Recent content by Novocastrian

Not quite true, it might be marginally more fiddly than just turning the Foxtel box on and there might be a few caveats re equipment/internet requirements but there's plenty of legit options out there to watch sport in HD. 2 I can vouch for are ESPN via a Sling TV subscription (currently...

That's odd, I could have sworn I was watching the Georgia v Tonga and Ireland V Canada matches live on the itv app on my android tablet, but perhaps I just imagined it?

If you appeared to be in the UK you could watch the games live or catchup/on demand (which Foxtel Play doesn't offer) through iTV. I'very just started watching SAF V JAP and last night watched the Georgia v Tonga and Ireland V Canada matches live. Edit-though you do have to sit through ads...

Bonus points should be used as a tie breaker - have 'normal' points from wins/draws as the first step, number of wins as the second, and only then bring bp into it. In that system the Force move into 5th ahead of the Chiefs as they won more games.

Completely off topic, but it was always a laugh when those two (naza and Pfitzy/NTA) would butt heads on TSF/TYS/here. So much keyboard warrior anger you'd be forgiven for thinking the internet would stop working. Even better than NTA's ragequits from the fern. Ahh the good old days!

Looks like you left something out Richo - the fact that the Wallabies team isn't just the Reds wearing Green and Gold.

And then you'd all be whining about the cost.

There was an article in the SMH (I think) last week saying that Deans was concerned about the above happening so was looking to play a close to full strength team, ie not a B team with a bunch of bit players and first timers so hopefully that's the case. (Though from memory it was from Growden...

Big call to dismiss Link as an armchair expert o_O

It's a pretty simple business decision for Foxtel really. At the end of the day they'd want people locked into contract paying as much as possible, which is pretty much the opposite of the Xbox service. So they can show all the Super Rugby live from game 1 and get a heap of people using the Xbox...

Be tough for them to try and grab the 2012 TdF - SBS has the FTA rights until 2017. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/9007/SBS%20secures%20Tour%20de%20France%20rights%20to%202017

So what were the offers and which channels made them? To be honest I find it pretty hard to believe that the ARU would choose an inferior offer just for the sake of it.

In between looking after the rugrat I caught a fair bit of the 3 games on today. No paytv for me, there are ways and means to watch it in decent quality over the net if you wanted to. As for the ARU making comment on 9's coverage, why the hell would they come out and heap shit on what was...

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I imagine it went to Nein on the basis that it was better to have some FTA coverage, however poor, rather than none at all