How to watch The British & Irish Lions

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If you're in the UK or Ireland

Sky Sports will be showing all the action live in the UK and Ireland throughout this summer’s Tour of Australia.

If you're in Australia

Head to STAN Sport and Channel 9 to catch the Lions in action, with all nine matches available live and on demand, with Wallabies Tests in 4k.

If you're in the USA

CBS will be showing all three Test matches this summer, while all other matches will be on RugbyPass TV.

List of all broadcasters by region

Region

Broadcaster

Australia

STAN Sport / Channel 9

UK, Ireland

Sky Sports

Czech Republic & Slovakia

ARQ Mond (broadcaster TBC)

Portugal

Sport TV

Sub-Saharan Africa

SuperSport

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

ProSieben

Canada

DAZN

Pacific Islands

Digicel

Georgia

GRU

Netherlands

Ziggo

MENA

TOD

Central America & Latin America (inc Brazil) & Caribbean

ESPN

Nordics

Viaplay

Japan

Sports Partners (J Sports)

New Zealand

Sky

Pan Asia (excluding Japan)

Premier Sports

France

L’Eqipe

Spain

Telefónica

Movistar – Test matches only

Italy

DAZN - Test matches only

Wales

S4C (highlights only)

Ireland

TG4 (highlights only)

USA

CBS – Test matches only

RugbyPass TV – 1888 Cup and 6 non-test matches

Greece & Cyprus

Sports Addicts

Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

TV3 – Test matches only

Radio broadcaster

talkSPORT

Radio broadcaster (Welsh language)

BBC Wales

Inflight

Spafax – Non-live programming

Maritime

BBC Cruise

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Who has the radio rights for the Lions?

For the fourth consecutive Tour, talkSPORT have been named as the Lions’ exclusive audio broadcasting partner, 12 years on from their debut in 2013.

talkSPORT will deliver more than 200 hours of coverage, including live match commentary, dedicated programmes and podcasts from Australia, in addition to coverage of The Lions’ bout with Argentina in Dublin.

Alongside former England and Australia head coach Eddie Jones, talkSPORT's coverage team for this summer’s Tour will feature some of the most iconic names in rugby, including Ben Kay, Gordon D’Arcy, Alex Cuthbert, Jim Hamilton, Rocky Clark and Matt Giteau.

BBC Radio Wales will also provide Welsh commentary throughout the Tour.

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