###British Irish Lions vs Japan rugby live tv coverage. The British & Irish Lions 2021 will play a pre-tour match against Japan in Edinburgh followed by eight matches in South Africa, including three Tests against the Springboks. Get your 7-day free trial & start streaming instantly. The Test against Japan, on Saturday 26 June at BT Murrayfield, will be broadcast live on Channel 4 – the first time there has been live coverage of a Lions match on terrestrial television since the 1993 tour to New Zealand.
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All eight matches in South Africa will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, who have had the rights to show the last six tours. The three Tests take place on successive Saturdays on 24 July, 31 July and 7 August. Channel 4 will also show highlights of the Lions’ three Tests against the world champions while highlights of the other tour matches will be shown on All4.
They have also confirmed that the Test match against Japan will go ahead at the 67,000-capacity stadium in Edinburgh as planned on June 26 but the attendance will hinge on advice from the Scottish Government.
The statement said: “The British & Irish Lions Test match against Japan at BT Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday 26 June for The Vodafone Lions 1888 Cup will continue as scheduled.
Saturday, June 26.
3pm BST.
Channel 4!
Live coverage of the Lions will return to terrestrial television for the first time in nearly 30 years with this pre-Tour Test match against Japan.
The rest of the tour will be on Sky. However, highlights of all three Tests against South Africa will be on Channel 4 while All4 will show highlights of ALL the Lions Tour matches.
Every Rugby Japan v Lions tour and knock out match featuring the British Irish Lions will be available for free broadcast on TVNZ 1 and streamed on Spark Sport.
The British Irish Lions Rugby Match is a chance for all New Zealanders wherever they are to get behind a team and to enjoy watching the ‘best of the best’ go head to head against each other for 80 minutes.
ESPN+ has added another string to its bow by bagging broadcasting rights to every British Irish Lions rugby 2021.
You can sign up for ESPN+ right here for $4.99 per month and then watch a live stream British Irish Lions rugby game on your computer via ESPN.com or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chrome cast, PlayStation 4, Xbox One or other streaming device via the ESPN app.