Sky Sports agrees deal with SANZAAR for international rugby rights 2026 – 2030

• The deal means Sky will have exclusive rights to the inaugural edition of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour which will see New Zealand complete an eight-match tour of South Africa kicking off this Friday. Sky will show all four Test matches vs South Africa plus four non-Test matches against club sides.
  
  
• Sky will also show South Africa’s return tour of New Zealand in 2030.
  
  
• The relationship with SANZAAR - which stretches over three decades - will see Sky broadcast The Rugby Championship in 2027, 2028 and 2029, the Bledisloe Cup, and other SANZAAR internationals in both 2026 and 2030. The latter includes Sky exclusively showing home international matches for Australia and Argentina across August and September 2026.
• Alongside exclusive broadcast rights, fans in the UK & I will also be able to catch up on all the action with clips and highlights available across Sky’s digital and social platforms.
• SANZAAR CEO Brendan Morris stated, “SANZAAR is delighted to retain Sky Sports as a rights holder broadcaster in the UK for the next iteration of our international rugby tournaments. We have partnered with Sky Sports for over 25 years and rugby fans in the UK will continue to enjoy world class action from Super Rugby Pacific, The Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup and additional tour matches, including this year’s series between South Africa and New Zealand.”

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