Looking for rugby union fixtures? This in-depth guide lists upcoming matches around the world and, if available, where you’ll be able to watch them.

It includes rugby fixtures such as the Rugby Championship, the Gallagher PREM, the Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship. You’ll also find details of the men’s and women’s Six Nations and other rugby fixtures.

S4C’s historic partnership with the URC has been extended until 2027, ensuring the league remains available on free-to-air television in the UK. The Welsh language broadcaster will also broadcast all of Wales’ matches in the Nations Championship over the next four years.

Champ Rugby has a multi-year streaming partnership with Clubber TV to broadcast all games from the 2025-26 season onwards. All 182 league matches across the season, plus play-offs, will be streamed, giving fans access to live match-day coverage and an on-demand archive.

In the UK, Premier Sports has launched a dedicated over-the-top (OTT) streaming service in Canada. The new service will stream every match of the Men’s Six Nations, U20 Six Nations, the Nations Championship live and on-demand, alongside extensive coverage of southern hemisphere rugby, including SANZAAR international tour matches and Super Rugby Pacific.

Virgin Media Television has become the free-to-air home for the Nations Championship in Ireland. It will offer all 42 fixtures from the tournament in 2026 and 2028. It joins ITV (UK), TF1 (France) and Sky Italia (Italy) as an exclusive broadcast partner.

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) is the official broadcast partner for the Inter-Services Rugby Championship, covering both the men’s and women’s competitions.

FR-UK, a French Rugby YouTube channel set up by Joe Worsley, Tim Cocker, Dougie Andrews and James Lewis, have the rights to the Pro D2 in the UK and Ireland – they are streaming each week’s Thursday evening game live.

Sky Sports have agreed a deal with SANZAAR for international rugby rights for 2026-2030. The deal includes exclusive rights to the inaugural edition of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour, which sees New Zealand undertake an eight-match tour of South Africa. Sky will show all four Test matches plus four matches against South African franchises.

There are many options to watch rugby fixtures on TV around the world, with tournaments spread across various broadcasters and streaming services in different countries. We’ll keep you updated with links to guides on how to watch matches from the big competitions.


Rugby union fixtures

All kick-off times/dates UK and Ireland

SUNDAY 9 AUGUST

Sevens Tournaments

  • Copenhagen Sevens (Speed RC)
  • USA Club 7s National Championship (Madison, Wisconsin)

TUESDAY 10 AUGUST

Greatest Rivalry Tour

  • Sharks v New Zealand (6pm, Durban) Live on Sky Sports

FRIDAY 14 AUGUST

Friendly

  • Hull Ionians v Leeds Tykes

SATURDAY 15 AUGUST

Flight Centre Series

  • Australia v Japan (Townsville)

Greatest Rivalry Tour

  • Bulls v New Zealand (6pm, Pretoria) Live on Sky Sports

Women’s International

  • Fiji v South Africa (Lautoka)

Men’s International

  • USA v Argentina XV (12.30am, Fort Lauderdale, Miami)

Women’s Interpro Series

  • Munster v Ulster (2.30pm, Virgin Media Park Cork) Live on TG4 YouTube
  • Leinster v Connacht (4.30pm, Energia Park, Dublin) Live on TG4 YouTube

Friendly

  • Camborne v Cornish Pirates (2.30pm)

SAT 15-SUN 16 AUGUST

Sevens Tournament

  • Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series (China)

SATURDAY 22 AUGUST

Greatest Rivalry Tour

  • First Test: South Africa v New Zealand (4pm, Ellis Park, Jo’burg) Live on Sky Sports

O’Reilly Cup

  • Black Ferns v Australia (Auckland)

Women’s Interpro Series

  • Ulster v Leinster (2.30pm, Affidea Stadium, Belfast) Live on TG4 YouTube
  • Connacht v Munster (4.15pm, Dexcom Stadium, Galway) Live on TG4 YouTube

Friendly

  • Leeds Tykes v RGC

SAT 22-SUN 23 AUGUST

Rugby Europe Beach Rugby

  • Beach Rugby Championship (Chisinau, Moldova)

TUESDAY 25 AUGUST

Greatest Rivalry Tour

  • Lions v New Zealand (4pm, Johannesburg) Live on Sky Sports

FRIDAY 28 AUGUST

Friendlies

  • Cornish Pirates v Saracens (7.30pm)
  • La Rochelle v Munster (7.30pm)
  • Asia Pacific Lions v Northampton Saints (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

SATURDAY 29 AUGUST

Greatest Rivalry Tour

  • Second Test: South Africa v New Zealand (4pm, DHL Stadium, Cape Town) Live on Sky Sports

Men’s International

  • Argentina v Australia (San Salvador de Jujuy)

Americas Rugby Championship

  • Argentina XV v Paraguay (Chile)
  • Chile XV v Uruguay XV (Chile)

Women’s Interpro Series Finals Day

  • Third-place play-off (2pm, Dexcom Satdium) Live on TG4 YouTube
  • Final (4.30pm, Dexcom Stadium) Live on TG4 YouTube

Friendly

  • RGC v Coventry (3.30pm, Colwyn Bay)

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