The Rugby World Cup 2023 is one of the biggest sporting events of the year, with the world’s top rugby nations competing in France for the Webb Ellis Cup.

The tournament runs from 8th September to 28th October 2023 and features 20 teams playing across nine host cities in France.

For UK viewers, ITV holds the exclusive live broadcasting rights for the entire tournament, meaning every single match will be available free-to-air on ITV television channels and online through ITVX.

ITV Has Exclusive UK Coverage

ITV is broadcasting all 48 matches of the Rugby World Cup 2023 live across:

• ITV1
• ITV4
• ITVX

Coverage begins with the opening match between France and New Zealand on 8th September and continues right through to the Final at Stade de France in Paris on 28th October.

Most major matches, including England fixtures and knockout games, are shown on ITV1, while some group stage matches are broadcast on ITV4.

ITVX also provides:

• Live streaming
• Match highlights
• Catch-up viewing
• Interviews
• Analysis
• Short clips and key moments

This means viewers can watch matches both through traditional television and online streaming platforms.

Watching Rugby World Cup 2023 in Spain

British viewers living in Spain can still watch Rugby World Cup coverage through:

• ITV satellite channels
• Freesat systems
• Sky satellite systems
• ITVX streaming

However, ITVX is officially geo-blocked outside the UK.

To stream ITVX in Spain, viewers usually require:

• A VPN service
  or
• A Smart DNS service

These services route internet traffic through UK servers so ITVX believes the user is located in the United Kingdom.

Without these services, ITVX will normally block access outside the UK.

Online discussions from overseas viewers showed many rugby fans using VPN services to access ITVX coverage abroad during the tournament.

Rugby World Cup Match Schedule

Pool stage
Friday 8th September 2023

France v New Zealand (8pm, Paris)

Saturday 9th September 2023

Italy v Namibia (12pm, Saint-Etienne)

Ireland v Romania (2:30pm, Bordeaux)

Australia v Georgia (5pm, Paris)

England v Argentina (8pm, Marseille)

Sunday 10th September 2023

Japan v Chile (12pm, Toulouse)

South Africa v Scotland (4:45pm, Marseille)

Wales v Fiji (8pm, Bordeaux)

Thursday 14th September 2023

France v Uruguay (8pm, Lille)

Friday 15th September 2023

New Zealand v Namibia (8pm, Toulouse)

Saturday 16th September 2023

Samoa v Chile (2pm, Bordeaux)

Wales v Portugal (4:45pm, Nice)

Ireland v Tonga (8pm, Nantes)

Sunday 17th September 2023

South Africa v Romania (2pm, Bordeaux)

Australia v Fiji (4:45pm, Saint-Etienne)

England v Japan (8pm, Nice)

Wednesday 20th September 2023

Italy v Uruguay (4:45pm, Nice)

Thursday 21st September 2023

France v Namibia (8pm, Marseille)

Friday 22nd September 2023

Argentina v Samoa (4:45pm, Saint-Etienne)

Saturday 23rd September 2023

Georgia v Portugal (1pm, Toulouse)

England v Chile (4:45pm, Lille)

South Africa v Ireland (8pm, Paris)

Sunday 24th September 2023

Scotland v Tonga (4:45pm, Nice)

Wales v Australia (8pm, Lyon)

Wednesday 27th September 2023

Uruguay v Namibia (4:45pm, Lyon)

Thursday 28th September 2023

Japan v Samoa (8pm, Toulouse)

Friday 29th September 2023

New Zealand v Italy (8pm, Lyon)

Saturday 30th September 2023

Argentina v Chile (2pm, Nantes)

Fiji v Georgia (4:45pm, Bordeaux)

Scotland v Romania (8pm, Lille)

Sunday 1st October 2023

Australia v Portugal (4:45pm, Saint-Etienne)

South Africa v Tonga (8pm, Marseille)

Thursday 5th October 2023

New Zealand v Uruguay (8pm, Lyon)

Friday 6th October 2023

France v Italy (8pm, Lyon)

Saturday 7th October 2023

Wales v Georgia (2pm, Nantes)

England v Samoa (2:45pm, Lille)

Ireland v Scotland (8pm, Paris)

Sunday 8th October 2023

Japan v Argentina (12pm, Nantes)

Tonga v Romania (4:45pm, Lille)

Fiji v Portugal (8pm, Toulouse)

TV Coverage – where to watch the 2023 Rugby World Cup

The 2023 Rugby World Cup will be shown live across various TV channels.

UK TV Coverage: ITV1, ITV4, ITVX

Spanish TV Coverage : M+ Deportes, Movistar+

USA : Peacock Premium

Germany : Pro Sieben

Italy : Rai , Sky SPorts Italia

Ireland : RTE, Virgin Media

Southern Africa : Supersport, Supersport Rugby

France : TF1, TF2, M6 France

Scandinavia : Viaplay