NBC Sports is in Sevens Heaven

NBC Sports Group and World Rugby sealed a four-year partnership to exclusively present the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series across NBC Sports platforms in the U.S. through 2023. The annual series will receive more than 300 hours of programming annually across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app. It will also be available with a digital subscription through NBC Sports Gold.

“We are excited to welcome back the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to the NBC Sports family,” said Jon Miller, President of Programming for NBC Sports & NBCSN. “As we head into an Olympic year, this partnership with World Rugby allows us to add to our portfolio of the most marquee rugby events in the world and help grow the sport both domestically and internationally.”

The HSBC Sevens Series – which was an NBC Sports property from 2010-2016 — joins an extensive collection of rugby programming across NBC Sports platforms, which spans the calendar year, including the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan beginning in September, Gallagher Premiership Rugby beginning in October and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Women’s Sevens Series tournament begins this October while the Men’s tournament starts in December 2019.

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