Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
England and Ireland have played rugby union internationals against each other since 1875, with England winning the first match at The Oval, London by two goals to nil. (A points scoring system was not used in rugby at the time.) The two teams have played a total of 142 Test matches with England winning 81 of them, Ireland 53, and 8 resulting in ...
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.
The national rugby union teams of England and Italy have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1991, and by February 2024, they had met in 31 test matches, all of which have been won by England. Their first meeting was on 8 October 1991 in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, England won 36–6. England had played Italy three times in Rugby World ...
Men’s Rugby World Cup. Top 12 teams from previous World Cup (the top 3 in each group) plus 8 nations from regional qualifying tournaments. 1987. 2023. Quadrennial. Women's Rugby World Cup. 12 top national women's teams. 1991. 2021.
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 ...
The national rugby union teams of England and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and by October 2023 had met in 46 Test matches. South Africa lead the series by 28 wins to 16, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of South Africa's first tour of Europe, with ...
England and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1881. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 69 times, Wales having won 61 times and 12 matches having been drawn. There is a considerable rivalry between the sides due to the proximity of the two nations and the history between them.