Rob Kearney and Ryle Nugent will be the faces of the Premier Sports coverage of the Autumn Nations Cup kicking off across rugby over the coming weeks.
All of Ireland’s games in the tournament will be shown live on RTÉ and C4 but Premier Sports will have the exclusive rights to live broadcast of 12 games including England Vs Wales and Scotland Vs France.
Premier Sports is exclusively available via the Sports Extra pack on Sky and also via a Sports Extra pass on Now TV.
The inaugural tournament is in place of the usual Autumn internationals series so teams can avoid extended travel due to COVID-19 has eight teams participating – Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Georgia and Fiji.
Ryle Nugent will head up the presentation of the coverage for the games, with Kearney joining him in studio for his broadcast debut.
“I am excited to be joining the Premier Sports team for the upcoming Autumn test games and joining Ryle in the studio,” said Kearney.
“Obviously I am supporting Ireland, that goes without saying, but I look forward to seeing how some of the emerging nations perform in this year’s tournament.”
“We are delighted to announce our live and exclusive fixtures for the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup this month,” added Mickey O’Rourke, CEO of Premier Sports.
“This is another statement to show our commitment to offering Irish sports fan the very best of quality live sport. We’re sure rugby fans will enjoy the coverage we will broadcast over the coming weeks.”
“This is great news for Rugby fans and we’re delighted that twelve exclusive Premier Sports fixtures will be available through the Sports Extra pack on Sky,” said Sky Ireland CEO JD Buckley.
The full list of fixtures for the tournament is:
13 November | Ireland Vs Wales RTÉ Sport 7-30 PM
14 November | Italy v Scotland Premier Sports on Sky
14 November | England v Georgia Premier Sports on Sky
15 November | France v Fiji Premier Sports on Sky
21 November | England Vs Ireland RTÉ Sport 3 PM
21 November | Italy v Fiji Premier Sports on Sky
21 November | Wales v Georgia Premier Sports on Sky
22 November | Scotland v France Premier Sports on Sky
28 November | Scotland v Fiji Premier Sports on Sky
28 November | Wales v England Premier Sports on Sky
28 November | France v Italy Premier Sports on Sky
29 November | Ireland Vs Georgia RTÉ Sport 2 PM
05 December | Georgia v TBC Premier Sports on Sky
05 December | Ireland V TBC RTÉ Sport 2-15 PM
05 December | Wales v TBC Premier Sports on Sky
06 December | England v TBC Premier Sports on Sky
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