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Wallabies, Super Rugby TV deal: Channel 9 secures rugby rights
Jamie Pandaram, The Daily Telegraph
November 9, 2020 10:08am
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Rugby union will move away from Fox Sports for the first time since it turned professional in 1996, with Nine Network securing broadcast rights for the code from 2021.
Under the new deal worth $30 million a year, Nine will create Stan Sport and show most Super Rugby games on the streaming service, in a move to rival Foxtel’s Kayo.
Wallabies games, and other Rugby Championship Tests, plus one game of Super Rugby will be shown live on Nine’s free-to-air network, while the remaining Super games, as well as Shute Shield, will be shown behind a paywall on Stan Sport.
The deal will be announced at Rugby Australia’s Sydney headquarters at 11am on Monday.