Super Rugby Pacific 2022

[Steve+Live]

Looking at the Sanzaar Super Rugby Match Centre Broadcaster info I see no mention of Sky having the rights to broadcast here, or any coverage in the UK at this time at all. Absolutely shocking! 

[TravellingKiwi]

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@akilea wrote:

Did you hear anything back from sky yet? Last year it was RugbyPass that had it & it wasn't very good.

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It was better than nothing at all...

[Steve+Live]

I loved the Rugby Pass offering as it was the Kiwi/Aussie coverage. Much better than Sky UK's own stuff previously I felt. 

[japitts]

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@Steve+Live wrote:

Looking at the Sanzaar Super Rugby Match Centre Broadcaster info I see no mention of Sky having the rights to broadcast here, or any coverage in the UK at this time at all. Absolutely shocking! 

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Frustrating yes, shocking no - sadly.

Remember Sky's main interest will be in the international rights, the club games will likely be a Brucie-bonus. The next round of Sanzaar internationals will be the northern-hemisphere tours in the summer.

Also bear-in-mind, the rights for last-years Rugby Championship were only announced a day before it started.

[Kendall5]

If my Sky Sports package doesn't start including some Rugby I'll be turning it off straight after the Winter Olympics. Seems to be football, football, football and no Cricket or Rugby anymore

[TravellingKiwi]

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@Steve+Live wrote:

I loved the Rugby Pass offering as it was the Kiwi/Aussie coverage. Much better than Sky UK's own stuff previously I felt. 

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Agreed. UK commentators give me the the s*&^s. Far better to have one that knows somethign about the game.

[oj01]

@Kendall5 Winter Olympics aren't on Sky Sports. 

[Kendall5]

Thanks for confirming OJ. That should save me some money sooner then😊

[japitts]

I've never known Sky have their own commentary for southern hemisphere/Sanzaar games, but take the host broadcaster's feed.

Sometimes they've had UK-based presentation, but that's something else.

[ukflyboy]

Precisely why I got rid of them. I used to love my Sky sports package but football is their focus now. I do miss the F1, but not enough to pay Sky ridiculous rates for one sport! 

[japitts]

Sky certainly aren't about one sport, but they are prioritising rights deals these days.

I'd like to see them (or BT - just rather not online-only platforms) pick up southern hemisphere rugby rights, but only time will tell.

I wouldn't bet against Premier as an outsider, either.

[TomJ123]

Apologies if this double posts... I am sure I posted this 10 minutes ago but seems to have disappeared.

I have found this online posted one hour ago - https://www.rugbyworld.com/tournaments/superrugby/how-to-watch-super-rugby-pacific-137454

https://sanzaarrugby.tv/

Seems that this is possibly the 2022 version of Rugbypass and it says all 91 games are being streamed for a season pass price of £49.99. I have not looked too much into the authenticity of it yet but on the face of it it seems quite legitimate.  

[Steve+Live]

It is listed on the Saanzar website as coverage for the UK so it seems genuine 👍

[TravellingKiwi]

I';ve subscribed... And can stream the rugby champs games from '21 (Sadly I watched the end of the 1st test that we lost after the hooter.. So I'm a little sad now)

Quality isn't the greatest though. It's blocky enough I'd suspect SD only... But heck, I can see the game so it's better that nothing

[TomJ123]

Thanks for letting us know. 

Shame about the quality though as I used to plug the laptop into the TV using HDMI with rugbypass and looked pretty clear so would be a shame if I can't watch it on anything bigger than a laptop this year due to quality issues