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newapollo
Very Insightful Person
2 days ago

Free access to Premier Sports Rugby

Info from news.virginmediao2.co.uk/free access to premier sports rugby

Today, every Virgin Media TV customer will gain access to Premier Sports Rugby, the UK’s only dedicated 24/7 rugby channel, offering access to the most comprehensive club rugby coverage available across the UK.

As the only Pay TV service offering Premier Sports Rugby to all subscribers at no extra cost, Virgin TV customers can now enjoy access to the Investec Champions Cup, United Rugby Championship (URC), EPCR Challenge Cup, Top14 (France), Major League Rugby and Japan Rugby League One, plus much more available via channel 553.

6 Replies

  • arrgee1991's avatar
    arrgee1991
    Problem sorter
    13 hours ago

    Amazing!  Just checked schedules and lots of re-runs of Champions Cup and URC games I can record and watch.  And because UK media rarely mentions Irish rugby, I won't know the scores.

  • Mr_K's avatar
    Mr_K
    Knows their stuff
    2 days ago

    Nobody is interested in egg chasers! ;)

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      2 days ago

      Mr_K​ 

      You may not be interested in rugby, I'm not very interested in rugby, however there may be a considerable number of VM customers that are interested.

      I doubt that VM and Premier Sports would agree with your sentiments.

      It's a showcase channel for the broadcasters and rugby followers providing the opportunity to watch games for free and an enticement to possibly increase subscribers to the major Premier Sports channels which carry more major games rather than an overspill. 

      • japitts's avatar
        japitts
        Very Insightful Person
        1 day ago

        Nobody is interested in egg chasers! ;)

        And contrary to popular media opinion, but there may be people who have no interest in football.

  • 1701-e's avatar
    1701-e
    Fibre optic
    2 days ago

    Of course Premier Sports puts the premium games on 1&2 and some on this channel.  Still a small improvement.

    • arrgee1991's avatar
      arrgee1991
      Problem sorter
      11 hours ago

      Today, Montpelier v Connacht and Bordeaux v Northampton are live.  They look like good picks to me.  Also a re-runs of Scarlets v Pau, Toulon v Munster, Harlequins v Stormers and Saracens v Toulouse to follow.    Another reason to scrap TNT Sports when they cease showing UEFA games.