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<\/a>\nOn Boxing Day, ESPN brings viewers\u2019 coverage of London Wasps\u2019 trip to Gloucester Rugby, and the following day, broadcasts Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers. On New Year\u2019s Eve it brings fans Exeter Chiefs against Harlequins. On New Year\u2019s Day it is live from the Recreation Ground as Bath Rugby welcomes London Irish and on Friday 6th January, Northampton take on Harlequins at Franklin\u2019s Gardens.<\/p>\n
These latest fixtures form part of ESPN\u2019s 43 live Aviva Premiership schedule this season, its second as the lead television partner of Aviva Premiership Rugby. The schedule culminates at Twickenham with exclusively live coverage of the Final. ESPN\u2019s live televised Aviva Premiership matches are broadcast on-site at all the grounds from a custom built set, with all pre and post match discussion being led by Mark Durden-Smith alongside analysts, and former England internationals, Austin Healey and Ben Kay and a guest from the world of rugby every week. Commentary comes from Nick Mullins together with Healey and Kay. Sarra Elgan continues as ESPN\u2019s chief rugby reporter, bringing all the news and player interviews from pitchside.<\/p>\n
Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights continues to bring fans a roundup of all the weekend\u2019s action and talking points each week on ESPN. Online, ESPN.co.uk\/rugby offers extensive coverage of rugby across the globe, with news, previews, results and video alongside exclusive weekly opinion and analysis from Healey and Kay.<\/p>\n
Upon the announcement of the latest fixtures, Jeroen Oerlemans, Vice President & Channel Manager, ESPN, Europe, Middle East and Africa said: \u201cFollowing a great start to the Aviva Premiership season, with some unexpected results and new players on show as a result of the Rugby World Cup, these latest matches on ESPN will provide rugby fans with key clashes during the middle phase of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aviva Premiership Rugby is part of ESPN\u2019s established heritage of rugby coverage in the UK and around the world. In the UK, ESPN also delivers live coverage of French Top 14 Orange rugby as well as international matches featuring France, Italy, Australia and Argentina. In addition, ESPN Classic brings viewers archive matches and footage from each of the six Rugby World Cup tournaments to date in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n
Latest live and exclusive Aviva Premiership Rugby matches on ESPN (KO times):<\/p>\n
November<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday 25th Worcester Warriors v Bath Rugby 7:45pm<\/p>\n Saturday 26th Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers 2:15pm<\/p>\n December<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 3rd Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints 2:15pm<\/p>\n Sunday 4th Saracens v London Irish 2:00pm<\/p>\n Monday 26th Gloucester Rugby v London Wasps 3:00pm<\/p>\n Tuesday 27th Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers 2:00pm<\/p>\n Saturday 31st Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins 3:45pm<\/p>\n January<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 1st Bath Rugby v London Irish 1:30pm<\/p>\n Friday 6th Northampton Saints v Harlequins 7:45pm<\/p>\n *Timings subject to change.<\/p>\n Aviva Premiership Rugby adds to ESPN\u2019s established heritage of rugby coverage in the UK and around the world. In the UK, ESPN also delivers live coverage of French Top 14 Orange rugby as well as international matches featuring France, Italy, Australia and Argentina. ESPN also has an agreement to show archive matches and footage from each of the six Rugby World Cup tournaments to date on ESPN Classic in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n ESPN is available on: <\/strong><\/p>\n Sky SD\/ HD \u2013 417, Virgin 529 \/ HD \u2013 530, BT Vision \/ Top Up TV \/ Freeview \u2013 34, TalkTalk TV \u2013 555<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" – Live clashes include Leicester v Northampton and Saracens v London Irish – Key matches over the crucial Christmas and New Year period ESPN has announced its latest set of live Aviva Premiership Rugby fixtures as it brings fans coverage of nine games over five rounds between late November and early January. Action from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5984,7214,7213,5881,5882,6369,5749,7215,3959,5867],"class_list":["post-16697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-announces","tag-aviva","tag-espn","tag-fixtures","tag-live","tag-next","tag-of","tag-premiership","tag-rugby","tag-set"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16699,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16697\/revisions\/16699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}