Follow the semi-final action in the 2023-24 Investec Champions Cup.
This guide explains how to watch a European Rugby Champions Cup live stream when the action resumes over the weekend of 4-5 May. There’ll be a different name on the trophy this season, after Leinster ended reigning champions La Rochelle’s dreams of making it three wins in a row. The Irish side will join two teams from England and one from France in the semi-finals.
Viewers in the UK and Ireland can watch the tournament on TNT Sports, with selected games available on free-to-air services ITV and RTÉ. If you’re outside your home country but want to follow the games in the company of your usual broadcaster, you can use a VPN (such as ExpressVPN) to watch a European Rugby Champions Cup semi-final live stream from anywhere.
The fixtures for this year’s European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals look like this (times UK and Ireland):
- Leinster v Northampton Saints (Saturday 4 May, 5:30pm)
- Toulouse v Harlequins (Sunday 5 May, 3.00pm)
Read on to find out how to watch a European Rugby Champions Cup live stream wherever you are. And don’t forget you can also watch Women’s Six Nations live streams FOR FREE this weekend.
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup: live stream the semi-finals FOR FREE
While you’ll have to pay for a subscription service if you want to watch every match of this season’s European Rugby Champions Cup, selected games in every round of the tournament have been available to watch for FREE, allowing fans to live stream games involving teams from their home countries.
Irish viewers can watch a Leinster v Northampton Saints live stream for free on the RTÉ Player. It’s also likely to be available on one of RTÉ’s terrestrial TV channels.
If you’re in the UK, you can watch Toulouse v Harlequins on ITVX and ITV1. This match will also be available on FranceTV and France 2 in France.
Going to be away from home for the two European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals? Fear not because you can use a VPN to watch your usual service from overseas. Find out how below…
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals: live stream from outside your country
If you want to watch Investec Champions Cup coverage from your home country’s broadcaster but are abroad over May Day weekend, you can do so by using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).
A VPN is a piece of software which offers both online privacy and the ability to change your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV like you would back at home while in another country.
Our fine colleagues at TechRadar have tested hundreds of VPNs and reckon ExpressVPN is one of the best. It’s easy to use, has strong security features and lets you to watch on several devices at once, including smart TVs and phones, iPads, tablets, PCs and Macs.
Also, ExpressVPN comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. You can try it out for a month for free or sign up for an annual plan and get three months free.
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup: live stream from the UK and Ireland
There have been limited free-to-air options in every round of the tournament. In the UK, ITV and ITVX have aired one match per round as have RTÉ (and RTÉ Player) in Ireland. That continues into the semi-finals, where RTÉ host Leinster v Northampton Saints, and ITV have the rights to Toulouse v Harlequins.
TNT Sports is the place to go for every match of the 2023/24 tournament in the UK and the Republic of Ireland – including the semi-finals.
Discovery+ is the streaming home of TNT Sports in the UK, and a Premium monthly plan (including TNT Sports) costs £30.99 per month . TNT Sports can also be added to your BT, EE, Sky and Virgin Media plan (prices vary by platform).
In the Republic of Ireland, TNT Sports is available through Sky, Now, Virgin Media and Vodafone. Again, prices vary by platform.
If you’re a British or Irish resident away from home, you don’t have to miss out on your usual European Rugby Champions Cup coverage, it’s best to check out ExpressVPN so you can watch from abroad.
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup: live stream from South Africa
After the Bulls’ quarter-final defeat to Northampton Saints, there’s no South African teams left in this year’s tournament, but you’ll still want to tune in for the final stages of the northern hemisphere’s premier club competition. Subscription service SuperSport has the rights to air the 2023/24 European Rugby Champions Cup. There are various SuperSport packages available, whether you want to watch via DStv or stream.
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup: live stream from the USA
FloRugby has the rights to stream the European Rugby Champions Cup live for viewers in the United States.
A FloRugby monthly subscription costs $29.99 or you can take out an annual deal for $150.
Watch European Rugby Champions Cup: live stream the semi-finals from elsewhere in Europe
In France you can live stream European Rugby Champions Cup matches on subscription service beIN Sports, with selected games available on the free-to-air France TV – including Toulouse v Harlequins.
In Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, you can watch Investec Champions Cup matches on Viaplay.
In various other European countries – including Italy – EPCR TV should be your destination. There are options to buy weekend and season passes, or to pay on a match-by-match basis.
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