Spark has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast the Heineken Champions Cup rugby for the next four years.
It adds to a growing list of sports competition rights for Spark including the English Premier League from next season, the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup.
The Heineken Champions Cup is a pan-European professional club rugby competition, in which the top 20 clubs from the three professional domestic European leagues compete for the Champions Cup title. The competition begins in October and runs until the final in early May.
Spark's partner TVNZ will show two Heineken Champions Cup games a week free-to-air via TVNZ Duke on Saturday and Sunday mornings, from this weekend until Spark's sport platform launches which is scheduled for early next year.
Spark are set to reveal more content announcements in the coming weeks and is also close to announcing the name of its specialist sports streaming platform provider, the company reports.
