Six Nations Rugby | 2022 Women’s Six Nations Fixtures And Broadcast Details Announced
The 2022 Championship will see all 15 matches broadcast on BBC within the UK, RTÉ and Virgin Media in Eire and Sky Italia for the Italian market. Details for France will likely be communicated sooner or later.
Matches will likely be proven on a mixture of terrestrial and Participant companies with broadcasters throughout territories considerably growing their dedication to the ladies’s recreation.
Modifications to the Women’s Six Nations window in 2021 proved a significant success with excessive viewing figures and elevated digital engagement indicating confirming {that a} new slot within the calendar can play a major position in driving the expansion of the ladies’s recreation.
The 2022 matches can even be performed in a six-week window in late March and April, breaking the standard hyperlink to the lads’s calendar.
Scotland will open the Championship towards 2021 champions England at DAM Well being Stadium on twenty sixth March, whereas Eire will tackle Wales on the RDS Enviornment on the identical day.
France will face Italy on the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble on Sunday twenty seventh.
Spherical 2 will happen on 2nd and third April with Wales internet hosting Scotland on the Cardiff Arms Park whereas Eire will journey to France on Saturday 2nd April. In the meantime, England will journey to Italy for his or her recreation on Sunday third April.
The third spherical will see England host Wales on Saturday ninth April with the opposite two matches going down on Sunday tenth April when Scotland will host France and Italy will journey to Cork.
After a break weekend, Spherical 4 will begin on Friday twenty second April in Cardiff with Wales v France. Italy v Scotland will likely be on Saturday twenty third and England will host Eire on Sunday twenty fourth April.
The Championship will finish with a Tremendous Saturday as Wales v Italy, Eire v Scotland and France v England happen on the identical day.
Six Nations CEO Ben Morel commented: “Elevated visibility is vital for the expansion of the ladies’s recreation. We’re delighted to have enhanced broadcast partnerships in place together with a continuation of the devoted window from which we noticed such success final yr.
“These two key developments together with continued funding in lots of different areas together with efficiency, business and advertising will improve the Women’s Six Nations for followers and gamers alike.”