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 Post subject: NRL Finals on TV in America
PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 12:21 am 
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Balls out! Rugby League is coming to America and Spike TV is going to be its new home. The network today announced that it would be bringing Australia's National Rugby League 2009 playoffs to the States.

The action starts Friday, September 11 at 11pm, so now's your chance to figure out the meaning of terms like dummy kick, ruck and scrum, and finally impress that hot(ish) Amazon chick that plays on the Rugby club who may or may not be in to three-ways.

The NRL is Australia's premier rugby league and routinely attracts 80,000 fans to its Grand Final (their Super Bowl), which will be broadcast on Spike October 4 at 11am ET/PT. This may be their version of football, but there are no pansy pads or stop and go bulls***. This is hurry-up the whole way through, so move over T.O. There's no crying in Rugby!

C'mon, mate, Get More Action.

The broadcast schedule is as follows:

Friday, September 11 (11:00pm ET/PT)
Friday, September 18 (11:00pm ET/PT)
Friday, September 25 (11:00pm ET/PT)

Grand Final (note - will air in the morning in the U.S.):
Sunday, October 4 (11:00am ET/PT)

For more details on Rugby League in America, head to amnrl.com.


http://www.spike.com/blog/spike-tv-brings/86142

I am a huge fan of NRL here in Australia - it's a great sport. What do the Americans on this board think about the sport? Do you think the finals will attract a lot of interest? Will any of you be watching it?

Few random videos if you're not sure what this sport is about :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tlRXncuqpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsNRHwE_ ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njt47AbUonI

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 Post subject: Re: NRL Finals on TV in America
PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 7:10 am 
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I would watch it if we had that channel. I like sports in general and I especially like to watch the ones that aren't really "big" here like lacrosse. That and rugby is just awesome.
Need to get a better cable package.

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 Post subject: Re: NRL Finals on TV in America
PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 10:48 am 
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Well, I probably won't watch it, but it's good to see non-mainstream(in America) sports getting some TV time now.

Overall, I don't think it will do very well at first, but if it takes the same path Soccer has, it will start to gain some attention after a few years of being on a major network.

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