Watching rugby with NOW

With a Sports Day or Month membership, you can watch selected rugby matches live, including Super Rugby, Currie Cup and International Rugby Union matches.

Champion’s Cup, URC and Autumn Internationals matches are shown on TNT Sports channels, which are available with a Sports Extra Membership.

Matches are shown on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Mix, which are available with a Sports Day or Month Membership. Live streams and upcoming matches can be found on the Rugby League or Rugby Union pages in the NOW app.

Keep in mind: You can't watch Sky Sports+ streams with a Sports Mobile or Sports Extra Membership. Don't worry if you can't see any streams right now – they'll appear automatically by the time the event starts.

Yes, selected catch up content will be available on demand on the Rugby League or Rugby Union pages in the NOW app.

On demand content isn’t available with a Mobile Membership. You’ll need a NOW Sports Day or Month Membership to watch rugby matches on demand.

To get access to all Sky Sports channels:

• Day Membership - €14.99 for 24 hours
• Month Membership - €38.99 a month

Find out more about Sports Membership

Tons of live sport! You get access to all the other Sky Sports channels with your NOW Sports Membership. So you can catch huge rugby matches, plus:

• Premier League
• Golf
• Tennis
• F1
• NFL
• Darts
• EFL
• Boxing and lots more!

With a Sports Extra Membership, you can also access live sport on TNT Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, and Premier Sports 1 and 2.

See what's on

Yes, you can. To watch the Sky Sports channels in full HD, you'll need to upgrade to Boost or Ultra Boost. It costs just €5 a month or €8 for Ultra Boost, and for that you get:

• All Sky Sports channels in 1080p with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound - plus, all Sky Sports channels stream at 50 frames per second (except on LG TV and Xbox One & Series X/S)
• Selected Sky Sports+ streams in full 1080p HD (where the video feed allows for higher stream quality. Dolby 5.1 surround sound not available)
• With Ultra Boost and a Sports Membership, 4 dedicated UHD channels (Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports F1, plus 2 ad-hoc channels, Sky Sports UHD 1 & 2) – or with Ultra Boost and Sports Extra Membership, the dedicated ad-hoc UHD channel TNT Sports Ultimate
• Extra devices, so 2 or 3 people in your household can watch at the same time
• Plus you can stream on-demand sports ad-free (as well as ad-free shows and movies if you've got Cinema or Entertainment Membership). Find out more

If you upgrade via our website, your account could take up to 4 hours to catch up. To get around this, you can trigger it to update by signing out of the NOW app and signing back in again. You'll then be able to enjoy Sky Sports in full HD or UHD.

Boost or Ultra Boost will renew automatically each month (unless you cancel it) as long as you’ve got an active monthly membership. But if you’ve only got a Sports Day Membership on your account, your Boost or Ultra Boost will only run for one month, and won’t auto-renew – so you don’t need to remember to cancel it (unless you're subscribing via a third party).

Good to know: You'll need a compatible device and an internet speed of at least 12Mbps to stream in 1080p, or 30Mbps for UHD. Boost and Ultra Boost aren't available with Sports Mobile Membership, and you won't be able to add them if you've only got a Sports or Sports Extra Day Membership. Find out more about Boost and Ultra Boost

You can watch NOW on loads of devices. See our supported devices article or find out how to manage your devices.

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