SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC RETURNS TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOCKBUSTER ROUND 1 MATCHUPS

February 23, 2024 - Super Rugby Pacific returns tonight with a massive doubleheader to ignite the 2024 Season. In an epic rematch of the 2023 Final, the Chiefs and Crusaders will kick off the season while on Saturday the Reds face the Waratahs to reignite the oldest rivalry in Australian sport.

With 91 games to be played across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, the 2024 edition of Super Rugby Pacific is setting out to engage more fans than ever before. Every match will be ad-free, live and on demand on the Home of Rugby, Stan Sport.

Coverage will be presented by the best minds in the game, hosted by Michael Atkinson and Nick McArdle, and featuring former Wallabies captains Michael Hooper and James Horwill, Wallabies greats Tim Horan, Morgan Turinui, Justin Harrison and Stephen Hoiles, Wallaroo Sera Naiqama, dual international star Allana Ferguson, and All Blacks great, Sonny Bill Williams.

Stan Sport’s coverage of the matches on home soil will include more access than ever before with players and coaches mic’d up during warm ups, coach interviews live during matches and roaming reporters bringing viewers into the changing rooms post-game.

In addition to coverage of every match, Stan Sport's huge lineup of rugby shows is back with entertainment to keep fans engaged all week long.

Monday: Between Two Posts with Sean Maloney, Morgan Turinui & Stephen Hoiles
​Tuesday: Rugby Heaven with Michael Atkinson, Justin Harrison & Cameron Shepherd
​Wednesday: The Call Up with Nick McArdle & Morgan Turinui
​Thursday: The Night Before Game Day with Justin Harrison, Stephen Hoiles & Mat Rogers

ROUND 1 FIXTURES

Chiefs v Crusaders
​Friday 23 February
​Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport from 4:15PM AEDT
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​Rebels v Brumbies
​Friday 23 February
​Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport from 7:00PM AEDT
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​Force v Hurricanes
​Friday 23 February
​Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport from 9:50PM AEDT
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​Blues v Fijian Drua
​Saturday 24 February
​Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport from 2:00PM AEDT
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​Highlanders v Moana Pasifika
​Saturday 24 February
​Live & Exclusive on Stan Sport from 4:40PM AEDT
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​Reds v Waratahs
​Saturday 24 February
​Ad-free on Stan Sport from 7:30PM AEDT
​Live on Channel 9 (NSW) FROM 7:30PM AEDT
​Live on Channel 9 (QLD) FROM 7:00PM AEDT
​Live on 9GEM (VIC) FROM 7:30PM AEDT
​Live on 9GEM (WA) FROM 4:30PM AEDT

Stan Sport is the only place to watch every match of the Super Rugby Pacific, Six Nations, World Rugby Sevens, The Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup, Shute Shield, Hospital Challenge Cup, Currie Cup, New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship plus every match of Super Rugby Women's, Wallabies and Wallaroos test series' and more.

​For more information, please contact:

Hamish Birt | Hamish.Birt@stan.com.au

Jason Evans | Jason.Evans@stan.com.au

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