CANAL+, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have confirmed the broadcast rights agreement for Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry (RGR) to be shown live in South Africa and the Rest of Africa market on SuperSport on DStv and GOtv.
The agreement will see SuperSport, Africa’s leading sports broadcaster, showcase all four Test matches between South Africa’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks, who will embark on a full tour of SA for the first time since 1996. Three Tests starting 22 August 2026 will take place in South Africa (two in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town), with the fourth and final Test taking place in Baltimore, USA, on 12 September 2026.
SuperSport will also broadcast the four provincial matches between the All Blacks and South Africa’s premier domestic franchise teams: the DHL Stormers (7 August), Hollywoodbets Sharks (11 August), Vodacom Bulls (15 August) and the Lions (25 August).
In South Africa, the SuperSport channels are supplied by CANAL+ Africa to the licence holder, MultiChoice (Pty) Ltd, which provides the DStv offering to subscribers.