Stan Sport is the only place in Australia to stream live rugby union and Champions League football under one roof. This premium sport add-on to Stan carries all of Super Rugby, the Wallabies tests, the Rugby Championship and the Bledisloe Cup, alongside the full UEFA Champions and Europa League and all four tennis Grand Slams, from the Australian Open to Wimbledon. The marquee matches run in up to 4K. It is not a standalone app but an extra you pay for on top of an ordinary Stan plan, and it comes with no free trial. The catch is rights: everything is licensed for Australia only, so from the US, the UK or anywhere else the stream will not load. Watching Stan Sport outside Australia comes down to one workaround.
That workaround is a VPN. It routes your connection through an Australian server, gives you a local IP and convinces Stan you never left Sydney. With Surfshark you reach the rugby, the football and the tennis in up to 4K, whether you travel or live abroad.
Stan Sport actively blocks VPNs. Only certain providers reliably bypass the detection.
| VPN Service | Price | Stan Sport | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurfsharkBEST | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | August 23 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | August 22 | Open |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | August 23 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | August 23 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | August 23 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | August 24 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ~ Partial | August 21 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialTakes about 2 minutes. Works on your phone, tablet, TV, PC, or laptop.
Stan Sport is only available in Australia. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
Stan Sport is blocked in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Canada, in New Zealand and in Ireland, plus in 188 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like Surfshark.
The paid sport tier bolted onto a Stan subscription, sold with no free trial and never on its own. It is the exclusive Australian home of the Premier League and the FA Cup, adds the UEFA Champions, Europa and Conference League, and carries Super Rugby Pacific, the Wallabies, the Six Nations, all four tennis Grand Slams and motorsport from Formula E to the World Rally Championship, with no ad breaks during play.
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