2025 Rugby Fixtures
The 2025 Springboks rugby fixtures courtesy of Rugby365.com
Six Nations
The Six Nations can be viewed on More Than Sports TV
The fixtures are listed on the Sixnationsrugby website
Rugby Europe Championships
The Rugby Europe championships will be broadcast on ProSieben Maxx, Joyn and ran.de
Information about the German Rugby team (some players with SA roots in the team) can be found on their website or their Facebook page
Watching your favourite sports on Television can be a challenge in Germany. Using a VPN to watch the games on DSTV is very tempting, but we strongly advise against it.
Germany has stringent copyright laws.
Do not violate copyright laws by illegally downloading a film, music, or other web content. You can get heavy fines for doing so.
You can read more about streaming on the European Consumer Centre Germany – and download their English Safer-Streaming-EN.pdf file
Downloading Music, Movies etc
Copyrights in Germany are governed by GEMA, a government-mandated collecting society and performance rights organization. GEMA: The Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte, or in English, the society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights. Germany has stringent copyright laws.Do not violate copyright laws by illegally downloading a film,
Television Licenses
Television Licence (der Rundfunkbeitrag/GEZ-Gebühr) Television Licenses The first thing you are likely to get in your new mailbox after registering at the Bürgeramt is a reminder to pay your TV & radio broadcasting fees. The 2024 fees are €18.36 per month and can be paid quarterly (€55.08) or €220.32 per
What are the legal options
Pubs and restaurants
If you would like to watch it with others, consider visiting an Irish pub in your town, they usually have a television with a subscription to sports channels. It is a good idea to confirm with them what games they will be showing on that day.
If you are close to Bielefeld, there is a South African Restaurant called Howzit, they show most of the major games. In Berlin, visit Outer Africa
Pay channels
- WOW TV (old Sky Ticket)
- Dazn
- Willow TV for Cricket
- Amazon Prime
- Rugbypass.tv – we mention them here for reference only. According to their website “You can enjoy live and free access to all Rugby World Cup games on RugbyPass TV if you’re located in the following countries: Albania, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, Slovakia, South Korea, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Vietnam.”
- More than sports – this article in in German but shows how to legally watch the More than sports channel
Apps
- RugbyPass for Android was discontinued but is available again. It was shortly renamed to Premier Sports Asia, it is not clear whether the service is legal in Germany.
- The Ultimate Rugby App gives live scores but no streaming
Websites/Streaming
The following sites seem to offer legal streaming, please refer to their disclaimers. You are responsible for your own legal clarifications. No liability accepted.
- Ran.de has some live streams but mostly 7’S
- sanzaarrugby.tv– they show mostly Southern Hemisphere games. According to their website “Sanzaar rugby matches are only available in countries where rights to watch your content is available” According to Inverleigh Media, Germany is on their list of countries.
- URC TV – United Rugby Championships. According to their website, there are no limitations for Germany
- Youtube channels
- Rugby Deutschland
- Sport.de
- A great website with fixtures and results is Rugby365.com
Radio Stations
You can listen to most games on radio stations.
Radio Stations and Playlists
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Resources on the web
- Streamen – Article in German
- Streaming was ist illegal. Information about geoblocking
- You can read more about streaming, and how to identify illegal sites, on the European Consumer Centre Germany – you can download their English PDF here Safer-Streaming-EN
- IPTV what is legal and what not – article in German but can be easily translated
- TotalRugby website and Facebook Page
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Forums and Groups
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