A few questions about Mark Pougatch involvement in ITV 6 Nations coverage may have been answered, tomorrow ITV4 are showing The Big Fight Live presented by Mark Pougatch as part of their new boxing portfolio ahead of the launch of ITV Box Office and BT announced yesterday Matt Smith is presenting BT Sport Score tomorrow in his absence and I actually predicted this last Saturday
I think it's more likely that Pougatch will probably take time off BT Sport Score and was probably agreed with BT when he signed up to host the show and could easily see someone like Matt Smith hosting in his absence.
He is, however, down to present Big Bash League on Channel 5 in the morning. Busy man!
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RBS 6 Nations 2017 1st Weekend Coverage
Scotland v Ireland – BBC Sport
Presenter: John Inverdale
With: Keith Wood, Chris Paterson & Jeremy Guscott
Commentators: Andrew Cotter, Andy Nicol & Paul O’Connell
England v France – ITV Sport
Presenter: Mark Pougatch
With: Jonny Wilkinson, Sir Clive Woodward & Brian O’Driscoll
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Lawrence Dallaglio & David Flatman
Italy v Wales – ITV Sport
Presenter: Jill Douglas
With: Shane Williams, Ugo Monye & Maggie Alphonsi
Commentators: Miles Harrison & Ben Kay
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6 Nations – ITV Sport
Presenters: Mark Pougatch & Jill Douglas
With: Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sir Clive Woodward, Brian O’Driscoll, Gareth Thomas, Sir Ian McGeechan, Maggie Alphonsi, Ugo Monye, Marco Bortolami & Olivier Magne
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Miles Harrison, Simon Ward & Martin Gillingham
Co-Commentators: Shane Williams, Gordon D’Arcy, Ben Kay, Scott Hastings & David Flatman
It's the last year (for the time being at any rate) that RTE will have the Six Nations, before TV3 takes over for 2018. Conor O'Shea is out for obvious reasons, Ronan O'Gara and Shane Horgan in the main panel with Brent Pope the only survivor of the classic line-up.
ITV just announced they've secured the World Cup rights for 2019 and 2023, plus the free to air rights for the Womens World Cup and Under 20s World Cup.