CHICAGO – While more than 61,500 rugby fans inside Soldier Field Nov. 1 will witness history as the world champion New Zealand All Blacks play their first match in the United States since 1980 against the USA Eagles, many more will be tuning into the match around the world on TV and online.

In the United States, Universal Sports and NBC will provide coverage of the match beginning at 2:00 p.m. CT. Fans can tune into the pregame show on Universal Sports, followed by live coverage at 2:30 p.m. CT on NBC. Universal Sports will also be airing a post game show at 5:00 p.m. CT and an encore showing broadcast of the match at 9:00 p.m. CT.

Saturday’s match can be seen nationally on NBC in all U.S. television households. Additionally, NBC Sports Live Extra - go to http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/ – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets – will provide streaming coverage from Soldier Field.

Internationally, Fox Sports in Australia, ESPN in Brazil, L’Equipe in France, B Sky B in the United Kingdom and Ireland, OSN in Pan Middle East, Sport TV in Portugal, and SuperSport in Sub Saharan Africa also have broadcast rights to the match. To see the full listing of worldwide broadcasters, click here.

For those outside of broadcast coverage areas, match sponsor AIG will provide a live stream on All Blacks TV, the third such test in the past year to be viewed for free online.

“We are very proud to be both the title sponsor of this historic match, which brings the world champion All Blacks to the USA, and even prouder to now extend this wonderful opportunity to many more fans all over the world through live streaming,” AIG Global Head of Sponsorship Danny Glantz said.

“We are delighted that NBC has chosen to broadcast the game live in the USA,” USA Rugby Chief Executive Officer Nigel Melville said. “Their commitment to the game is a critical part of our development as a mainstream sport in the USA. Outside of America we have a truly global audience and thank AIG and All Blacks TV for their support.”

For a full list of countries able to view the live stream on www.allblacks.com/TV/USAvAllBlacks, visit the event website.