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BT Sport Secures Rights for 2015 World Rugby Under-20 Championship

May 19, 2015 - Staff@seenituk

bt_sport_studio_400BT Sport has secured the live rights to show the World Rugby Under-20 Championship taking place in Italy this year.

The tournament consists of three groups of four between Tuesday, June, 2 and Wednesday June 10 in Parma, Calvisano and Viadana.

On Monday, June, 15 both semi-finals will take place in Calvisano ahead of the third/fourth place play-off and the final in Cremona on Saturday, June, 20.

The tournament sees the best young talent in the world compete against each other and the stars of the future will be on show.

All games featuring the Home Nations and Ireland will be shown live during the tournament with highlights also available. England has won the tournament for the past two years and will be hoping to make it three years in a row in 2015.

Simon Green, Sports Channel Director, BT Sport, said: “BT Sport is proud of its commitment to rugby union and our live coverage of the World Rugby Union Under-20 Championships builds on our offering to rugby fans.

“This will be a great opportunity for viewers to see future global stars on show and promises to be an exciting tournament in Italy.”

Murray Barnett, Head of Commercial, Broadcast and Marketing, World Rugby added: “We are delighted to be partnering with a broadcaster that is passionate about Rugby for what promises to be an exciting Under 20 Championship where the future stars of rugby will showcase their talent in what will be rugby’s biggest-ever year.”

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