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NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:58 am  

Anyone else notice the new Free Sports channel? I watched a load of NRL this weekend. What a contrast with the game over here. Can't help but think England will struggle this Autumn. Not got through all the games I recorded yet but the Manly V Penrith game was something else.

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:42 pm  

yes, I flicked it on wondering what they were showing and loads of NRL was on plus the Toronto game that day. I hope it continues

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Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:57 pm  

Same here. Some games were great to watch. It was also interesting to see there were a few sparsely populated grounds for games where nothing really mattered. Clearly the NRL has a problem making every minute count too.

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:21 pm  

Do you happen to know which channel it is?

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:22 pm  

Sky 424

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:25 pm  

Thanks kindly, will have a look, missing the NRL since i let my premier sports lapse, looks to be a similar sort of channel just had a look at what they show.

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:28 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

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Thanks kindly, will have a look, missing the NRL since i let my premier sports lapse, looks to be a similar sort of channel just had a look at what they show.

FreeSports is a sister channel of Premier. Owned by the same people, so anything that Premier have the rights to show, may well show up on this channel. Much to the annoyance of a lot of fans who've paid for a Premier Sports subscription for those games.

Great for people who don't have Premier Sports. Not so great for those who are paying for it.

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:29 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

FreeSports is a sister channel of Premier. Owned by the same people, so anything that Premier have the rights to show, may well show up on this channel. Much to the annoyance of a lot of fans who've paid for a Premier Sports subscription for those games.

Great for people who don't have Premier Sports. Not so great for those who are paying for it.

Very true, wonder why they are offering it for free then? wonder if ads revenue out strips that of subscriptions

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:32 pm  

Isn't Premiers NRL deal up after this season? Maybe they are thinking sod it if they dont think they will get the rights next year make it free until the end of this year? Or maybe they know they are getting the rights again and giving people a chance to see what they could have by subscribing then taking it off that channel next year?

Re: NRL on Free Sports Channel : Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:47 pm  

The standard in the NRL is awesome. I get premier in with my Virgin, and they show all the games. On the back of a fag packet, the gap looks to me to have grown by a few miles since 3 or 4 years ago. The pace and power is incredible, and there is no team we could field that could remotely live with it. We'll be back to those old style embarrassing last 20 minute massacres.