ITV Extend RWC Rights To 2023 Plus Women's And U20 Events

World Rugby has announced an extension of their broadcast partnership with ITV that will see the broadcaster perform the role of UK rights-holding broadcaster for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan and Rugby World Cup 2023, taking ITV’s RWC involvement to nine editions. The agreement also features Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland and the annual World Rugby U20 Championship between 2017-19, the first time that the two events will be available on free-to-air platforms. As host broadcaster in 2015, ITV was at the heart of a record-breaking Rugby World Cup, producing the world and domestic feeds…