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Global TV coverage of NRL GF confirmed
Friday 2nd October 2009
The NRL have announced that Australian troops in Afghanistan will join Rugby League fans in more than 55 countries to watch the 2009 Telstra Premiership Grand Final between Melbourne and Parramatta.
Forcesl based at Tarin Kowt and Kandahar will tune in to a special satellite feed of the game, joining other Australian troops in Honiara (Solomon Islands) and Dili (East Timor) among a world-wide viewing audience across the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Asia and the Pacific.
Host broadcaster the Nine Network will televise the Telstra Premiership Grand Final live into every Australian state while New Zealand viewers will see the Nine Network's entire match-day coverage live through Sky New Zealand.
As previously confirmed on rugbyleague.com, ESPN will broadcast the game live into the United Kingdom and Ireland while US cable giant Spike TV will carry a delayed coverage of the NRL Grand Final into the USA and Canada.
Fox Sports Middle East will show the game live with nations such as Bahrain, Qatar, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE able to access the telecast from 10am KSA time.
The Australia Network will take the NRL Grand Final live across a satellite footprint that includes Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Pacific Islands.
"Each year the audience for the Grand Final continues to grow and this season there is an opportunity for Rugby League fans all over the world to watch or listen to the game live on TV, radio or on NRL.com," NRL Chief Executive, David Gallop said.
NRL Grand Final International Broadcast Times
American Samoa: Australia Network: 6.30pm (Saturday)
Bahrain: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Bangladesh: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Bhutan: Australia Network: 11.30am
Brunei: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Cambodia: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Canada: Spike TV 11am (Eastern Time)
China: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Cook Islands: Australia Network: 7.30pm (Saturday)
East Timor: Australia Network: 2.30pm
Egypt: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Fiji: Australia Network: 5.30pm
French Polynesia: Australia Network: 7.30pm (Saturday)
Guam: Australia Network: 3.30pm
Hong Kong: Australia Network: 1.30pm
India: Australia Network: 11am
Indonesia: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Ireland: ESPN: 7am
Japan: Australia Network: 2.30pm
Jordan: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Kiribati: Australia Network: 5.30pm
Kuwait: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Laos: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Lebanon: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Macau: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Malaysia: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Maldives: Australia Network: 10.30am
Marshall Islands: Australia Network: 5.30pm
Micronesia: Australia Network: 4.30pm
Mongolia: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Nauru: Australia Network: 5.30pm
Nepal: Australia Network: 11.15am
New Caledonia: Australia Network: 4.30pm
Niue: Australia Network: 6.30pm (Saturday)
North Korea: Australia Network: 2.30pm
Northern Marianas: Australia Network: 3.30pm
Oman: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Pakistan: Australia Network: 10.30am
Palau: Australia Network: 2.30pm
PNG: EMTV: 10am
Philippines: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Qatar: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Samoa: Australia Network: 6.30pm (Saturday)
Saudi Arabia: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Singapore: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Solomon Islands: Australia Network: 4.30pm
South Korea: Australia Network: 2.30pm
Sri Lanka: Australia Network: 11am
Syria: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
Taiwan: Australia Network: 1.30pm
Thailand: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Tokelau: Australia Network: 5.30pm
Tonga: Australia Network: 6.30pm
Tuvalu: Australia Network: 5.30pm
UAE: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
United Kingdom: ESPN: 7am (BST)
USA: Spike TV 11am (Eastern Time)
Vanuatu: Australia Network: 4.30pm
Vietnam: Australia Network: 12.30pm
Wallis & Futuna: Australia Network: 5.30pm
Yemen: Fox Sports Middle East: 10am KSA
