2025 Pacific Youth Rugby Festival live stream: How to watch three days of rugby union live
Weather may have cancelled one decider – but the grand final action still did not disappoint to finish the 2025 Pacific Youth Rugby Festival. Watch REPLAYS from each day and field here.
One of the fastest growing junior rugby union events in the country has taken over the screens of KommunityTV with three days of high-octane action.
The Pacific Youth Rugby Festival, now in its fifth year, was exclusively live streamed from October 24-26 with five fields broadcast each day from the Albany Creek Rugby Club, Brendale.
Kicking off in 2021, the tournament is a 15-a-side rugby union event for both male and female players’ aged 10-18 and draws teams from across Australia and the world.
Watch replays from each day and field at the links below.
Since its inception, the festival has experienced strong growth year on year.
Starting with 450 participants in 2021, it expanded to an impressive 1700 in 2024 in a year which also saw the introduction of senior competition.
That growth will continue this year over 2000 players and eight nations represented in Queensland.
Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and South Africa will all compete, along with the Royals made up players representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
A Queensland Barbarians side will also take part with players that don’t fit into any of those heritages or cultures.
Festival founder and managing director Kristin Dunn, who leads an off-field team solely comprised of females, contributed the year-on-year growth to a number of factors.
“It’s (the growth) something I’m very proud of. We expanded last year for the first year into the senior space as well, so this year will be our second year doing that and we’ve been able to include open women’s (this year),” Dunn said.
“I’m very passionate about being able to provide a platform for females both playing the game but also non-playing and I think the work of our team, along with positive word of mouth and the growth of rugby union have really all played a part in our success to this point.
“I pride myself on being making sure that the event space is a positive and competitive space.
“We want competitive rugby and we want passionate players and passionate sidelines, but we want a positive environment for our children to be able to play the sport we love.”
All the action kicks off with an opening ceremony on Friday morning before pool matches are played to determine the finals make-up.
With KommunityTV streaming the festival for a fifth-straight year in 2025, Dunn said this was even more important given their continued growth.
“The Pacific Youth Rugby Festival is all about community and this is where being able to partner with KommunityTV is a really great fit in being able to provide our families and our community the ability to watch wherever they are,” Dunn said.
“Having so many nations means we have so many families in those countries that are wanting to watch their family or friends play and I guess this is a perfect opportunity for them to be able to do it.
“And to be able to have all five fields and every single game live streamed is something that we love being able to offer.”
