FFR awards Top 8 women’s rugby rights

The Fédération Française de Rugby has sealed rights deals for the Top 8 women’s rugby union tournament in France with public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and international sports broadcaster Eurosport.

The deal will run until at least the end of the 2016-17 season.

France Télévisions, which has shown the final of the Top 8 since 2015, will continue to broadcast the showpiece game alongside Eurosport.

Eurosport will also broadcast exclusive live coverage of eight Top 8 games, including four regular-season encounters and four post-season matches.

Eurosport will exploit the rights on the Eurosport 2 channel.