I'd vote for that saddened!

who watches that crap??

About 10 million people?



(not me btw)

the bbc should buy the rights.....but more realistically...stick on the bbc red button sports multiscreen service..

All the people who think rugby league is crap, so, erm millions.

If Sky pay for the non-live Super 14 stuff I'd be very surprised.

Me

Getting close to opening of the season and still ??????????????????????????????



Is anybody any the wiser as to who and when?

The Super 14 is good entertainment actually.

They at least pass the ball around (unlike the northern hemesphere game)

Watched a game last Friday and it ended up 73 v 64

Each to their own I suppose. I thought it was a terrible match with shocking defence on display.

And to think that is the premier club rugby union competition in the world.

The difference is the Super 14 rights will be cheap due to no one competing with Sky to purchase the rights. Setanta competed with Sky for the NRL rights thus bumping the price up and now Sky aren't bothered. Purchasing the NRL coverage is not going to bring subscribers into Sky because most RL fans will have Sky anyway for the Super League.



I've said before any tv deal that gets struck here will be the NRL going out to do a deal with potential broadcasters rather than potential broadcasters approaching the NRL.

Spanish freeview has a Guinness Premiership highlights programme, a world rugby union programme and they cover the Spanish league.

Sportsmania (like a Spanish ESPN) show the six nations games the day after and every so often have Super 14 games on.

If its like the crap layonathon every week that melbourne got away with tonight they can keep their rights. Its not the RL that we recognise over here. I suspect Silverwood passed the audition for a stint in the NRL though