England and Ireland women’s rugby fans will have the option of watching a live web streaming of their 6 Nations match at Esher in March.
Through RFU.com, the match on St Patrick’s Day, March 17th will be available at www.rfu.com/englandwomenlive ahead of the 2.00pm kick off. Users will be able to watch the match live and then in full for up to three days after the match, while highlights of England’s games against Scotland, Italy and Ireland will also be available on RFU.com.
England’s first home game is against Wales on February 25th at Twickenham Stadium and the match will be live on the BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website.
An impressive five camera feed with match commentary from some of the game’s leading commentators and former England stars, as well as post-match interviews, will provide rugby fans with broadcast quality viewing as England and Ireland go head-to-head.
RFU Digital Editor, Tom Hines, said: “Over 6,000 people watched RFU.com’s live streaming of England Women’s autumn tests against New Zealand. With the women’s game growing all the time and England defending a Grand Slam, there’s a growing appetite for watching England’s Elite Women that we need to satisfy.”
Meanwhile the IRFU have also confirmed that though Ireland’s home games will not be broadcast live, highlights will be shown on the RTE feature programme ‘Against the Head’.
France v England will be shown live in France on France4 - a major advance as this will be the first time any women's international will have been shown live on a national French channel.
