RugbyPass Brings the 2018 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens to Fans in Asia
RugbyPass, the home of live rugby in Asia, has today announced a deal to provide exclusive coverage of the 2018 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens across its 23 Asian territories. The deal is a renewal of rights from the inaugural event in 2017 and further enhances RugbyPass’ line-up which already includes NatWest 6 Nations, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship, Aviva Premiership, European Champions Cup, Top 14, Pro 14 and more.
The Brisbane Global Rugby Tens kicks off on Friday 9 February and runs for two full days live from Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. This year’s event features more than 300 stars from all of the Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby sides, plus heavyweights Fiji, Japan’s Panasonic Wild Knights and French powerhouse Pau.
“We are excited to extend our relationship with the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens and live stream every game to RugbyPass subscribers across Asia”, said Tim Martin, founder and CEO of RugbyPass. “Last year’s inaugural event was watched by hordes of fans on RugbyPass and the positive feedback we received from our subscribers made this renewal a high priority as we look ahead to Super Rugby kick-off on 17 February.”
Brisbane Global Rugby Tens CEO Rachael Carroll said “We are excited to extend our relationship with RugbyPass.com and deliver the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens to the passionate Asian rugby community”.
RugbyPass offers fans weekly, monthly or annual subscription options online at www.rugbypass.com/signup. Its live streaming service is available in the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
In addition to live coverage in Asia, global followers of the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens can visit rugbypass.com for news, editorial and original video content. RugbyPass Australia Ambassador Jaybor Staunton will be at Suncorp Stadium throughout the event, producing his own unique brand of rugby banter and analysis.
About RugbyPass
RugbyPass is the World’s largest digital rugby network, combining live OTT broadcasting with unique and engaging video and print content for Rugby fans around the globe.
Across 23 countries in Asia, RugbyPass broadcasts live Rugby content including SANZAAR, 6 Nations and Autumn International matches though an internet OTT streaming subscription platform.
RugbyPass.com, and its affiliated RugbyPass network of sites, is the largest independent Rugby audience network in the world, producing and distributing a variety of content including written articles, long and short form videos, shows, podcasts, stats, fantasy and global team rankings.
For general enquiries, email contact@rugbypass.com
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I’m all for speeding up the game. But can we be certain that the slowness of the game contributed to fans walking out? I’m not so sure. Super rugby largely suffered from most fans only being able to, really, follow the games played in their own time zone. So at least a third of the fan base wasn’t engaged at any point in time. As a Saffer following SA teams in the URC - I now watch virtually every European game played on the weekend. In SR, I wouldn’t be bothered to follow the games being played on the other side of the world, at weird hours, if my team wasn’t playing. I now follow the whole tournament and not just the games in my time zone. Second, with New Zealand teams always winning. It’s like formula one. When one team dominates, people lose interest. After COVID, with SA leaving and Australia dipping in form, SR became an even greater one horse race. Thats why I think Japan’s league needs to get in the mix. The international flavor of those teams could make for a great spectacle. But surely if we believe that shaving seconds off lost time events in rugby is going to draw fans back, we should be shown some figures that supports this idea before we draw any major conclusions. Where are the stats that shows these changes have made that sort of impact? We’ve measured down to the average no. Of seconds per game. Where the measurement of the impact on the fanbase? Does a rugby “fan” who lost interest because of ball in play time suddenly have a revived interest because we’ve saved or brought back into play a matter of seconds or a few minutes each game? I doubt it. I don’t thinks it’s even a noticeable difference to be impactful. The 20 min red card idea. Agreed. Let’s give it a go. But I think it’s fairer that the player sent off is substituted and plays no further part in the game as a consequence.
Go to commentsThose are pretty good draws for the two top Aussie teams. I certainly wouldn't want my Chiefs to have a quarter final in Brisbane. None of the top teams will want the Crusaders.
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