02-09-2023, 09:15 PM
With less than a week to go, the teams are arriving in France and excitement is building.
The ITV Press Centre website has the programme info for the opening game on Friday, with coverage beginning at 18:45 on ITV 1 / ITV X / STV / STV Player ahead of the opening ceremony and the 20:15 kick off.
I think someone earlier in the thread said they read the original press release from ITV as Jill Douglas being based in France with the rest of the presenters in London/the UK, and this does seem to be the case, at least on opening night. Of course, travel from Paris to London is pretty straightforward, so Jill might only be pitchside in France for the opening game, and a few of the pitchside guest you would imagine could play a part in the ceremony due to their legendary status. Benjamin Kayser I believe is working for French broadcaster TF1, but is a regular face on British coverage of French rugby so may pop up when he can.
The following territories will get to experience the RWC via the new RugbyPass TV streaming service from World Rugby, with everywhere else receiving broadcast deals.
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On world fee duty so far, I've seen that South African/American Dallen Stanford, Welshman Robbie Nock and Scotsman Jamie Lyall will be heard.
Stanford the only one of the three of the above to have covered the 2019 RWC for the world feed; Nock is based in Paris and is one of the regular voices on the Top 14 world feed (and conducting interviews for BT Sport etc. on games in France that they show) and elsewehere, whilst Lyall a regular on Amazon Prime and BT Sport's European coverage, as well Viaplay and BBC Scotland.
I hope that the people who appointed Sean Maloney as the lead commentator for the final for the world feed in 2019 and are not doing the appointments again, though he is likely covering the final for Stan Sport/Channel 9.
The ITV Press Centre website has the programme info for the opening game on Friday, with coverage beginning at 18:45 on ITV 1 / ITV X / STV / STV Player ahead of the opening ceremony and the 20:15 kick off.
I think someone earlier in the thread said they read the original press release from ITV as Jill Douglas being based in France with the rest of the presenters in London/the UK, and this does seem to be the case, at least on opening night. Of course, travel from Paris to London is pretty straightforward, so Jill might only be pitchside in France for the opening game, and a few of the pitchside guest you would imagine could play a part in the ceremony due to their legendary status. Benjamin Kayser I believe is working for French broadcaster TF1, but is a regular face on British coverage of French rugby so may pop up when he can.
Quote:Mark Pougatch presents live coverage alongside Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll and Maggie Alphonsi in the studio, with pitchside contributions from Jill Douglas, Bryan Habana, Sean Fitzpatrick and Benjamin Kayser. Commentary comes from Miles Harrison, Ben Kay and Jamie Roberts.
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The following territories will get to experience the RWC via the new RugbyPass TV streaming service from World Rugby, with everywhere else receiving broadcast deals.
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On world fee duty so far, I've seen that South African/American Dallen Stanford, Welshman Robbie Nock and Scotsman Jamie Lyall will be heard.
Stanford the only one of the three of the above to have covered the 2019 RWC for the world feed; Nock is based in Paris and is one of the regular voices on the Top 14 world feed (and conducting interviews for BT Sport etc. on games in France that they show) and elsewehere, whilst Lyall a regular on Amazon Prime and BT Sport's European coverage, as well Viaplay and BBC Scotland.
I hope that the people who appointed Sean Maloney as the lead commentator for the final for the world feed in 2019 and are not doing the appointments again, though he is likely covering the final for Stan Sport/Channel 9.