Scottish Rugby’s new top tier of the domestic competition – Super6 – will have its inaugural season broadcast live on BBC Sport Scotland.
One game from each round of fixtures will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website and the feature live matches will be played at 2pm on the Sunday of each weekend.
Every Super6 team will have at least three live broadcast matches, with the season kicking off in November after the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup.
The Super6 finals will be televised live on the BBC Scotland channel over the weekend of 27-29 March 2020.
In addition to the BBC’s coverage, Scottish Rugby’s own website and YouTube channel will also simulcast live match coverage to audiences worldwide, with highlights from all the other fixtures of each tournament round available online at scottishrugby.org.
Scottish Rugby has commissioned specialist sport production company – QTV Sports – to produce its broadcast of Super6 which will have pitchside presentation and expert analysis at the weekend’s live game.
Grigor Stirling, BBC Scotland’s commissioning executive for sport, added:
“It’s great news for our audiences that we’ll be bringing regular live coverage of Super6 during its inaugural season.
“It’s an exciting addition to the game in this country and we’re delighted we’ll be showing matches on the BBC Scotland sport site, with the added bonus of broadcasting the final live on the BBC Scotland channel.”
The new Super6 competition will be contested by six teams with half the sides revealing new names to mark their participation in the competition and to differentiate from their other teams competing in different respective Scottish Leagues.
Double winners from the 2018/19 season Ayr will compete in Super6 as the Ayrshire Bulls, Melrose’s team will play as the Southern Knights and the Boroughmuir Bears will represent the Meggetland club. Heriot’s, Stirling County and Watsonians will continue to play under their existing club names.
Scottish Rugby Chief Executive Mark Dodson, added:
“Super6 is a bold new competition that is designed to bridge the gap between the domestic and the professional game in Scotland. It will feature the best semi-professional players and so I’m delighted our long-term partners BBC Sport have agreed to provide live coverage of Super6 throughout its opening season.
“This, coupled with the Scottish Rugby TV coverage, will showcase the high quality matches we are anticipating and enable clubs to really leverage their commercial and sponsorship opportunities knowing the games will be available to a local and international audience.”
The first televised match of the Super6 sees the Ayrshire Bulls play in a repeat of the 2019 Scottish Cup Final, which was decided with the final kick of the match, as they take on Heriot’s at Millbrae.
The opening Super6 season will run from November 2019 to March 2020, with the final league rounds all being played on Sunday, 1 March, to confirm the play-off matches, scheduled for 20-22 March.
The finals of Super6 will be played at neutral venue on the weekend of 27-29 March 2020, broadcast live on BBC Scotland.
Scroll down for full details of all live Super6 matches coming up on the BBC Sport website and BBC Scotland, or for a full list of all forthcoming major rugby union matches on the box, visit SOTB’s dedicated rugby union TV listings page.
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SUNDAY 10th NOVEMBER
Ayrshire Bulls v Heriot’s Rugby
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 17th NOVEMBER
Heriot’s Rugby v Watsonians
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER
Watsonians v Stirling County
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15:00 |
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SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER
Boroughmuir Bears v Southern Knights
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 8th DECEMBER
Stirling County v Ayrshire Bulls
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER
Boroughmuir Bears v Watsonians
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 19th JANUARY
Southern Knights v Boroughmuir Bears
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 26th JANUARY
Ayrshire Bulls v Southern Knights
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 16th FEBRUARY
Southern Knights v Stirling County
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14:00 |
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SUNDAY 1st MARCH
Heriot’s Rugby v Ayrshire Bulls
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14:00 |
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20-22 MARCH
FOSROC Super6 Play-offs
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27-29 MARCH
FOSROC Super6 Finals
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