Sky Secures Rights To England Tours

Sky has secured a new five-year agreement with Sanzar, the umbrella body representing rugby in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, to retain the broadcast rights for England's summer tours to the southern hemisphere. As well as maintaining a stranglehold on England's trips down under, the agreement will also see Sky Sports retain the rights to The Rugby Championship and home test matches for the three southern hemisphere giants. They will also have the option on any tours to those three countries by Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France. The new five-year deal, reported as being at a signif…