Rugby League World Cup Coverage

Because then there'd be nowhere to show Saturday Kitchen, which gets a substantially larger audience than Saturday Mash Up.

About last Saturday's kickoff time:



Thanks Smiff. It's no surprise if Channel 7 was the reason for the early start, but it's odd scheduling. That game was always going to be on 7Mate – of course it wasn't even held in their country.

The semi would only have been on Channel 7 if it had been a strong New Zealand v Australia (never likely!) It's a bit puzzling that the organizers gave such priority to that, and ignored the more likely UK TV interest. And it was a very interesting match... Good news that the final's on BBC One anyway.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Spoiler alert, Australia won.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjWyhCGrFCc

(Aussie final highlights from Seven)

This is from before the World Cup in Australia, but presentationally interesting (Sky NZ carrying Channel Nine's commentary):



A gaffe causing a rare "double" commentary team from 20:00 to 23:00 mins. Turn the studio mics off!