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Live Premiership games for free-to-air TV rugby fans in the UK

By PA
(Photo by PA)

This season's Gallagher Premiership final at Twickenham will be broadcast free-to-air for the first time in the competition’s history as part of a new deal with ITV. Five of this season’s matches, including the final on June 18, are to be broadcast live on ITV.

Also included as part of the agreement is a weekly highlights programme in a deal that will last until the 2023/24 season.

The coverage begins when Sale face Leicester on January 30 and for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, seven live games including the final will be shown on ITV, simulcast with BT Sport.

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“Our ambition is to grow the game and make the Premiership available to as many people as possible,” Premiership Rugby chief executive Simon Massie-Taylor said.