Rugby World Cup 2011 live on ITV

July 28, 2011   ·   1 Comments

ITV Sport have announced plans for coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup from New Zealand, with every match broadcast live from the opening game on September 9^th through to the Rugby World Cup Final on October 23^rd.  All of the home nations’ matches will be broadcast on ITV1 and ITV1 HD.

Steve Rider will front ITV’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup, with Craig Doyle also presenting some games and highlights programmes. They will be joined by a team of expert former players who have won six World Cups between them: Lawrence Dallaglio, Michael Lynagh, Sean Fitzpatrick, Francois Pienaar, Phil Vickery, Gareth Thomas, Alan Quinlan, Scott Hastings, Martin Bayfield, Thom Evans and Andy Gomarsall.

ITV’s Rugby World Cup coverage of the opening three weeks of the tournament will be presented from London, with both commentary and reporting teams based across New Zealand. From the knockout stages of the tournament, ITV’s coverage will be presented live from a studio overlooking the pitch at Eden Park stadium in Auckland – the venue for matches including the final.

ITV’s live Rugby World Cup coverage and highlights will be anchored from the studio, whilst ITV’s commentary team including Nick Mullins, Simon Ward and Martin Gillingham, will be live at the match venues. ITV will broadcast a comprehensive one-hour highlights programme on every tournament match day on both ITV4 and ITV1.

Former England international and ITV rugby presenter Martin Bayfield will be based with the England camp reporting throughout the tournament; while ITV Sport’s award-winning Gabriel Clarke will report the latest news from all of the home nations and bring a flavour of New Zealand to the UK. ITV Sport’s reporting team will be working with outside broadcast technology allowing them to report live into programming at any time – and will work closely with the ITV News sports team throughout the tournament.

All of ITV1’s live games will be broadcast in full high definition on the ITV1 HD channel, available on the Freesat, Freeview, Sky HD, and Virgin Media platforms. ITV4 HD is available on Sky HD.

ITV.com will show every match live on the dedicated Rugby World Cup website, accompanied by a live chat which will give fans the opportunity to interact with each other. Viewers will also be able to catch up on any matches they might have missed with both highlights clips and the full programme in ITV Player. The website will also provide extended interviews, extra analysis and video blogs from the ITV Sport team  – as well as breaking news, tournament information and action from previous Rugby World Cups.

Fans will be able to catch up with the latest action on the move with the ITV Rugby World Cup iPhone app, which will feature live streaming and highlights clips of every match. Fans will be able to show their team colours on Twitter and Facebook with ITV.com.

In addition to the live match coverage and highlights from ITV Sport, ITV4 has commissioned a new six part series Dallaglio’s World Cups, in which Lawrence Dallaglio looks at the key moments in Rugby World Cups over the past twenty four years.

Full live ITV broadcast schedule

Date	Match	Channel	Time
09-Sep	Opening Ceremony & New Zealand v Tonga, ko 0930	ITV1	0830-1145
10-Sep	Scotland v Romania, ko 0200	ITV1	0130-0410
	Fiji v Namibia, ko 0430	ITV1	0410-0640
	France v Japan, ko 0700	ITV1	0640-0900
	Argentina v England, ko 0930	ITV1	0900-1200
11-Sep	Australia v Italy, ko 0430	ITV1	0410-0630
	Ireland v USA, ko 0700	ITV1	0630-0910
	South Africa v Wales, ko 0930	ITV1	0910-1200
14-Sep	Samoa v Namibia, ko 0330	ITV1	0310-0535
	Tonga v Canada, ko 0600	ITV4	0535-0805
	Scotland v Georgia, ko 0830	ITV1	0815-1030
15-Sep	Russia v USA, ko 0830	ITV4	0755-1100
16-Sep	New Zealand v Japan, ko 0900	ITV1	0830-1100
17-Sep	Argentina v Romania, ko 0430	ITV1	0415-0640
	South Africa v Fiji, ko 0700	ITV1	0640-0900
	Australia v Ireland, ko 0930	ITV1	0900-1200
18-Sep	Wales v Samoa, ko 0430	ITV1	0415-0630
	England v Georgia, ko 0700	ITV1	0630-0910
	France v Canada, ko 0930	ITV1	0910-1200
20-Sep	Italy v Russia, ko 0830	ITV4	0755-1100
21-Sep	Tonga v Japan, ko 0830	ITV4	0755-1100
22-Sep	South Africa v Namibia, ko 0900	ITV4	0830-1130
23-Sep	Australia v USA, ko 0930	ITV1	0910-1135
24-Sep	England v Romania, ko 0700	ITV1	0600-0910
	New Zealand v France, ko 0930	ITV1	0910-1200
25-Sep	Fiji v Samoa, ko 0330	ITV1	0300-0530
	Ireland v Russia, ko 0600	ITV1	0530-0800
	Argentina v Scotland, ko 0830	ITV1	0800-1100
26-Sep	Wales v Namibia, ko 0730	ITV1	0700-0930
27-Sep	Canada v Japan, ko 0500	ITV4	0430-0700
	Italy v USA, ko 0730	ITV4	0700-1000
28-Sep	Georgia v Romania, ko 0730	ITV4	0700-1000
30-Sep	South Africa v Samoa, ko 0830	ITV4	0800-1100
01-Oct	Australia v Russia, ko 0330	ITV1	0315-0530
	France v Tonga, ko 0600	ITV1	0530-0800
	England v Scotland, ko 0830	ITV1	0800-1130
02-Oct	Argentina v Georgia, ko 0100	ITV1	0030-0305
	New Zealand v Canada, ko 0330	ITV1	0305-0530
	Wales v Fiji, ko 0600	ITV1	0530-0800
	Ireland v Italy, ko 0830	ITV1	0800-1100
08-Oct	Winner Pool C v Runner Up Pool D, ko 0600	ITV1	0530-0800
	Winner Pool B v Runner Up Pool A, ko 0830	ITV1	0800-1100
09-Oct	Winner Pool D v Runner Up Pool C, ko 0600	ITV1	0530-0800
	Winner Pool A v Runner Up Pool B, ko 0830	ITV1	0800-1100
15-Oct	Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 2, ko 0900	ITV1	0830-1130
16-Oct	Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 4, ko 0900	ITV1	0830-1130
21-Oct	Bronze Final, ko 0830	ITV4 / 1	0800-1100
23-Oct	RWC FINAL, ko 0900	ITV1	0830-1130

ITV Rugby World Cup 2011 Promo

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