Watching rugby with NOW
Stream the biggest live rugby matches on NOW with a Sports Membership and Sports Extra Membership.
What membership do I need to watch the Autumn Rugby Internationals?
Autumn Internationals matches are shown on TNT Sports, which is only available with a Sports Extra Membership.
Choose your Sports Membership
- Sports Membership - €14.99 for 24 hours / €38.99 a month
- Sports Extra Membership - €14.99 for 24 hours / €33.99 a month
How do I start watching?
New to NOW?
To get started, you’ll need to create an account and add a NOW Sports Membership.
- Head to NOWTV.com/ie and NOW Membership.
- Select the Sports Membership or Sports Extra Membership
- Choose a Day or Month Membership.
- We just need a few details before you can add your membership and start watching.
Already a NOW Member?
To get ready for the matches, you’ll need to sign back into your account and add a Sports Day or Month Membership in NOW Membership.
If you can’t access your account because you’ve forgotten your login details, try the links below:
Reset password
Forgotten email address
Using voucher codes
Got a voucher code for a Sports Membership?
If you're already a NOW Member, you can apply your code in NOW Membership.
Not a member yet? Just go to NOWTV.com/ie/membership, choose your membership, and add the voucher code when you join.
FAQs
With a Sports Day or Month membership, you can watch selected rugby matches live, including Super Rugby, Currie Cup and International Rugby Union matches.
Champion’s Cup, URC and Autumn Internationals matches are shown on TNT Sports channels, which are available with a Sports Extra Membership.
Matches are shown on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Mix, which are available with a Sports Day or Month Membership. Live streams and upcoming matches can be found on the Rugby League or Rugby Union pages in the NOW app.
Don't worry if you can't see any streams right now – they'll appear automatically by the time the event starts.
- Sports Day or Month Membership - All Sky Sports channels
- Sports Extra Day or Month Membership – TNT Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, and Premier Sports 1 and 2.
Find out more about Sports Membership and Sports Extra Membership
Yes, selected catch up content will be available on demand on the Rugby League or Rugby Union pages in the NOW app.
On demand content isn’t available with a Sports Mobile Membership. You’ll need a Sports Day or Month Membership to watch rugby matches on demand.
Yes, you can. To watch the Sky Sports channels in full HD, you'll need to upgrade to Boost or Ultra Boost. It costs €5 a month for Boost or €8 for Ultra Boost, and for that you get:
- All Sky Sports and Sports Extra channels in 1080p with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound – plus, all Sky Sports channels stream at 50 frames per second (except on LG TV and Xbox One & Series X/S)
- Selected Sky Sports+ streams in full 1080p HD (where the video feed allows for higher stream quality. Dolby 5.1 surround sound not available)
- With Ultra Boost and a Sports Membership, 4 dedicated UHD channels (Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports F1, plus 2 ad-hoc channels, Sky Sports UHD 1 & 2) – or with Ultra Boost and Sports Extra Membership, the dedicated ad-hoc UHD channel TNT Sports Ultimate
- Extra streaming allowance, so up to 3 people in your household can watch at the same time
- Plus you can stream on-demand sports ad-free (as well as ad-free shows and movies if you've got Cinema or Entertainment Membership). Find out more
Help tipIf you upgraded to Boost or Ultra Boost via our website, your account could take up to 4 hours to reflect the fact that you've added it. To get around this, you can trigger it to update by signing out of the NOW app and signing back in again. You'll then be able to enjoy Sky Sports in full HD or UHD.
Boost or Ultra Boost will renew automatically each month (unless you cancel it) as long as you’ve got an active monthly membership. But if you’ve only got a Sports Day Membership on your account, your Boost or Ultra Boost will only run for one month, and won’t auto-renew – so you don’t need to remember to cancel it.
Keep in mindYou'll need a compatible device and an internet speed of at least 12Mbps to stream in 1080p, or 30Mbps for UHD. Boost and Ultra Boost aren't available with the Sports Mobile Membership. Find out more about Boost and Ultra Boost
The Sports Mobile Membership gives you 5 channels:
- Sky Sports Premier League
- Sky Sports Action
- Sky Sports Mix
- Sky Sports Racing
- Sky Sports News.
You can watch on loads of devices. To add a device, just start watching.
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