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Spidey

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31 minutes ago, Dave T said:

So it looks like there are overlaps.

Really really poor that.

The '13 World Cup had no overlaps. It was a really decent schedule

I can't remember what '08 was like from that point of view. I was busy being disappointed by England each game ?


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GaryO

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On 23/09/2017 at 9:55 AM, Spidey said:

The '13 World Cup had no overlaps. It was a really decent schedule

I can't remember what '08 was like from that point of view. I was busy being disappointed by England each game ?

Will that change?:ph34r:

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Dave T

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On 23/09/2017 at 10:20 AM, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Friday morning at 10am for the kick off?! Which idiot picked that? I'll never be able to get time off work.

An england game too. Friday 10am. Genius.

Allora

Allora

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I guess they are aiming for the local audience in prime time.

I do not recall seeing many games in the last World Cup beamed into Australia at favourable times for the Aussies.

Its no different than any other sporting event.

 

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

MattSantos

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37 minutes ago, Allora said:

I guess they are aiming for the local audience in prime time.

I do not recall seeing many games in the last World Cup beamed into Australia at favourable times for the Aussies.

Its no different than any other sporting event.

 

Fair enough. but a Saturday opener wouldn't be too difficult would it?

Im starting to get excited.

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Scubby

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On 9/23/2017 at 9:55 AM, Spidey said:

The '13 World Cup had no overlaps. It was a really decent schedule

I can't remember what '08 was like from that point of view. I was busy being disappointed by England each game ?

I give myself a black eye accidentally reacting to Billy Slater torturing Mark Calderwood in Melbourne for that try lol.

Allora

Allora

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7 minutes ago, Scubby said:

I give myself a black eye accidentally reacting to Billy Slater torturing Mark Calderwood in Melbourne for that try lol.

 

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

Allora

Allora

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3 minutes ago, Scubby said:

You b****r!

Its all good Scubby ;)

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

brooza

brooza

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I'm currently updating my website (see signature) with the kickoff times. All times are local, but have a link to the correct time in your time zone (it should calculate that automatically).

UK time will be left in the final column for the next week or so

Check out upcoming international fixtures and highlights of past matches at http://rlfixtures.weebly.com

 

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brooza

brooza

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2 hours ago, Dave T said:

An england game too. Friday 10am. Genius.

I changed my hours at work in May so I get Fridays off. I planned ahead :)

Check out upcoming international fixtures and highlights of past matches at http://rlfixtures.weebly.com

 

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Dave T

Dave T

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2 minutes ago, brooza said:

I changed my hours at work in May so I get Fridays off. I planned ahead :)

I think I may have a few work from home days due to 'childcare issues' ?

Allora

Allora

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6 minutes ago, Dave T said:

I think I may have a few work from home days due to 'childcare issues' ?

Nothing wrong with "working from the other office"

 

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

Dave T

Dave T

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2 hours ago, Allora said:

I guess they are aiming for the local audience in prime time.

I do not recall seeing many games in the last World Cup beamed into Australia at favourable times for the Aussies.

Its no different than any other sporting event.

 

It is very different to other sporting events. Most major sports tournaments will try and cater for their core audiences where possible. There are two key markets here - Aus and England.

In the game where they meet you really would expect it to be on the Saturday.

In the last WC here iirc all of Australia's games were at a weekend Oz time.

Of course it wont always be possible to cater for the markets, but decisions like this affect the tv rights value as the viewing figures on a Friday morning on the BBC will be far lower than a Saturday.

In 2003 all of England RU's games were Sat or Sunday. These things matter.

brooza

brooza

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59 minutes ago, brooza said:

I'm currently updating my website (see signature) with the kickoff times. All times are local, but have a link to the correct time in your time zone (it should calculate that automatically).

