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| Scottish Rugby can today confirm that every Sunday fixture in the second season of the FOSROC Super6 competition will be televised live on free-to-air television by the competition’s new broadcast partner, FreeSports. FreeSports is the only free-to-air sports channel in the UK and will broadcast 11 matches in the FOSROC Super6 exclusively live on TV, and on the online FreeSports Player, within the UK and Ireland. Formed in 2017, FreeSports is the sister channel of Premier Sports, which will show next season’s United Rugby Championship and French Rugby’s Top 14 competitions. The FreeSports coverage will also include highlights of every Friday and Saturday match played across the tournament’s 10-week regular period. Highlights of all 33 matches will also be available, with more information to follow ahead of the competition kicking off at the end of July. For anyone living outside of the UK and Ireland, all the Sunday matches and the three finals will be available live on Scottish Rugby TV. All Sunday games will kick-off at 1.30pm BST. The FOSROC Super6 commentary team will include Stuart McFarlane, Paul Mitchell, Hugh Dan MacLennan, Jamie Lyall and Rory Hamilton. Iain Duckworth, President of Heriot’s Rugby Club said “We are delighted at the announcement by Scottish Rugby today, that Free Sports are going to be the broadcaster for FOSROC Super6. This is exciting news for all of the clubs and will help gain greater exposure of the competition, clubs and players throughout UK & Ireland.” “Thank you to all at Scottish Rugby for their hard work in securing this broadcast deal.” For full details of the press release from Scottish Rugby please click here |
| 2021 FOSROC Super6 Fixtures: Friday 30 July Boroughmuir Bears v Heriot’s Rugby Saturday 31 July Stirling County v Southern Knights Sunday 1 August Ayrshire Bulls v Watsonians Rugby (Live on FreeSports) Friday 6 August Watsonians Rugby v Stirling County Saturday 7 August Ayrshire Bulls v Boroughmuir Bears Sunday 8 August Heriot’s Rugby v Southern Knights (Live on FreeSports) Friday 13 August Boroughmuir Bears v Watsonians Rugby Saturday 14 August Southern Knights v Ayrshire Bulls Sunday 15 August Stirling County v Heriot’s Rugby (Live on FreeSports) Saturday 21 August Heriot’s Rugby v Watsonians Rugby Saturday 21 August Stirling County v Ayrshire Bulls Sunday 22 August Southern Knights v Boroughmuir Bears (Live on FreeSports) Friday 27 August Watsonians Rugby v Southern Knights Saturday 28 August Ayrshire Bulls v Heriot’s Rugby Sunday 29 August Boroughmuir Bears v Stirling County (Live on FreeSports) Friday 10 September Watsonians Rugby v Heriot’s Rugby Saturday 11 September Ayrshire Bulls v Stirling County Sunday 12 September Boroughmuir Bears v Southern Knights (Live on FreeSports) Friday 17 September Southern Knights v Watsonians Rugby Saturday 18 September Stirling County v Boroughmuir Bears Sunday 19 September Heriot’s Rugby v Ayrshire Bulls (Live on FreeSports) Friday 24 September Southern Knights v Heriot’s Rugby Saturday 25 September Boroughmuir Bears v Ayrshire Bulls Sunday 26 September Stirling County v Watsonians Rugby (Live on FreeSports) Saturday 2 October Heriot’s Rugby v Stirling County Saturday 2 October Ayrshire Bulls v Southern Knights Sunday 3 October Watsonians Rugby v Boroughmuir (Live on FreeSports) Saturday 9 October Heriot’s Rugby v Boroughmuir Bears Saturday 9 October Southern Knights v Stirling County Sunday 10 October Watsonians Rugby v Ayrshire Bulls (Live on FreeSports) Weekend of: Friday 15 October 5th v 6th Final 3rd v 4th Final 1st v 2nd Final (Live on FreeSports) ENDS NOTES: FreeSports can be found on Freeview HD channel 64, Sky HD channel 422, Virgin HD 553, TalkTalk 64, BT Vision channel 64 and on the online FreeSports Player. |
| For further information please contact: Joanna Dunlop Marketing & Media Manager Mob: 07597 582353 marketing@heriotsrugbyclub.co.uk |