Premier Sports are set to launch 'Premier Sports Rugby' in November or December.
What will this new channel show?
*Premier Sports will show all 63 games from the Champions Cup
*the Challenge Cup will have two pool matches per round, two from the Round of 16, and all matches from the quarter-finals onwards - building on the 20 Challenge Cup matches it aired last season.
*all 151 URC fixtures
*over 100 TOP14 matches
*Non-live content for the channel is yet to be strategised
CEO Richard Sweeney, at the same briefing as Raynaud, revealed the channel is planned to launch in November or December - with EPCR competitions getting underway on 6/7/8 December.
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