Tuesday, January 4, 2011

RUGBY WORLD CUP TO MAKE US NETWORK TV DEBUT

Rugby World Cup matches will be transmit on US network television for the first time after the International Rugby Board announced that NBC Sports and Universal Sports have been awarded the fashionable rights to the 2011 tournament in New Zealand and the 2015 tournament in England.

The ground breaking deal, announce by IRB Chief Executive Mike Miller in New York today, will see the last of each Rugby World Cup broadcast on NBC and Universal Sports network as a key part of a multi-platform approach that will ensure unprecedented television and digital media coverage in the United States of all 48 matches from Rugby's premier event.

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