Broncoandy
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Sunday Origin, take the series NSW you merkins, you need to the NRL to give you a series win.
Just found out about the Sunday game?Sunday Origin, take the series NSW you merkins, you need to the NRL to give you a series win.
Haha yeah. I’m certainly not up with the times.Just found out about the Sunday game?
Agree 1000%Sunday is good. Saturday would be better. Give people the day off instead of going to the game game late during the week.
Sunday is good. Saturday would be better. Give people the day off instead of going to the game game late during the week.
The same reasons the NRL does anything: TV, TV and TVI do wonder why they chose Sunday instead of Saturday..Saturday would've been f**king awesome
The same reasons the NRL does anything: TV, TV and TV
I do wonder why they chose Sunday instead of Saturday..Saturday would've been f**king awesome
No way would they waste the jewel in the crown of rugby league on Saturday night. The NFL Super Bowl is also on a Sunday night after all. It's the biggest night of the week for network TV.
Besides, I guarantee that all those folks that watch 3-4 games a year, I..e. Origin and GF, would be doing something else on a Saturday night rather than watching a game of rugby league. It's a no brainier you put the game on when the average merkin is doing not much else
80% of NFL games are played on Sunday and at least they have the courtesy to play the SB at 6:30 Eastern (3:30 Pacific).
Origin will of course kick off at around 8:18 on a Sunday night.
NFL games go for four hours.
No they don't
Well the SB does because of 1 hour half time show.
Still, there is no reason other than the TV $ to have origin starting post 8PM on a Sunday.
80% of NFL games are played on Sunday and at least they have the courtesy to play the SB at 6:30 Eastern (3:30 Pacific).
Origin will of course kick off at around 8:18 on a Sunday night.
Origin will of course kick off at around 8:18 on a Sunday night.
SB goes for about 4.5 hours with all the ad stoppages and half time show. It still finishes around 10:30-11pm Eastern in the USA.
Origin isn't your run of the mill NRL game. This is one of the 4 marquee matches where a greater number of folks will have an interest in watching it.....if the time is right. Of course you maximise the broadcast benefits of it. They'll stil get 70-80k to the game.
I'm not asking for it to be an arvo game. I think 7pm kick off is reasonable.
Sunday is good. Saturday would be better. Give people the day off instead of going to the game game late during the week.
Agree 1000%
I am pretty sure the reason for Sunday is because of the potential audience of non-RL sports fans. Origin generally drags those viewers in on a Wednesday or Sunday because there is no competition but viewership would drop in AFL states if it were up against an AFL game and would also lose some (if only some) viewers if it clashed with a Wallabies game.