm Racing 92 v Toulon Sky Sports Arena

Sun Jan 6

1pm Zebre v Cheetahs Premier Sports 1 / Eir Sport 2
3pm Wasps v Saints BT Sport 1
4pm Clermont v La Rochelle Sky Sports Arena / Main Event

Fri Jan 11

7:45pm Gloucester v Munster BT Sport 2

Sat Jan 12

1pm Montpellier v Newcastle BT Sport 3
1pm Leinster v Toulouse BT Sport 2 / Channel 4 / Virgin Media One
3:15pm Bath v Wasps BT Sport 2
3:15pm Ulster v Racing 92 BT Sport 3
5:30pm Scarlets v Tigers BT Sport 2
5:30pm Toulon v Edinburgh BT Sport 3
8pm Clermont v Saints BT Sport 2

Sun Jan 13

1pm Exeter v Castres BT Sport 2
3:15pm Lyon v Saracens BT Sport 2
3:15pm Glasgow v Cardiff Blues BT Sport 3

Great call for a thread.

Fri Jan 18

5pm Southern Kings v Cheetahs Free Sports / Eir Sport 1
7:45pm Newcastle v Toulon BT Sport 3
7:45pm Edinburgh v Montpellier BT Sport 2

Sat Jan 19

1pm Saracens v Glasgow BT Sport 2
1pm Cardiff Blues v Lyon BT Sport 3
3:15pm Racing 92 v Scarlets BT Sport 3
3:15pm Tigers v Ulster BT Sport 2
5:30pm Castres v Gloucester BT Sport 3
5:30pm Munster v Exeter BT Sport 2 / Virgin Media One / Channel 4

Sun Jan 20

3:15pm Toulouse v Bath BT Sport 2
3:15pm Wasps v Leinster BT Sport 3

Sol_ie wrote: It's such a shame that Challenge Cups games aren't factoring into tv schedules. When they've paid for the rights you'd think they would want to use them!

BT I suspect will show all the knockout games in the Challenge Cup. I do agree with your point. It would not have been a hardship for them to show at least 1 game/week.

A couple of months back there was a guy from epcr (maybe even the head guy?) on the craggy rugby podcast. He spoke about TV coverage a bit, and how they were looking at online more for the challenge cup in particular. When they streamed our game on the website/youtube I thought it worked well - no commentary, just the audio from the ref's mic. Maybe we'll see more of that in the last couple of rounds.

RonanL wrote: no commentary, just the audio from the ref's mic.

Every game should be broadcast like that.

Evil_g wrote:

RonanL wrote: no commentary, just the audio from the ref's mic.

Every game should be broadcast like that.

Totally! I always tune into the ref link when I go to internationals - it often picks up some entertaining chat!

La Rochelle v Zebre is also being shown tonight on BeIn sports, for those who are interested.

pinky wrote: FR4 show a game free to air every weekend, usually the Saturday night one.
Clermont v Northampton is tomorrow at 8.
www.france.tv/france-4/direct.html
You need a VPN or whatever but it's much easier to get working from abroad than BBC, etc.
It's odd that BT don't rebroadcast it since all the work is done for them.

BT are showing it

Clermont game added to this weekend's tv listings.

neill_m wrote: Fri Jan 11

7:45pm Gloucester v Munster BT Sport 2

Sat Jan 12

1pm Montpellier v Newcastle BT Sport 3
1pm Leinster v Toulouse BT Sport 2 / Channel 4 / Virgin Media One
3:15pm Bath v Wasps BT Sport 2
3:15pm Ulster v Racing 92 BT Sport 3
5:30pm Scarlets v Tigers BT Sport 2
5:30pm Toulon v Edinburgh BT Sport 3
8pm Clermont v Saints BT Sport 2

Sun Jan 13

1pm Exeter v Castres BT Sport 2
3:15pm Lyon v Saracens BT Sport 2
3:15pm Glasgow v Cardiff Blues BT Sport 3

Looks like the Sale game will be streamed.
www.epcrugby.com/challenge-cup/latest-vi...rugby-v-sale-sharks/