TSN to broadcast Rugby Championship in Canada

The wishes of Canadian rugby fans appear to have been answered. TSN will be broadcasting the opening round of The Rugby Championship this weekend. While the broadcaster has not made an official announcement and has not replied to inquiries about the tournament as a whole, an update to their schedule online has confirmed that the matches in Australia and South Africa will be shown this weekend.

A live viewing of the tournament opener between Australia and New Zealand will be shown at 6:05am ET on Saturday, while the second game featuring South Africa and Argentina will be shown on tape delay at 11:00pm ET, also on Saturday. At the time of writing there have been no indications either way of whether the games will be archived, but it appears they will be available on TSN Go.

EDIT: Rugby Canada has now confirmed that TSN will broadcast the Rugby Championship in its entirety. All matches will also be available live on TSN Go. Full broadcast times and channels are below.

DATE PT ET HOME AWAY CHANNEL
SAT, AUG 20 03:05 06:05 Australia New Zealand TSN 1
SAT, AUG 20 08:05 11:05 South Africa Argentina TSN GO
SAT, AUG 20 20:00 23:00 South Africa Argentina TSN4 (delay)
SAT, AUG 27 00:35 03:35 New Zealand Australia TSN1 / TSN5
SAT, AUG 27 10:40 13:40 Argentina South Africa TSN2
SAT, SEPT 10 00:35 03:35 New Zealand Argentina TSN1 / TSN5
SAT, SEPT 10 03:05 06:05 Australia South Africa TSN1 / TSN5
SAT, SEPT 17 00:35 03:35 New Zealand South Africa TSN1 / TSN4
SAT, SEPT 17 03:05 06:05 Australia Argentina TSN1 / TSN4
SAT, OCT 1 08:05 11:05 South Africa Australia TSN2
SAT, OCT 1 15:10 18:10 Argentina New Zealand TSN GO
SAT, OCT 8 08:05 11:05 South Africa New Zealand TSN2
SAT, OCT 8 11:30 14:30 Argentina Australia TSN2

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