Hollywoodbets and the South African Breweries (SAB) have secured the rights for South Africans to watch the upcoming Rugby World Cup (RWC) games.
The Springboks will be participating in the 2023 Rugby World Cup taking place in France from Friday 8 September to 28 October.
In a statement, the SABC announced that it had reached an agreement with MultiChoice to sub-license broadcast rights to the public broadcaster for the Rugby World Cup.
The Boks play their opener on Sunday (Pic – Steve Haag)
“The SABC can confirm that the Corporation has in principle concluded an agreement with MultiChoice to broadcast all the Springbok games. A total of 16 games will be broadcast on the SABC channels,” the statement read.
“The SABC would like to thank its broadcast partners, Hollywoodbets and South African Breweries with the Castle Lager Brand who enable the public broadcaster to secure these important rights,” the statement read.
Zizi Kodwa, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture has shared his two cents regarding the recent agreement between the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and MultiChoice regarding broadcasting rights.
“I welcome this groundbreaking agreement which will allow all South Africans to watch the world champions, the Springboks, as they defend their Rugby World Cup title… Rugby has the potential to unite our people, to foster social cohesion and national unity. We have seen this in the times the Springboks have won the Rugby World Cup,” Kodwa said in a statement.
According to Zimoja, earlier in the week, it was a touch-and-go situation regarding whether the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC) would be able to broadcast the Rugby World Cup 2023 tournament.
This is reportedly due to SuperSport’s rights to the tournament. It was also reported that the SABC required an amount of $2 million (an estimated R38 million) to air the Springboks’ games on their platforms.