UK time will be left in the final column for the next week or so

I have a calendar link that I can share, but Outlook have changed it so I need peoples' email address to share it rather than have a public link as I did before. If anyone wants it shared to their calendar, message me via my contact form and I'll share it (email addresses won't be sold etc). You can also use the time links on the main list to create your own calendar events

Check out upcoming international fixtures and highlights of past matches at http://rlfixtures.weebly.com

 

St Albans Centurions International Liaison Officer and former Medway Dragons Wheelchair RL player.

Leeds Rhinos, St Albans Centurions y Griffons Madrid fan. Also follow (to a lesser extent) Catalans Dragons, London Broncos, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Jacksonville Axemen, Vrchlabi Mad Squirrels, København Black Swans, Red Star Belgrade and North Hertfordshire Crusaders.

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Allora

Allora

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41 minutes ago, Dave T said:

It is very different to other sporting events. Most major sports tournaments will try and cater for their core audiences where possible. There are two key markets here - Aus and England.

In the game where they meet you really would expect it to be on the Saturday.

In the last WC here iirc all of Australia's games were at a weekend Oz time.

Of course it wont always be possible to cater for the markets, but decisions like this affect the tv rights value as the viewing figures on a Friday morning on the BBC will be far lower than a Saturday.

In 2003 all of England RU's games were Sat or Sunday. These things matter.

The problem is Dave, the Aussies have to recoup their cost by having local sponsors paying for TV exposure in Australia/NZ prime time.

Friday and Saturday nights are where the money and the crowds are.

How much would the English rights be worth..?

The fact that Australia/NZ are 9 hours or so ahead of the UK it will be different times when the game is played in the UK and its 9 hours behind Oz times.

In 2013 the games in England are played in the very early hours of the morning in Australia, from memory 1:30 or 5:30 am, in those cases it hardly mattered if it was a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, in fact I think the Final may have been very early on a Monday morning in Australia that many tried to watch before their working week started.

A Sunday game in England is a Monday is Oz

I may be wrong, it was 4 years ago.

Edit: it was 1:30 am Sunday morning

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

Allora

Allora

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Here are the 2013 kick off times

http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/2013-rugby-league-world-cup/1281-2013-rugby-league-world-cup-rlwc-tv-times-and-time-zones?fb_comment_id=361500810652350_1782369#f1b68fd2a515914

 

2013 RLWC Week 1
Oct 26th 2.30pm England v Australia (World Cup)

Kick-off time: 2.30pm (Local Time), Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Sunday, 27 October 2013 at 12:30:00 AM, Brisbane (Australia - Queensland)

 

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

Allora

Allora

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11 minutes ago, Spidey said:

The final in '13 was 2:30pm GMT on a Saturday.

Which Downunder meant

2013 RLWC Final
Nov 30th 2.30pm Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 (World Cup Final)

Kick-off time: 2.30pm (Local Time), Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Sunday, 1 December 2013 at 1:30:00 AM, Brisbane (Australia - Queensland) Sunday

Not much Aussie fan or TV rights consideration there IMO, but you get what you get and I was up watching it at 1:30 am on my own.

Even worse for the Kiwi Fans.
That is time zones for you.

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

Dave T

Dave T

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13 minutes ago, Allora said:

Which Downunder meant

2013 RLWC Final
Nov 30th 2.30pm Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 (World Cup Final)

Kick-off time: 2.30pm (Local Time), Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Sunday, 1 December 2013 at 1:30:00 AM, Brisbane (Australia - Queensland) Sunday

Not much Aussie fan or TV rights consideration there IMO, but you get what you get and I was up watching it at 1:30 am on my own.

Even worse for the Kiwi Fans.
That is time zones for you.

But they are over a weekend when the majority of the population are not at work, school or college so can generally make the decision to stay out of bed and watch.

The reality is it is pretty easy to match up games staged in Oz with decent UK times, harder the other way.

10am is great, if it was Saturday it wouls be perfect.

deluded pom?

deluded pom?

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59 minutes ago, Allora said:

Nothing wrong with "working from the other office"

 

That's all well and good if you're a sloping shouldered pen pusher. What about us people who do real jobs?

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