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30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup. [5] 1996. November – Sky Sports begins showing live coverage of England national rugby union team ’s autumn internationals, replacing the BBC which held the right for many decades. 1997.
Broadcasting contracts for rugby league (television) 10 live matches per season on BBC TWO until 2026, including two play off matches. 5 matches live on BBC iPlayer. Highlights of Grand Final. 20 live streamed matches from Challenge Cup, League 1, Women's Super League and Wheelchair Rugby League via The Sportsman.
2019–20 Gallagher Premiership. The 2019–20 Gallagher Premiership was the 33rd season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the second one to be sponsored by Gallagher. The reigning champions entering the season were Saracens, who had claimed their fifth title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the 2019 final.
The authorities also allowed the playing of two "Rugby League vs. Rugby Union" fixtures as fundraisers for the war effort (both matches were won by the rugby league teams playing rugby union). In 1958, long after the William Webb Ellis had become engraved as a legend in the history of rugby union, his grave was finally located by Ross McWhirter in the French town of Menton near the border with ...
2023–24 RFU Championship. The 2023–24 RFU Championship is the fifteen season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features eleven English teams, with the 12th team, and reigning champions, Jersey Reds, withdrawing from the competition at the start of the season after going into liquidation.
2022–23 →. The 2021–22 RFU Championship was the thirteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It featured ten English teams and one from Jersey. Saracens are the reigning champions and were promoted to the Premiership .
Mullins joined the BBC in 1985 and moved to BBC Radio Sport in 1991. He was part of the Rugby Special team and covered Six Nations Championship, Premiership, Heineken Cup and Anglo-Welsh Cup rugby matches for the BBC. He also commentated at Wimbledon for Radio 5 Live. He has commentated at the Olympic Games since 1996.
Sonja McLaughlan. Sonja McLaughlan (born 9 September 1962) [citation needed] is a British sports broadcaster. She joined the corporation in 1988, and has since covered seven Summer Olympics (from Atlanta 1996 to Tokyo 2020 ). McLaughlan is the producer for the BBC ’s rugby union coverage, and broadcasts coverage of the Six Nations Championship .