On the air, everywhere!

April 11, 2019

After the great success of the TV and digital broadcast of the first two 2019 Showcase matches, Global Rapid Rugby is delighted to announce that a further seven games will be available to rugby, sports and entertainment fans around the world.

Free to air and subscription television along with online and on-demand products will deliver our innovative and exciting broadcast coverage of an equally bold and inventive brand of elite level sport from venues in Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji, Auckland and Brisbane, plus a further two games in Perth.

• In Australia, national broadcaster SBS will offer seven more matches live and free right around the country on the Viceland Channel, the SBS On Demand app and online via sbs.com.au. Plus, Australia’s one-stop TV sporting shop, Fox Sports, will broadcast matches live and offer anytime viewing on the popular new Kayo streaming service.

• In Asia and the Pacific, the seven games will be broadcast live through Fox Sports Asia and Star Sports and its multitude of local channels that include coverage into China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Fiji, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa.

• Fiji TV will broadcast live games featuring Fijian Latui

• Sky NZ will carry the seven matches live into New Zealand

• Live online coverage is available in all other regions via rapidrugby.com

Match highlights will be available in all locations on Rapid Rugby’s social media channels and via rapidrugby.com

To launch the 2019 Global Rapid Rugby Showcase Australia’s Western Force played home games in Perth against the World XV and the South China Tigers. As an example of the brand’s appeal, SBS recorded an average viewer audience of 64,000.

SBS Director of Sport, Ken Shipp said: “Global Rapid Rugby is set to be an exciting and entertaining series. We are looking forward to introducing the unique showcase series to a national audience, free to air, on SBS VICELAND and via our livestreaming platform SBS OnDemand.”

The next match for broadcast is the first played in Asia, between the South China Tigers and Asia Pacific Dragons, from Hong Kong.

2019 Global Rapid Rugby Showcase Series – Broadcast Schedule

Day/Date	Local Time	Home	Away	Location
Sun, 21 Apr	3:10pm	South China Tigers	Asia Pacific Dragons	Hong Kong
Sun, 28 Apr	3:10pm	Asia Pacific Dragons	South China Tigers	Singapore
Sat, 18 May	3:10pm	Fijian Latui	Kagifa Samoa	Fiji
Fri, 31 May	7:45pm	Western Force	Kagifa Samoa	Perth, WA
Fri, 7 Jun	5:40pm	Kagifa Samoa	Fijian Latui	New Zealand
Sat, 15 Jun	3:40pm	Kagifa Samoa	Western Force	Brisbane, Qld
Fri, 21 Jun	7:40pm	Western Force	Fijian Latui	Perth, WA