HawkMan

Just checked SS+, there's no option to download last night's games, RL or EFL. As someone said, this could be aimed partly at stopping illegal streams. Its obviously a live sports channel mainly. It must be remembered that the 6 games all shown on main channels was an extra, a freebie from Sky. The 21.5 million they paid gets them two games on main channels per round, nothing more. You'd hope the SL bosses would have the balls to ask for more if Sky wanted more than 2 games permanently. It's as if Sky know many RL fans don't have the full package and are saying in effect, " you liked the 6 game coverage? Want more? Then sign up for the full subscription." As someone who pays the full amount I would not be happy to know part time subscribers or those who pay for only some channels, are getting the full extras while paying a lot less than me.

Checked out the Barnsley game after your comment. Surprised, more than one camera, replays, a definite improvement on previous red button games.

You must have the full skysports subscription. 1. Via Channel 412 If another sport is showing live, football or golf or whatever, then press red button on remote. You don't need to see red button option on screen. This will take you to SS+ app home page. Scroll down to RL options and choose match. 2. Via App Directly Press home button on remote, scroll to Apps, select , then scroll across to Skysports App and select to get to home page, then as above. 3. From Main Menu Press home button on remote to get main index. Scroll to Sports, select, then scroll to Rugby League and choose match. Note; very early days so this may change, but there's no option to join match late and choose "watch from start." Disappointing, but it's the same with the football.

That's because they never start thinking about it.

@Bedfordshire BroncoMy guess is yes or they'd be little point in having the app. They may be available for a limited time ,a day or two, only time will tell. To access the app , after the match is over and there's no live game,football or whatever on, and therefore no red button to press,just press home button on remote and scroll to Apps, scroll right to skysports app and select.

Tape it? If the match is for streaming only, such as the two tonight, and starts at 8pm, and you go to skysports plus at 8.30 for example, first you'll see the EFL game being shown, so press red button to select app, then select SL game, and you should be able to select " watch from start." Also , some have said they've been sold a dummy by Sky and its unfair, but tbf Sky have said that this is available to those with the FULL sports package only. Basically that means those that pay for the football, because without the new EFL/Sky deal there would be no skysports plus. This new channel allows them to screen concurrent SL games, Golf tournaments, tennis tournaments etc, but it's purpose is to screen multi EFL games, produced by the same IMG re- imagining RL. Let's see how they do!

I think you will need the full sports package to view the extra games, otherwise it's the two games chosen by sky only, same as last year really.

For today's match yes, it's on linear 412, but I doubt you could stream stuff from a caravan with no Internet, except on a mobile phone or tablet. Tomorrow's games are streaming only, so you'll need Internet connection.

Same here, my Sky Q box is via satellite dish, but is also connected via cable to back of BT broadband router. If your box has youtube, I player, and other apps then skysports app appeared today.

Don't forget the legend that is Giant Haystacks.

Sky channel 412 will be rebranded as Sky sports plus. This whole new channel is primarily to service the new EFL contract. Almost 1000 games will be streamed or shown live on the linear channel. Production is by IMG, yes that IMG. For SL presumably you will need to tune in to 412, then use red button to access streamed content. Apparently the streamed matches football or rugby are not recordable. https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/Recording-football-matches-which-are-shown-on-the-new-Sky-Sports-channel/m-p/4709906#:~:text=Just to confirm about Sky,linear content on that channel.

Okey dokey, now I don't think for one moment that the person I'm going to suggest is the greatest sportsman, if you take into account achievements, dedication, sweat and tears and toil. But global recognition is another thing. A lot of people of a certain age around the world if asked to name an iconic British sportsman would probably say David Beckham. Bizarre but if I'm being cynical, possible. My choices- Andy Murray, Steve Redgrave or Nick Faldo

You'll have to settle for photographer of top shelf magazines, providing the newsagent doesn't mind.

I wish I was the guy at IMG with the job of " re- imagining RL" and turning it into a mega sport. However some lucky s*d already has that. As a kid I actually wanted to be a bus driver, never happened, failed my driving test numerous times and gave up.

Things maybe different in 10 years time, who knows, but in 2022 the Australians certainly had an interest in soccer World Cup. Was there all night parties when Australia won the RLWC ? One of our Aussie friends can answer that.

Jonathan Liew of The Guardian on Sky Sports News, Back Pages Tonight ( fab show), said if anyone thinks Dujardin is the only one doing this then he'll sell them some magic beans. Also he asked why are we making horses dance, and giving out medals for such nonsense.

Sky had an interview with the lawyer representing the whistle-blower ( WB). The WB has nothing against Dujardin and has been agonising whether to release video, the WB feared reprisals from the equestrian community, and still does. Then a few months back some other riders were banned by the sports governing body for similar practices. The WB then decided that Dujardin should not win medals and gain hero status after the said cruelty. On advice she decided better to release it now rather than after the Olympics, which would have tarnished the games.

I know you have a love for non league football, but if the opportunity arose to be a regular photographer at Premier league level, maybe at Little Ginger's Arsenal, would you embrace it ?

I'm not sure youngsters today, Generation Z I think they're called, associate with County names like Gloucestershire or Surrey etc. London, Manchester, Northern, Southern is a name they can get behind.

Yes, after crowd disturbances crowd asked to leave stadium. VAR then disallowed goal, and players came back out an hour later for last 3 minutes in empty stadium.

Never sure really why football is in the Olympics, sportsmanship is never an important aspect of the game. Argentina v Morocco starts tournament off to a new low. Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 after dramatic men's football match which takes four hours to reach conclusion Fans appear to throw missiles at players after Argentina's leveller in 16th minute of injury time makes it 2-2 Players then taken from field before equaliser ruled out by VAR almost two hours later as play resumes for final three minutes in empty stadium

There's no doubt The Hundred has garnered new fans to cricket, I see that in my own family, some of which are going in August to see a double header, who have never followed cricket before. They're seeing London Spirit just for a fun day out. To say those who packed out the Oval last night were all previous cricket followers of other formats and no new fans were there is a ridiculous claim. Personally I couldn't care less about its future but at least cricket has tried something new, put their money where their mouths are and tried positive action to get new eyeballs on the game. Whereas RL just talks about doing something but does nowt, just talk talk talk talk talk talk ad infinitum. It's also typical that some look at what other sports are doing and publicity they get , such as the Hundred or Women's football and rubbish it.

All part of the dark and murky world of Dressage!

From IMG Web page; They are servicing a 900 million pound TV deal with EFL. That and other sports they cover put their RL operation into perspective. RL aint going to make or break IMG or affect their reputation in any way. Perhaps the junior office staff are handling the RL stuff ! Announced in April, EFL production partner IMG will produce 866 matches per season for Sky Sports’ streaming service with the remaining balance produced by Sky for their main channel output IMG will produce a further 832 matches (1,698 in total) which will be utilised outside of the UK by EFL rights holders Pitch International and Relevent Sports, who will distribute the premium broadcast feed across the world https://www.img.com/sports/our-news/efl-fans-to-enjoy-enhanced-broadcast-experience-after-transformative-production-deal-with-img

Despite being from Londonderry NI, Derry City play in the Irish Republic, League of Ireland , due to religious/ political reasons, as Londonderry ( Derry) is/ was fiercely Nationalistic. Interesting info on city, link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry Wikipedia; The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played home fixtures 30 miles (48 km) away in Coleraine. The security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until an administrative relegation in 2009. The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.[4] After spending the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the club was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier, from where it made its way back to the Premier Division