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Brisbane Global Rugby Tens start time: Date, venue, full draw, TV guide

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9th February, 2017
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The Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, in its inaugural season is a two-day event, held at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane which gets underway on Saturday, February 11 at 1pm (AEDT) – 12pm (AEST).

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The Tens have never been attempted before, but they promise to bring an exciting weekend of rugby to Brisbane. The Sevens, which utilise national teams have had plenty of success right around the globe, however the Tens take in club teams.

14 teams, which are made up by all of those from Australia and New Zealand in the Super Rugby competition, along with the Samoan national team, Japanese champions the Wild Knights, the Blue Bulls and superpower French club RC Toulon has been included in the competition.

The sides have been divided into four groups, with each team to play three matches over Saturday and Sunday morning, before the finals take place on Sunday afternoon.

All the Brisbane Tens squads

Tournament pools

Pool A: Melbourne Rebels, Chiefs, Wild Knights, New South Wales Waratahs
Pool B: Queensland Reds, Blues, Manu Samoa, Crusaders
Pool C: Brumbies, Highlanders, Blue Bulls
Pool D: Western Force, Hurricanes, RC Toulon

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Full tournament draw

Day 1 – Saturday February 11

Match no. Time (AEST) Team 1 Team 2
1 12:00 PM Rebels Chiefs
2 12:28 PM Wild Knights Waratahs
3 12:56 PM Reds Blues
4 1:29 PM Bulls Force
5 1:57 PM Brumbies Highlanders
6 2:30 PM Samoa Crusaders
7 3:33 PM Rebels Wild Knights
8 4:01 PM Force Hurricanes
9 4:33 PM Chiefs Waratahs
10 5:01 PM Brumbies Toulon
11 6:00 PM Reds Crusaders
12 6:28 PM Blues Samoa
13 7:00 PM Highlanders Hurricanes
14 7:28 PM Brumbies Bulls
15 7:56 PM Force Toulon

Day 2 – Sunday Februrary 12

Match no. Time (AEST) Team 1 Team 2
16 10:00 AM Rebels Waratahs
17 10:27 AM Chiefs Wild Knights
18 10:54 AM Reds Samoa
19 11:22 AM Blues Crusaders
20 11:50 AM Hurricanes Toulon
21 12:17 PM Highlanders Bulls
QF 1 12:48 PM TBC TBC
QF 2 1:22 PM TBC TBC
QF 3 1:56 PM TBC TBC
QF 4 2:30 PM TBC TBC
SF 1 3:31 PM TBC TBC
SF 2 3:57 PM TBC TBC
Final 5:40 PM TBC TBC

How to watch

The tournament will be covered live and in full on pay-TV service Fox Sports. Their broadcast will begin half an hour before the first match each day, meaning a 12:30pm (AEDT) – 11:30am (AEST) start on Saturday, and a 10:30am (AEDT) – 9:30am (AEST) start on Sunday.

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Their coverage will continue until all the matches for the day are completed and on Sunday, take in the presentation ceremony at the end of the tournament.

The only legal way to live stream the Brisbane Global Tens is to use the Foxtel Play or Foxtel Go apps which allow viewers to stream Foxtel channels.

Foxtel Go can be used for free if you already have an existing Foxtel service. Foxtel Play is a better choice for those who are only looking to access live-streaming services without having a traditional installation.

The Roar will also be covering the tournament live with blogs and highlights.

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