BY A.J NASH The NRL has won this season’s war against the AFL – on television anyway. More people watched rugby league over Aussie Rules in 2018 and it’s the first seasonal win for the NRL since 2010. “The NRL has also bucked the overall trend in the Australian TV market, “ Roy Masters wrote […]
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Angry rugby league fans in Victoria have blasted Channel Nine after last night’s third and final State of Origin for not showing the post-match presentation. Many took to Twitter to vent when Nine Melbourne went straight to the AFL Footy Show at full-time instead of showing New South Wales hold up the shield and Melbourne […]
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Remember that booming voice calling over the top of State of Origin? It wasn’t Ray Warren – it was the great Darrell Eastlake. Eastlake helped promote Origin and can be heard on many a highlight reel. After a long fight with Alzheimer’s disease, Eastlake passed away aged 75 at a Central Coast nursing home. More […]
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Penrith Panthers General Manager Phil Gould says referees were told mid-round to tone back the amount of penalties being given in matches. A mountain of penalties were given in the Good Friday matches before an obvious reduction in the later matches. “Referees were given instructions Sunday morning to tone back on them, to just get […]
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Cronulla legend Paul Gallen says fatigue isn’t a factor in the current game due to the amount of penalties being dished out by the referees. Speaking on Channel Nine, Gallen said club officials were also using the HIA bin to their advantage. “No, I wasn’t tired (against Melbourne),” Gallen said. “We brought in the eight-interchange […]
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He has presented sport on Channel Nine in Sydney forever but on Thursday night, Ken Sutcliffe hung up the suit jacket and board shorts for good in his final appearance before official retirement. Here’s how the footy community reacted: https://twitter.com/Gus10Gould/status/806739840322543616 All the best for the future @Ken_Sutcliffe!Thanks for your #NRL coverage and support over […]
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The NRL has announced its $1.8billion broadcast deal today which will reach more fans across the globe than ever before covering free-to-air, Fox Sports and Telstra with the new agreement expiring at the end of 2018. Rights are yet to be sold for State of Origin, International fixtures and radio rights. It was expected that […]
Read More Channel Nine will air four free to air matches live each week from 2018 in a new $925million deal with the network that will also see one State of Origin match played on a Sunday in a stand-alone representative weekend. Matches on Nine will be played Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 4pm. NRL CEO Dave […]
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Fri 13 Feb, NRL All Stars v Indigenous All Stars, Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast, 7.30pm (local), 8.30pm (AEDT) Broadcast live on Channel Nine Source: TaneBluey Indigenous All Stars: Greg Inglis, Alex Johnston, Will Chambers, Justin Hodges, Josh Hoffman, Ben Barba, Johnathan Thurston, George Rose, Ray Thompson, Ryan James, Tyrone […]
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