CAPTURING KEY MOMENTS

How ITV will have cameras everywhere to cover the action...

PREPARE for the most comprehensive coverage of a rugby World Cup ever as ITV station at least 30 cameras at every ground (40 at key stadia like Twickenham, above).

They will use the best innovations in rugby broadcasting to bring viewers as close as possible to the heart of the action at all 48 games across the United Kingdom.

Ref cams (above inset), pole-mounted ‘cherry picker’ line-out cameras, corner flag cameras, four slow-motion cameras and spider cams above the pitch will provide close-up visual insight to crunch moments as the tournament unfolds.

Cameras in each dressing room at Twickenham will give fans a chance to see what’s going on behind the scenes, too, while eight press cameras (two pitchside, four in a pitchview studio and two roving around the pitch) will help high-profile pundits analyse the action as it happens.

They include Jonny WIlkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio and Jason Robinson, members of England’s victorious 2003 side, along with their coach Sir Clive Woodward, former Scotland and Lions coach Ian McGeechan and South Africa’s 1995 World Cup-winning captain Francois Pienaar. ITV have also workedwork with the tournament’s organisers to refine Hawkeye, which will be used for the first time at a rugby World Cup.

The Television Match Official (TMO) will be able to monitor, during matches, the feed from ITV’s 36 cameras recording live play.

Replayed images relating to key decisions, including enlargements and split screens, will be shown to viewers as events unfold.

They will be employing 1,500 staff to work on their tournament output, with 150 hours of rugby being beamed to screens worldwide.

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