Prepare yourself for a month long festival of rugby. The World Cup kicks off today with Fiji vs. England on Universal Sports. The tournament continues with four matches on Saturday and three on Sunday. If you want to watch those matches, outside of the Eagles-Samoa match on Universal Sports, you'll have to get the Universal Sports PPV package (info here). Later in the week Wednesday will have three matches and Thursday one. Additionally, there will be Currie Cup, ITM Cup, and domestic play all available.
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Saturday:
Friday:
- Pumas vs. Eastern Province Kings, 11:00 a.m. et/8:00 a.m. et (live on DirectTV)
- Western Province vs. Blue Bulls, 1:00 p.m. et/10:00 a.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
- England vs. Fiji, 3:00 p.m. et/12:00 p.m. pt (live on Universal Sports)
- North Harbour vs. Counties Manukau, 10:30 p.m. et/7:30 p.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
- Southland vs. Manwatu, 1:30 a.m. et (Saturday)/10:30 p.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
Saturday:
- Northland vs. Counties Manukau, 3:30 a.m. et/12:30 a.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
- Georgia vs. Tonga, 7:00 a.m. pt/4:00 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- Golden Lions vs. Sharks, 8:30 a.m. et/5:30 a.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
- Canada vs. Ireland, 9:30 a.m. et/6:30 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- Japan vs. South Africa, 11:45 a.m. et/8:45 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- France vs. Italy, 12:00 p.m. et/9:00 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- West Point vs. St. Bonaventure, 7:00 p.m. et/4:00 a.m. pt (live on Knight Vision)
- North Harbour vs. Canterbury, 10:30 p.m. et/7:30 p.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
- Tasman vs. Auckland 12:35 p.m. et (Saturday)/9:35 p.m. pt (live on DirectTV)
Sunday:
- Samoa vs. United States, 7:00 a.m. et/4:00 a.m. pt (Universal Sports)
- Wales vs. Uruguay, 9:30 a.m. et/6:30 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- Argentina vs. New Zealand, 11:45 a.m. et/8:45 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
Wednesday:
- Scotland vs. Japan, 9:30 a.m. et/6:30 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- Australia vs. Fiji, 11:45 a.m. et/8:45 a.m. pt (Pay Per View)
- France vs. Romania, 3:00 p.m. et/12:00 p.m. pt (Pay Per View)
Thursday:
- New Zealand vs. Namibia, 3:00 p.m. et/12:00 p.m. pt (Pay Per View)