{"id":360316,"date":"2026-01-09T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360316\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:29:15","slug":"six-nations-announce-surprise-broadcast-deal-for-2026-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360316\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations announce surprise broadcast deal for 2026 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Premier Sports will broadcast five select Six Nations Test matches during the 2026 edition, the governing body have confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This marks further growth in the broadcaster\u2019s rugby network, with Premier Sports also airing the United Rugby Championship (URC), Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, Top 14, Major League Rugby (MLR) and Japan League One. They also boast a 24\/7 rugby channel.<\/p>\n

They now join the BBC, ITV and S4C in broadcasting the competition in the UK, so they are not exclusive picks.<\/p>\n

Select Six Nations fixtures to be broadcast on Premier Sports<\/p>\n

As part of the deal, matches involving Wales<\/a> and Scotland<\/a> will now be broadcast live across the Premier Sport network, with one game per round being aired.<\/p>\n

The inaugural Test broadcast on the network sees Scotland take on Italy in round one, while Wales\u2019 clash with France will be aired live in round two.<\/p>\n

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The clash between Wales and Scotland at the Principality Stadium will also be broadcast live on Premier Sports, before Scotland\u2019s round four meeting with France. Wales v Italy on the final day of the Championship is the fifth and final fixture.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the news, Richard Sweeney, CEO of Premier Sports, said: \u201cThe Guinness Six Nations is one of the crown jewels of international rugby. The Championship showcases the world\u2019s best players and remains one of the most culturally significant competitions in international sport and we\u2019re delighted to bring these outstanding fixtures to our customers and growing rugby network.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Premier Sports coverage will also feature punditry from former internationals Tom Shanklin, Andy Goode, Jim Hamilton, Ryan Wilson and Benjamin Kayser.<\/p>\n

Alongside its coverage in the UK, Premier Sport will also stream its Six Nations<\/a> coverage across parts of Asia, as well as becoming the exclusive rights holder in Canada. Premier Sports also holds exclusivity rights over the Nations Championship, SANZAAR tour matches, Super Rugby Pacific and the Greatest Rivalry tour in Canada as well.<\/p>\n

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Six Nations fixtures to be broadcast on Premier Sports in full<\/p>\n

Italy v Scotland \u2013 Saturday 7 February (14:10), Stadio Olympico, Rome<\/p>\n

Wales v France \u2013 Sunday 15 February (15:10), Principality Stadium, Cardiff<\/p>\n

Wales v Scotland \u2013 Saturday 21 February (16:40), Principality Stadium, Cardiff<\/p>\n

Scotland v France \u2013 Saturday 7 March (14:10), Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh<\/p>\n

Wales v Italy \u2013 Saturday 14 March (16:40), Principality Stadium, Cardiff<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Six Nations: All the fixtures and kick-off times ahead of the 2026 edition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Premier Sports will broadcast five select Six Nations Test matches during the 2026 edition, the governing body have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[819,348,3482,479,50,5903,200,43326,101,56,54,55,1220],"class_list":{"0":"post-360316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-france","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-internationals","11":"tag-italy","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-rugby","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-six-nations","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-wales"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}