How to Watch Rugby Championship 2018 Live Online
How to watch the 2018 Rugby Championship live online in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the rest of the world. The Wallabies, Springboks, All Blacks, and Pumas will all participate in the extended seventh edition of the competition. The league format used in the 2017 edition will also be used this year. Each team will play a total of 6 games across 6 rounds. The championship itself will be played across three months, starting on August 18th and ending on October 6th, 2018. In the guide below, you can find all the info you need about how to stream the Rugby Championship on your PC, Mac, Android, FireStick, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One, or PS4.

Rugby Championship 2018 Streaming Channels
You can watch the 2018 Rugby Championship via the following official TV broadcasters:
- UK: Sky GO
- UK: Now TV
- USA: ESPN
- Canada: TSN
- Australia: TenPlay (Free)
- South Africa: SuperSport
- France: Canal Plus
- Middle East: OSN Play
- Italy: Sky Italia
- New Zealand: Sky NZ
- Asia: Setanta Sports
- Japan: J Sports
How to Watch Rugby Championship Live Online with VPN?
All of the premium and free Rugby Championship streaming channels I’ve listed above are geo-restricted outside their designated countries. In order to bypass these geo-restrictions, you have to spoof your location online.
With the help of a virtual private network, commonly referred to as VPN, you can get around these geo-restrictions and access any website from anywhere around the world. Here’s how you can watch the 2018 Rugby Championship live online using a VPN:
- First of all, sign up with a VPN service that offers its users VPN servers around the world. ExpressVPN is a good example. Stay away from free VPNs as those can harm your online security and do not work properly in most cases.
- Now that you have created your VPN account, download and install the VPN app from the VPN provider’s website.
- Launch the app and connect to a VPN server of your choice.
- You now appear to be browsing the web using the IP address of the VPN server you are connected to instead of your real IP address.
- This approach allows you to unblock any website or app anywhere overseas including the likes of Sky Sports, TenPlay, NowTV, and SuperSport.
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2018 Rugby Championship Full Schedule
Here’s when the 4 participating nations will face each other in 2018. All times listed are GMT.
August 2018
Saturday 18th August
- Australia vs New Zealand at 11:05
- South Africa vs Argentina at 16:05
Saturday 25th August
- New Zealand vs Australia at 08:35
- Argentina vs South Africa at 20:10
September 2018
Saturday 8th September
- New Zealand vs Argentina at 08:35
- Australia vs South Africa at 11:05
Saturday 15th September
- New Zealand vs South Africa at 08:35
- Australia vs Argentina at 11:05
Saturday 29th September
- South Africa vs Australia at 16:05
- Argentina vs New Zealand at 23:40
October 2018
Saturday 6th October
- South Africa vs New Zealand at 16:05
- Argentina vs Australia at 23:40
2018 Rugby Championship – Final Thoughts
There are some huge rugby match-ups to look forward to. The Wallabies against the All Blacks certainly stands out. Which nation do you think will be on top of the league ladder come October? Share your predictions below.