Where to watch the World Cup

The IRB have awarded broadcast rights to nine companies which broadcast to some 96 countries, meaning that in theory games will be shown across pretty much all of Africa, the middle east, and North America as well as the UK, Ireland, France (and some neighbouring countries), Australia and New Zealand.

In most cases the matches shown will be limited to thosecovered by France 4, except in Ireland where Irish Language station TG4 have committed to show all Ireland games, whether or not they are in TF1's schedule. Fox in Australia have also now annonced that they will show all of Australia's games.

The IRB will also be streaming games - though possibly only those on France 4. However the IRB stream will not be available in countries where broadcasters have TV rightsexceptfor the Middle East and Australia where the steam should also be available.

It is worth remembering that just because a broadcaster has the rights it does not means that games will be shown live, or even at all (which is possibly why the IRB will still be streaming to some countries).

The countries and broadcasters will be:

Afghanistan (OSN), Algeria (OSN), Andorra (TF1 / Eurosport), Angola (Supersport), Australia (Fox Sports), Bahrain (OSN), Belgium (TF1 / Eurosport), Benin (Supersport), Botswana (Supersport), Burkina Faso (Supersport), Burundi (Supersport), Cameroon (Supersport), Canada (The Sports Network), Cape Verde (Supersport), Central African Republic (Supersport), Chad (OSN), Chad (Supersport), Comoros Islands (Supersport), Congo (Supersport), Democratic (Supersport), Djibouti (OSN or Supersport), Egypt (OSN), Equatorial Guinea (Supersport), Eritrea (Supersport), Ethiopia (Supersport), France (France 4/TF1 / Eurosport), French Polynesia (France 4/TF1 / Eurosport), Gabon (Supersport), Gambia (Supersport), Ghana (Supersport), Guam (Universal Sports), Guinea (Supersport), Guinea Bissau (Supersport), Iran (OSN), Iraq (OSN), Ireland (Sky Sports and TG4), Israel (OSN), Ivory Coast (Supersport), Jordan (OSN), Kenya (Supersport), Kuwait (OSN), Lebanon (OSN), Lesotho (Supersport), Liberia (Supersport), Libya (OSN), Luxembourg (TF1 / Eurosport), Madagascar (Supersport), Malawi (Supersport), Mali (Supersport), Mauritania (OSN), Mauritania (Supersport), Mauritius (TF1 / Eurosport), Mauritius (Supersport), Mayotte (Supersport), Monaco (TF1 / Eurosport), Morocco (OSN), Mozambique (Supersport), Namibia (Supersport), New Zealand (Sky), Niger (Supersport), Nigeria (Supersport), New Caledonia (TF1 / Eurosport), Oman (OSN), Palestine (OSN), Puerto Rico (Universal Sports), Qatar (OSN), Republic of Congo (Supersport), Reunion (Supersport), Rwanda (Supersport), Sao Tome and Principe (Supersport), Saudi Arabia (OSN), Senegal (Supersport), Seychelles (Supersport), Sierra Leone (Supersport), Socotra (Supersport), Somalia (OSN), Somalia  (including Somaliland) (Supersport), South Sudan (Supersport), South Africa (Supersport), St Helena and Ascension (Supersport), Sudan (Supersport or OSN), Swaziland (Supersport), Switzerland (TF1 / Eurosport), Syria (OSN), Tanzania (Supersport), Togo (Supersport), Tunisia (OSN), Uganda (Supersport), United Arab Emirates (OSN), United Kingdom (Sky Sports), United States (Universal Sports), US Virgin Islands (Universal Sports), Yemen (OSN), Zambia (Supersport), Zimbabwe (Supersport).