24-06-2023, 12:06 PM
(23-06-2023, 04:36 PM)RhysJR Wrote: The World Rugby Under 20s Championship returns tomorrow for the first time since before the pandemic (the first time in this senior World Cup cycle).
World Rugby have belatedly confirmed that matches will be streamed on the World Rugby website and YouTube. It is a bit noteworthy that matches will be shown on YouTube, as recently World Rugby have steered away from using YouTube, with for example no World Sevens series events being streamed there this season. YouTube allows matches to be watched on demand and is far easier to watch on bigger screens so this is good to see.
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Amazing that World Rugby appeared to have messed it up. Firstly, only four of the six matches have been made available for streaming on YouTube, with all six on the World Rugby website. No idea why, but I think this is delibrate rather than accidental. Then, 20 or so minutes into the first match of the day, the below message appeared on the live stream for new viewers from the UK. There is nowhere else to watch it in the UK (ITV only showing highlights today, S4C only showing Wales at 15:00), so this is really bizarre. The four scheduled live streams also are no longer appearing when on YouTube. England v. Ireland is at 12:30 so you'd hope they'd get it sorted quick. Truly a useless organisation.