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How to watch the rugby world cup on French TV for free

All of the Rugby World Cup matches, including the final, are available but the channels vary

All Rugby World Cup matches will be shown on French TV Pic: Obatala-photography / Shutterstock

The Rugby World Cup began on Friday September 8 and all the matches will be shown on French TV. 

 

The only channels you need are TF1, France 2, France 3 and M6. All of these channels are free.

 

What is the schedule?

Group Matches: 

Wednesday, September 20
Italy - Uruguay (Gr. A) at  17:45 on M6
Thursday, September 21
France - Namibia (Gr. A) at 21:00 on France 2
Friday, September 22
Argentina - Samoa (Gr. D) at  17:45 on M6
Saturday, September 23
Georgia - Portugal (Gr. C) at  14:00 on M6
England - Chile (Gr. D) at 17:45 on M6
South Africa - Ireland (Gr. ) at 21:00 on TF1
Sunday, September 24
Scotland- Tonga (Gr. B) at  17:45 on France 2
Wales - Australia (Gr. C) at 21:00 on TF1
 Wednesday, September 27
Uruguay - Namibia (Gr. A) at 17:45 on M6
Thursday, September 28
Japan - Samoa (Gr. D) at 21:00 on M6
Friday, September 29
New Zealand - Italy (Gr. A) at 21:00 on TF1
Saturday, September 30
Nantes: Argentina - Chile (Gr. D) at 15:00 on M6
Fiji - Georgia (Gr. C) at 17:45 on M6
Scotland - Romania (Gr. B) at 21:00 on M6
Sunday, October 1
South Africa - Tonga (Gr. B) at 21:00 on TF1
Australia - Portugal (Gr. C) at 17:45 on France 2
Thursday, October 5
New Zealand - Uruguay (Gr. A) at 21:00 on TF1
Friday, October 6
France - Italy (Gr. A) at 21:00 on TF1
Saturday, October 7
Ireland - Scotland (Gr. B) at 21:00 on TF1
Sunday, October 8
Japan - Argentina (Gr. D) at 13:00 on M6
Tonga - Romania (Gr. B) at 17:45 on M6
Fiji - Portugal (Gr. C) at  21:00 on M6

Quarter finals:

Saturday, October  14
17:00: quarter final 1 between winner of group C and runner-up of Group D on TF1 
21:00: quarter final 2 between winner of group B and runner-up of Group A on TF1 
Sunday, October 15
17:00: quarter final 3 between winner of group D and runner-up of Group C on M6 
21:00: quarter final 4 between winner of group A and runner-up of Group B on France 2

Semi Finals:

Friday, October 20
At 21:00 between winner of quarter final 1 and winner of quarter final 2 on TF1

Saturday, October 21
At 21:00 between winner of quarter final 3 and winner of quarter final 4 on TF1

Third place playoff:

Friday, October 27

21:00 at the Stade de France on TF1

 Final:

Saturday October 28

21:00 at the Stade de France on TF1

See all the key dates for the Rugby World Cup here:

To see the picture in high resolution, follow this link.

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