Rugby World Cup returns to OSN

The Rugby World Cup returns this month to OSN. This will be the fourth time that the pay-TV network brings the tournament to the region’s screens, with live and exclusive coverage of all 48 matches in HD.

OSN Sports 1 HD has become OSN Sports Rugby World Cup HD for the duration of the tournament; the channel is free and dedicated to the biggest event in the rugby union calendar and the third largest sporting tournament in the world.

The channel will include classic Rugby World Cup matches, documentaries, previews and highlights. All of the live matches will be broadcast on the channel and will be complemented by extensive pre and post-match studio coverage providing expert analysis by OSN’S team of former international stars.

The OSN World Cup team of rugby legends have been carefully chosen to represent the wide spread of nationalities in the region to give customers the best viewing experience and views from both hemispheres. The team is made up of one of Britain’s leading sport’s presenters, Jim Rosenthal; British and Irish Lions centre pairing from the victorious 1997 tour of South Africa, England’s Jeremy Guscott and Wales’ Scott Gibbs, South African Rugby World Cup winning coach Jake White, New Zealand’s great open side flanker Josh Kronfeld, 1999 Rugby World Cup winner Australian Joe Roff and 1995 Rugby World Cup winner South African Joel Stransky.

Andy Warkman, Vice President Sport and Production, OSN, commented: “Rugby was first brought to the region by OSN and we are delighted to again bring this prestigious tournament to the screens of millions of our viewers who have been waiting in anticipation for the action to begin. We have assembled a fantastic team of experts consisting of world-cup winners and legends of rugby from the Northern and Southern hemispheres who will supply our viewers with fascinating insights, top-notch pre and post-match analysis and we will be introducing exciting new state of the art technology so we entertain fans throughout the tournament.”

“Rugby World Cup 2015 is a key part of OSN’s commitment to deliver the very best high quality of live sport and to bring the most momentous and important international events to viewers across the region.’’

From the group stages all the way to the quarter-finals the team will be broadcasting from the brand new OSN studios in Dubai Media City. After the quarter-finals the whole team will fly to London to cover the semi-finals and final from pitch side at Twickenham Stadium taking OSN sports fans to the very heart of the action.