Worldwide Coverage Of Ireland’s Series Opener Against Samoa
International rugby returns to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday for Joe Schmidt’s first match in charge of Ireland. Tickets are still available for the GUINNESS Series opener against Samoa (kick-off 5.45pm), while there will be full live TV and online coverage of the game around the world.
With the Australia and New Zealand games now both confirmed as sell-outs, the IRFU are advising fans who want to enjoy the GUINNESS Series that tickets for this Saturday’s Ireland v Samoa game are selling fast on Ticketmaster.ie, from just €;12.50.
There are plenty of options for supporters to follow Ireland’s fixtures this month from around the world, and here at IrishRugby.ie we will be running our regular O2 MatchDay Live service so you will not miss a tackle or try.
We have also put together the following list of TV channels who will be covering Ireland’s November internationals at home and abroad:
· Ireland – RTÉ – (All matches)
· United Kingdom – BBC Network – (Ire v NZ & Ire v Aus)
· United Kingdom – BBC Northern Ireland & Red Button – (Ire v Samoa)
· Bosnia-Herzegovina – Arena Sport – (All matches)
· Croatia – Arena Sport – (All matches)
· France (& Andorra) – beIN Sport – (All matches)
· Italy – Sky Italia – (All matches)
· Malta – Go – (All matches)
· Montenegro – Arena Sport – (All matches)
· Portugal – Sport TV – (All matches)
· Serbia – Arena Sport – (All matches)
· Asia (Exc Australia) – Setanta Sports (TV) & Setanta Sport Plus (via web & apps) – (All matches)
· Australia – Setanta Sports & Sport Plus – (Ire v NZ)
· Australia – Fox Sports – (Ire v Samoa & Ire v Aus)
· Australia – Network Ten – (Ire v Aus)
· New Zealand – Sky Network Television (Sky Sports – The Rugby Channel) – (All matches)
· USA (& Canada) – beIN Sport – (All matches)
· Americas – Latin America (South) – ESPN Sur – (All matches)
· Middle East & North Africa – Showtime – (All matches)
· Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport (SS Eight, SS One, SS One Africa & SS HD) – (All matches)
For this Saturday’s GUINNESS Series opener between Ireland and Samoa, you can follow the live TV coverage here:
Ireland – Live on RTÉ Two from 5.45pm Saturday
UK – Live on BBC Two Northern Ireland/BBC Network via the red button from 5.45pm Saturday
South Africa – Live on Super Sport 8 from 7.45pm Saturday
Asia – Live on Setanta Sport from 3.45am HKT Sunday
Middle East – Live on OSN Sports 2 from 8.45pm KSA Saturday
Australia – Delayed on Fox Sports 3 from 10.00am AEDT Sunday
New Zealand – Delayed on the Rugby Channel from 5.00pm Sunday
Audio: Live on RTÉ Radio 1 from 5.45pm Saturday – On radio, online and via app