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How you can watch the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on TV in Denmark

If you’re a rugby fan in Denmark, you'll be glad to know you can watch the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter finals this weekend.

How you can watch the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on TV in Denmark
Ireland meet New Zealand in a highly anticipated Rugby World Cup quarter final this weekend. Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

The Rugby World Cup finals are reaching a climax with the quarter finals set to take place in France this weekend.

The quarter-finals feature some heavyweight clashes including Ireland vs New Zealand and France vs South Africa. In the other quarter-finals England play Fiji and Wales play Argentina.

Unfortunately, the tournament isn’t being broadcast on terrestrial public TV in Denmark, as rugby isn’t a popular sport in the country.

Don’t worry though, if you’re living or travelling in Denmark during this time and want to catch the games, there’s a way you can watch from your TV at home.

All four quarter-finals (and the rest of the tournament) can be watched on subscription streaming service Viaplay’s sports package.

Coverage begins at 4pm on Saturday with Wales v Argentina followed by Ireland v New Zealand, with the remaining two quarter finals to be broadcast on Sunday. A link to the programme can be found here.

To watch these programmes, you’ll need the “Viaplay Total” package. This comes at the cost of 449 kroner per month.

Once you have contracted this new package you will be able to watch all the Rugby World Cup games, as well as the Six Nations and Premiership.

This doesn’t mean you need to pay a subscription forever though: you can cancel your subscription any time (like at the end of the tournament) if you want to, and you will still have access until the end of the current month, which you’ll already have paid for.

It should be noted that a direct subscription with Viaplay isn’t the only way to access these channels. You can also get streaming channels through your broadband or mobile subscription packages, which can give you access to services like Viaplay. For more information, ask your provider or shop around.

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How you can still get a ticket for the sold-out Öresund Bridge Run

The Bridge Run 2025, a half-marathon across the Öresund Bridge from Denmark to Sweden, sold out within hours when tickets went on sale on February 1st. But disappointed runners who missed out may still be able to toe the starting line.

How you can still get a ticket for the sold-out Öresund Bridge Run

The 21.1-kilometre Bridge Run will be held on June 15th, 2025 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the bridge’s opening in 2000. Runners will set out from Copenhagen suburb Tårnby and cover the full 16 kilometres of the tunnel and bridge sections of the crossing, finishing in Swedish city Malmö.

Some 40,000 race bibs were available to participants when registrations for the unique running event opened on February 1st, but massive interest and technical issues with the ticketing platform frustrated many as the event sold out in just two hours.

Over 100,000 people were in the queue to buy tickets on the day, according to the Bridge Run website.

READ ALSO: Denmark-Sweden bridge half marathon sells all 40,000 tickets in two hours

Race organisers MAI (Malmö Allmänna Idrottsförening) in Malmö and Sparta Athletics & Running have now confirmed a waiting list system for those who would like the chance to be offered a ticket if somebody else decides to sell their registration, for example due to injury, illness or other plans.

Registration for the waiting list is open on the Sportstiming platform, which was also used for race registration.

“We always experience a level of buying and selling of bibs at big races,” the Bridge Run website states.

Once a participant sells their ticket back to the event through the exchange platform, a buyer is found from the waiting list via ballot, it explains.

That person will then receive an email with a link to register for the event. They have 24 hours to respond before the bib is offered to the next person.

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