NRL Go It Alone Again

[deluded pom?]

Sky Sport coup
While its focus may have been on the dramas at Parramatta this week, the NRL quietly secured another financial windfall. As Greenberg was taking on the Parramatta five, NRL head of strategy Andrew Fraser was in New Zealand negotiating a new television deal. Fraser was the key negotiator in securing the $1.8 billion Australian television rights deal with the Nine network and Fox Sports last year. He returned to Australia late last week with another fat contract, awarding Sky Sport in New Zealand the rights to cover NRL matches, Tests, Origin and domestic matches for an additional five years. All women's Tests featuring the Kiwi Ferns will also be shown live. The clincher for the NRL is that Sky Sports has agreed to a replay of all Warriors games each Sunday night on a free-to-air channel and one other NRL game each Sunday during the day, giving the NRL a chance to move into prime time in the union-mad country. It means the NRL has now raised $1.9 billion from its broadcasting deals — and it still has international and radio rights to sell.


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Whilst this may be fine domestically what gives the NRL the right to sell the television coverage of Test matches. Aren't TV rights the RLIF's to sell on? If not, why not?

 

[RoosTah]

Great result for the NRL - particularly with the Christchurch Bulls being recently admitted to the NSW Cup it paves the way for further NZ expansion once the NRL is happy with the finances of the existing clubs.

As for interntionals, I imagine they're all tests run effectively by the ARLC under the NRL's branding - things like the Pacific Test etc are all under that branding are largely organised here, and the NRL. Same goes with the Trans-tasman test - these are all organised here from what I understand.

 

[roughyedspud]

Im hearing bt sports are front runners for the uk rights....and its probably why premier sports have been messing about with the coverage lately

 

[no name]

To answer the question, they should have replaced NRL with ARLC in the article.

 

[siv]

I guess the question is which tests ?

There is only the Trans-Tasman tests that involve NZ that the NRL manage

 

[yakstorm]

Rights to the World Cup and any future RLIF tournament (ie. Confederation Cup, RLIF Nines) are the RLIFs to sell.

The NRL can only sell Test Matches which they host and are not part of an RLIF tournament (Four Nations isn't a RLIF tournament).

As such this year it is the ANZAC Test, the Perth Australia v NZ Test and the Pacific Test. Moving forward it is one of the two planned home & away Tests between Australia & NZ, any tour games held in Australia and the Pacific Tests.

Things like Four Nations and any Tests in NZ are the NZRL's to sell (although this may have been grouped all together in this deal)

 

[roughyedspud]

How much do the nrl give to the pacific nations for the pacific tests?

 

[Foreign Legion]

Christchurch bulls in the nsw cup?

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Christchurch bulls in the nsw cup?

Yeah. Wot??

 

[strong_latte]

Christchurch bulls in the nsw cup?

Yeah that hasn't happened yet. It's something that's on the cards for 2018 and it could go to either Wellington or Christchurch. Interestingly though the Panthers have formed a partnership with Christchurch Rugby League and will be taking a few games down there for the next few years, so there's obviously a fair bit of ground work being done.

 

[Pommy]

Im hearing bt sports are front runners for the uk rights....and its probably why premier sports have been messing about with the coverage lately

If that's true that really is great news for the NRL. Having it on a TV channel people actually watch in their biggest potential export market is a must. The NRL on proper TV in the UK can only be good for the sport.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Panthers and Christchurch partnering up would be the equivalent of a " all you can eat at sizzler"

 

[strong_latte]

Panthers and Christchurch partnering up would be the equivalent of a " all you can eat at sizzler"

They're actually playing the Warriors there this weekend. It's a good move - the Bulls have been successful in the NZ National Competition, winning in 2014 and making the final last year.

 

[deluded pom?]

If that's true that really is great news for the NRL. Having it on a TV channel people actually watch in their biggest potential export market is a must. The NRL on proper TV in the UK can only be good for the sport.

Whilst bigger than Premier BT is still a subscription channel. I don't know anyone who has it.