Why wouldn't the kangaroos games and the final be broadcast on the main 7 platform... Considering the programming that would usually be on at midnight or 6am it wouldnt be bumping anything rating in high numbers?
7Mate is HD, stop whinging ;-)
Plus if I heard it right, all Aussie games will be replayed on the main channel (7 -prime) on Sunday afternoons.
Can't get any better than that mate, as I said before, I can't wait to see Kochie and co speak positively about Rugby League, not because they like it, but because they'll have too. We know a hellava lot of the games in the WC will be very competitive, they always are outside the top 3-4. If there are crowds and the games are tight, even channel 7's Vfl zealots will have to call it as they and us see it.
Channel 7 always treated International Rugby League with respect in the past, I don't see why they would do anything different this time, after all, they've always had the Vfl and when they showed the Lions/Kangaroos tests/WC's, they actually went out of their way to big it up, unlike the mob that have held the FTA NRL-SOO-ARL rights since the mid nineties.
This is great exposure.