NBC, NBCSN and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia will combine to present 11 hours of coverage of the annual Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship this weekend from PPL Park in Philadelphia, Pa.
Coverage begins on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC with live preliminary-round matches, followed by live coverage on NBCSN at 4:30 p.m. ET, and an encore presentation at midnight ET on NBCSN. Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship coverage continues Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and shifts to NBC at 4 p.m. ET with coverage of the Championship Final. Mike Corey will serve as the play-by-play commentator for all telecasts. Corey will be joined in the booth by former USA Sevens captain and USA Rugby World Cup participant Brian Hightower. Tracy Wilson will report all the action from the sidelines. The sixth annual Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship will be held at PPL Park and features 20 teams from various colleges, including defending-champion California, two-time tournament champion Dartmouth, Air Force, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas State, Boston College, Clemson, Indiana, Kutztown, Life, Michigan, Navy, Notre Dame, Penn State, St. Joseph's, Temple, Texas, Virginia Tech, and UCLA.2015 PENN MUTUAL COLLEGIATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TELECAST SCHEDULE
DATE | TIME | NETWORK |
Saturday, May 30 | 3 p.m. ET | NBC |
Saturday, May 30 | 4:30 p.m. ET | NBCSN |
Saturday, May 30 | 6:30 p.m. ET | CSN Philadelphia |
Saturday, May 30 | 9 p.m. ET | The Comcast Network* |
Sunday, May 31 | 12 a.m. | NBCSN* |
Sunday, May 31 | 2 p.m. ET | NBCSN |
Sunday, May 31 | 4 p.m. ET | NBC |
*Encore presentation
NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA
NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets - will stream the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play and Windows Store.
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