Rugby fans today is a great day for you!
DIRECTV has the exclusive rights to SANZAR matches in the United States. The tournament that kicks it off is Super Rugby with matches starting on Thursday, February 17th. This season, matches will be broadcast live on DIRECTV channel 490, compliments of DIRECTV. With an expanded format of 125 matches – the southern hemisphere’s premier club rugby competition, brings together the best players and clubs from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Starting in February, 15 teams will take part in a three-conference format, culminating in a new, six-team finals series. Tri Nations matches start in July as national teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa compete in a round-robin tournament for southern hemisphere supremacy. Tri Nations is the southern hemisphere’s equivalent of the Six Nations in Britain and Europe. It is a three-cornered tournament played annually between the Springboks, All Blacks and the Wallabies (national teams of the SANZAR members). The series is played on a home and away basis.
