Image copyright Gallo Images/Getty ImagesLive coverage of regional rugby will end on BBC Two Wales next season after the BBC failed to reach a deal to continue broadcasting Pro14 matches. Competition organisers are understood to have awarded the UK rights to a pay-TV service, but BBC Wales had hoped to continue broadcasting games in Wales. Cricket: ECB T20 (from 2020)ITV Sport: Rugby: Six Nations (until 2021), Rugby World Cup; Football: Fifa World Cup; Cycling: Tour de France; Tennis: French Open. Rugby journalist Peter Jackson told BBC Wales the decision to take Pro14 rugby off free-to-air is a "retrograde step". But Paul Williams, writer for Rugby World said the new deal could actually be a good thing for Welsh rugby.

Source: BBC March 06, 2018 11:47 UTC