How To Watch The Rugby World Cup 2023 In Asia

rugbyasia247 Posted On August 24, 2023

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With the Rugby World Cup 2023 taking place from 8 September – 28 October 2023, we take a look at how fans in the Asian region can watch and support the biggest Men’s XVs rugby event of the year.

Updated 25 August 2023

At the time of original publishing, there were a limited number of official broadcast partners for RWC 2023 announced in Asia but World Rugby announced updates in late August 2023.

Rugby Asia 247 contacted World Rugby for clarification on broadcast and streaming options as large parts of the region seemingly won’t have legal ways of viewing the Rugby World Cup 2023.

The governing body confirmed that more announcements were coming and there are plans to reveal “a few deals worldwide and they might have additional broadcast partners in Asia.”

In addition, as part of World Rugby’s mission to grow the game by making it more relevant and more accessible, more information will be announced towards the end of August 2023 which might offer solutions for countries without a local broadcast partner.

RugbyPass TV – RWC 2023

In August 2023, World Rugby announced details of RugbyPass TV which will show a range of new and exclusive content and also stream matches from RWC 2023 as well as other major tournaments to regions which did not have broadcast deals.

More than 10,000 hours of archive content will be available to fans.
Fans can watch full-match replays, highlights, and all of the tries.
Content will include never-seen documentaries.

RugbyPassTV - Watch RWC 2023 in Asia

Who Are The Official RWC 2023 Broadcast Partners In Asia

The official announcements for broadcast patterns and coverage of the RWC 2023 have been:

Japan – JSports, NTV, NHK
Southeast Asia – BeIN Sports announced it retained the Rugby World Cup 2023 broadcast rights in SEA. They will broadcast the matches in:
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaysia
Brunei
Indonesia
Timor-Leste
Philippines
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia