Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 kicks off on Friday, August 20 in London and organisers have announced that the tournament will enjoy record broadcast coverage.
Women's Rugby World Cup will be screened live by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland showing a record 13 matches as the action happens including the semi finals and final at The Twickenham Stoop on Wednesday 1 and Sunday, September 5 respectively.
Alex Payne will host the coverage for Sky Sports, with analysis provided by Will Greenwood and Tyrone Howe. Will Chignell, Johnnie Hammond and Martin Gillingham will provide commentary with Melissa Platt and Gail Davis reporting pitch side.
In addition to the host broadcaster, broadcasters from five continents including North America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa have also committed to show live matches in their territory.
"Women's Rugby is experiencing unprecedented growth around the world and television coverage is an important component in promoting the Game throughout every region. Rugby World Cup Limited is delighted that through the Host Broadcast platform delivered by Sky Sports, Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 will enjoy record coverage and reach out to more fans than ever before," said Rugby World Cup Ltd Chairman Bernard Lapasset.
"The RFUW and England will be wonderful hosts for this exciting tournament and fans attending at Surrey Sports Park and Twickenham Stoop and watching on television around the world can look forward to a tournament that will demonstrate a high level of skill, competitive matches and a diverse spread of participating nations. It is an event not to be missed."
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Martin Turner, executive producer for Rugby Union at Sky Sports said: "Showing the Women's Rugby World Cup will be great as it's an excellent chance to show women doing so well in sport. The girls will no doubt provide us with some terrific matches as there is some amazing talent out there. It's going to add an extra highlight to our fantastic schedule of Rugby on Sky Sports this season."
The IRB's broadcast managers, Pro-Active Television, have secured more broadcasters than ever before for a Women's Rugby World Cup. TV production company 78Seventy Broadcast have been appointed by the IRB to provide extensive highlights, news coverage and feature content for broadcasters and www.rwcwomens.com.
The IRB will provide a full News Service via the official tournament website www.rwcwomens.com, including news and features, player interviews, match reports, fixtures, results, statistics and rights-free video, audio and photographs. Following each match day, highlights will also be available on demand for free.
www.rwcwomens.com will also be streaming all 13 matches live and on demand for free including three in each pool round starting with Wales v Australia, New Zealand v South Africa and England v Ireland at Surrey Sports Park on Match Day One. For the UK and Ireland, matches will be exclusively streamed live on Skysports.com only.
The IRB has already provided live streaming from the IRB Junior World Championship (VIEW HERE) and the IRB Pacific Nations Cup (VIEW HERE) this year.
