Games on TV.

[Rich102]

Trial games and All Stars etc.
If anyone sees them coming up how about posting the channel & time please?

(Martli, can you sticky this please?)

 

[Scott]

My guess is we'll het the AllStars game, Charity Shield and World Club Challenge all live. Thats probably all we'll see.

 

[Scott]

Oh, and some talk about the trial this weekend from the West Coast getting a run on Sky.

 

[Fast Eddie]

It is, I saw an ad for it being on at 5pm on Sat.

 

[shiznit]

yup... i booked it on the guide...

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Yep, Dirty Dennis Katsanos has been touting the trial game on his preview show.

 

[Rich102]

Warriors vs Knights. 5pm Saturday 5th Feb. Sky Sport 3.

 

[LeagueNut]

There's a replay of last years Four Nations Final at 10am this morning on Sky Sports 3.

 

[Martli]

Replay of yesterday's game on now for anyone who missed it.

 

[Rich102]

Is this weekend's trial on TV anywhere?

 

[ozbash]

nrl allstars v indigeridoos saturday 9-30 sky sport 2 (i think it is)
charity shield (bunnies v dragons) 9-00 sky sport 2 sunday

check this as the skywatch guide differs from the guide on tv..

 

[Rich102]

Anything on TV this weekend?

 

[Skinner]

Anything on TV this weekend?

Pretty much it for anything live until that silly bloody World club challenge (piss trip) thingy, I'd say.

*apart from ESL of course*

 

[ozbash]

dont forget the mighty Chiefs kick there season off this weekend.. GO YOU GOOD THINGS !!

Last week there was a good game of Super League on, Wigan v St Helens..

 

[Rich102]

World Club Championship on SS1 8AM Monday.

I can't see any coverage of the Manly trial. (Hopefully someone will give us a report).

 

[JAG]

To be brutally honest, I can't see any reason that trial games would be on telly.

I was at last week's game, and I'll be at Albany tomorrow, but if I'd had to watch the game against the Bears on telly, I reckon I'd have switched it off by the end of the "2nd quarter". I would think the tv viewing figures for trial games, if they were shown, wouldn't exactly be huge. Trial games aren't normally rivetting viewing and I can see why tv companies don't show them.

Just my 10c. :mrgreen:

 

[Skinner]

To be brutally honest, I can't see any reason that trial games would be on telly.

I was at last week's game, and I'll be at Albany tomorrow, but if I'd had to watch the game against the Bears on telly, I reckon I'd have switched it off by the end of the "2nd quarter". I would think the tv viewing figures for trial games, if they were shown, wouldn't exactly be huge. Trial games aren't normally rivetting viewing and I can see why tv companies don't show them.

Just my 10c. :mrgreen:

Trial games, outside of the Charity Shield, are not televised in NZ or over here. The exception this year, of course, was the Newy Wocks game in Greymouth, and it was only televised due to the charity nature of the game, as was the Legends of Origin.

You're correct, they are generally not great games to watch and the result is always completely meaningless. Folks tend to forget the huge cost involved in televising a match live. For 80 minutes of footy, it takes a big crew, with a huge amount of equipment basically from dawn till dark.

 

[Rich102]

I was only hoping!

 

[Skinner]

I was only hoping!

Wasn't directed at you Rich :lol:

Every year there are a bunch of noobs come on (not LU, to be fair, but a site that JAG and I know !!) and ask what time the trial games are televised.

They're scratching to get a radio update ffs.

 

[JAG]

Yeah, sorry from me too, Rich. My original post wasn't intended to have a go at you, I was just thinking out loud. I do that sometimes ...