Where can I watch the Rugby World Cup highlights online for free?

The Rugby World Cup is running bigtime in Japan, and after three days of matches, we have had some awesome goals and interesting incidents. But, what can you do if you have missed out on some matches and want to watch the highlights from those matches online? It can be done easily, and you do not need to pay anything at all!

Before the tournament, most people would have said that the most interesting matches in the start of the Rugby World Cup were the opening match between Japan and Russia, and the match between New Zealand and South Africa. They were completely right. But, when it comes to excitement, the 23-21 win for France against Argentina was probably the closest race so far. Did you miss out on any of these matches? Or maybe some other match? Would you like to see the highlights? here are three ways to watch the highlights from the Rugby World Cup online.

Highlights from the Rugby World Cup 2019

The easiest way to watch the Rugby highlights online!

If you just want to see all the highlights online, the easiest way is to go to the following site. Here you can see a full schedule for the rugby world cup, you can see the results, and then you can easily click a button and watch the highlights from every single match online for free. No VPN is needed for this to work, you can simply stream and watch and have fun.

The summaries from the matches normally last for approximately 2 minutes, meaning that you will see a 2-minute summary from the different games here.

Match highlights from the Rugby World Cup (match between New Zealand and South Africa)
Match highlights from the Rugby World Cup (match between New Zealand and South Africa)

Daily summaries on ITV in the UK

Would you rather watch daily summaries from every single day of the Rugby World Cup to find out what has happened, see what the commentators think, and of course see clips from the matches? ITV in the UK has daily summaries available at their website, and these can be watched for free. You can only stream them in the UK, but if you live abroad, you can check our instructions on how to watch ITV abroad in the following article.

Watch the Rugby match highlights on the daily broadcast at ITV
Watch the Rugby match highlights on the daily broadcast at ITV

Do not forget, ITV will broadcast every single match in the Rugby World Cup online for free, so this is a really good method for rugby fans who want to stream the matches online. And then, if you cannot watch a peculiar online, then you can at least watch the match highlights online later on that given day.

Match highlights on TF1 in France

The French TV channel TF1 will broadcast every single match in the Rugby World Cup online at their website. To stream the matches there you will need a French IP address that works with TF1. But, did you know that you can also watch match highlights at TF1? You cannot stream the matches in full, but they show lots of goals and interesting events from the different matches at their website.

Match replays at TF1 in France from the Rugby World Cup
Match replays at TF1 in France from the Rugby World Cup

We have now given you three ways in which you can stream the highlights from all the Rugby World Cup matches online. And do not forget, both ITV and TF1 in France will help you watch all the matches in the World Cup live online as well. That is brilliant, and you do not have to worry about missing your favorite matches anymore.

Is there a place where I can stream the full Rugby World Cup matches in replay?

Are you not satisfied with watching the match highlights from the Rugby World Cup? Would you rather watch the matches in their entirety, and see every single touch of the ball? You cannot watch the matches in a full replay at any of the mentioned sites, but if you have a Fubo TV subscription in the USA, it can be done. You can read more about Fubo TV in the following article.

If you have a subscription, you can just tell the platform to DVR (record) the different matches, and you will then be able to stream them later on-demand whenever you feel like. Isn’t that awesome? That is probably the best option for those who want to watch the Rugby World Cup matches in full replay. You will most likely be able to stream the full matches also on Hotstar in India, but it is really complicated to sign up and it is hard to get it to work. But, if you have a Hotstar subscription and an Indian IP address, that might also be a working method.


Enjoy watching the Rugby World Cup 2019 online. If you have a question, a comment, or need some help, just write a comment!

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