Back when the International Rugby Board was still pushing the IOC to include rugby sevens in the 2016 Olympics, they released a video promoting the excitement and principles of the sport.
Since officially being selected for the games in Rio, the IRB has updated its video. Enjoy!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Given the uncertainty of the USA Super League and financial shortcomings over the last few years of the USA Rugby 7s championship, it would appear that the domestic market for rugby is low. This may explain why Setanta cancelled all coverage of rugby league in 2009. The only place where we are seeing MORE rugby broadcasting is from BBC America who are showing 5 LIVE matches from the 2010 Six Nations championship. To my knowledge, live internationals from the Six Nations have never been shown on cable TV in the US.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
I think it was around the time of the 1995 World Cup that I started following rugby and looking for it on TV.
At that time in Canada, I remember a 2-hour show that came on once a week (sometimes, at least) with a few highlights from the semi-pro teams and one test match shown on [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
We the undersigned strongly support BBC America in their live broadcast of the 2010 Six Nations Championship as announced on 21-Jan-2010 and would encourage both BBC America and BBC Canada to schedule more live programming of rugby union.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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