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Whilst I am very grateful to Setanta for showing a small bit of European rugby, it is a great shame that there is not more on offer.
This week, there does not appear to be any Guinness Premiership matches being shown and just two Magners League games show today, a few days after they were played.
Is anyone aware of what is stopping more European matches being shown in Australia?
If Setanta are able to show some Guinness games then I would have though they would have had the rights to show all of them. What is going to happen when the Heineken Cup comes around? It would also be nice to be able to watch The Rugby Club, the UK review show that is similar to Inside Rugby.
I notice that BSkyB in the UK are currently showing live coverage of both the NPC and Currie Cup games in addition to the European games and they also showed live Super 14 matches during the season. It would be nice if the licensing agreement could be reciprocated here. Would also be nice to see the French championship that is of course now featuring more and more antipodean players.
I have sent an email to Setanta asking if more games could be shown. Perhaps if other Roarers did the same, it might make a difference? In the meantime, is there any other way of watching European games in Australia – other than have friends/family up there send recordings down here? 🙂
Finally, on the GP game Setanta did show last week, it was great to see Googy Harrison run out for Bath – and of course be the agent provocateur for the first big dust-up in the match. Good to see that some things don’t change.
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