Fox League

[ElCapitanCranky]

There are podcasts that are more informative than NRL360. Like This Week in League. Or me at any given moment.

[OnAir]

@bacco007

This is basically 4 blokes having a beer in the pub with a camera - fuck me it’s woeful. When Gorden Tallis is the brightest football mind in any conversation, you’ve got problems.

Yep. It turned into a podcast over the last couple of years as @AustralianAerial pointed out from what it used to be. I used to admire it when they would chuck out the run down for a breaking story and report on that but they’ve gone away from that certainly post Covid.

@bacco007

The hypocrisy is staggering - if it was a player in this circumstance, they’d dedicate most of the episode to pulling it apart - yet when its a panelist, it gets a 10-second (if that) “oh he’s got personal issues this week” and they carry on as if nothing has happened.

I agree. I suspect there’s some internal legal issues at play however around this and his employment regarding what they can say. Those same things don’t apply (barring defamation etc) when talking about an external issue.

[TFTV]

The audio of the director or vision switcher was coming through during the telecast of Dragons V Roosters for a minute just then.

[foxyrover]

What time?

[TV.Cynic]

[foxyrover]

Was this done after the replay?

[TV.Cynic]

It was ahead of the coaches’ media conferences.

[foxyrover]

So it wasn’t “replayed at the final siren”?

[Spi]

The replay was slated for 11pm AEST.

I don’t know whether there would’ve been a requirement to wait until Nine were off the air completely, but with the usual kick-off time, the game would’ve sprayed out well beyond 10pm in any case, so planning a 10pm time like they normally could if started a little earlier, would’ve been a bit of a struggle.

[Jack_Laverty]

@foxyrover

So it wasn’t “replayed at the final siren”?

It’s been done every year for the last couple of years but to be honest why they even bother who knows? The only thing they have over the FTA network is the live presser.

[bacco007]

I see the ink is barely dry on the charge sheet of an NRL player and Fox is going hard on it online - yet still fails to give even scant coverage to someone who is employed by the same network.

[Radiohead]

That shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Yes its double standards, but media outlets have always done this.

[Renaldo_Saffioti]

FOX ULTRA is another camera FOX use which is just like a Super Slo-Mo.

[foxyrover]

Player media boycott:

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[JohnsonTV]

Fox League announces launch of NRLW on Fox hosted by Lara Pitt

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Foxtel announces major sponsors for NRLW 2023

Telstra, Harvey Norman and Chemist Warehouse are all returning as major sponsors, with KFC the new naming rights sponsor for NRLW live games.

Westpac has come on board as the naming rights sponsor of a new NRLW entertainment show hosted by Lara Pitt, NRLW ON FOX.

[JohnsonTV]

A full schedule of NRL men’s and women’s matches between this weekend and September, means some NRLW matches will be shown on a different Fox Sports channel every weekend.

For example, for this weekend’s opening round of NRLW, this afternoon’s Knights v Dragons (3.10pm AEST kickoff) will air on Fox Sports 506, while Broncos v Roosters tonight (7.45pm AEST kickoff) will be shown on Fox Sports 507. Sunday’s game between Sharks and Raiders (1.50pm AEST kickoff) will be shown on Fox Sports 506.

[nzwarrior51]

Are commentators going to be doubling up games?

[foxyrover]

Make sure to get caps someone of these new ‘watermarks’. I’m out so can’t.

[Bort]

@nzwarrior51

Are commentators going to be doubling up games?

Titans/Cowboys was Matt Russell with Corey Parker and Jo Barrett

Knights/Dragons is Ben Homer with Sam Bremner and Jake Duke

[nzwarrior51]

Matt Russell doubled up with calling NRL as well