Fox Sports’ Super Rugby score graphics have been tweaked to include club symbols:
I think this will also apply to NRL and AFL.
Talking about cuts at Fox Sport, this picture from today’s game at the Oval.
Fox Sports have approx 14people plus commentators; Seven have 5 people plus commentators.
Not that I want people out of jobs, but Fox sports has massive overheads with the amount of staff they have for tonight’s game.
Graphics still look bad.
Revised fixture for the women’s Olympic football qualifiers in Sydney this month:
The matches involving the Matildas will be shown live on Fox Sports and on delay on ABC.
Fox Sports News has cancelled Bill & Boz
The Cuts strike
A-League
A-League Rebel Play Football Round Triple Header Derby Weekend Live on Fox Sports
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MELBOURNE DERBY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AT 7.30PM
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SYDNEY DERBY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AT 5.00PM
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F3 DERBY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 4.00PM
Football fans are in for an explosive weekend of football in Round 18 of the A-League (rebel Play Football Round) with a triple-header of mouth-watering derbies this weekend, with FOX SPORTS, on Foxtel, showcasing every match LIVE and in HD with no ad-breaks during play with the best panel of expert commentators.
It all kicks off on Friday, February 7 with the final Melbourne Derby of the season as Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City lock horns at AAMI Park. Melbourne City will be looking to even the score with Victory claiming a 2-1 win in their last encounter. LIVE pre-game coverage begins at 7.00pm with kick off from 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505.
Host Tara Rushton alongside expert commentators Andy Harper and Mark Bosnich will call all of the action in-studio with Simon Hill, Robbie Slater and Archie Thompson on ground at AAMI Park.
On Saturday, February 8, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium lights up hosting its first Sydney Derby between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers. Mitch Duke’s goal sealed the 1-0 win over the reigning champions in their first meeting, leaving the season’s table leaders Sydney FC hungry for redemption. LIVE pre-game coverage begins at 4.30pm with kick off at 5.00pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505.
Adam Peacock will be in studio alongside Mark Bosnich and former Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque , and at Kogarah Tara Rushton joins Andy Harper and Brenton Speed.
The round concludes with Newcastle Jets hosting Central Coast Mariners at McDonald Jones Stadium for the F3 Derby, where both teams will be eager to claim bragging rights this time around after their first match resulted in a draw. LIVE pre-game coverage begins at 3.30pm with kick off at 4.00pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505.
Calling all of the action on the ground, Adam Peacock alongside Simon Hill, Andy Harper and Robbie Slater.
Not really a triple header as the matches take place on 3 different days! 
Fox Sports can’t afford to keep on air staff but are making offers to buy rights to niche sports. One minute they hate rugby now they’re trying to buy Shute Shield rights from state body and Seven.
The one and only game on Free to air would be on delay. Again, a stupid thing to do if this ever comes to pass.
Doubt the proposal will come to pass considering a) Seven have a deal with Club Rugby TV (the body who manages the shield rights) until 2024 and b) Rugby Australia wanting to include club rugby as part of the overall rugby rights package they’ll be putting to tender
I hope Fox don’t show every game!
As I film a fair few of the Two Blues Games for a company I contract for, so that would be a real shame 
So it appears this was part of a plan Fox had to secure the RA rights
The Australian is reporting tonight that Fox Sports is set to walk away from rugby union, ending a 25-year broadcasting partnership with Rugby Australia. The article is behind the paywall though.
Similar situation to NZ where fans who want to watch the Blackcaps play in summer from next summer will have to subscribe to Spark Sport NZ
Fox Sports is set to walk away from rugby union, ending a 25-year broadcasting partnership that began when the game turned professional.
Months of talks between Fox Sports and Rugby Australia came to a halt on Wednesday, and the struggling code will likely have to make a deal with Optus.
Sources revealed RA chief executive Raelene Castle and Foxtel boss Patrick Delaney have not spoken face to face in weeks, although emails had been traded.
Daily Tlegraph reporting tonight (probably for tomorrow’s paper) that Fox made what was effectively a $200m (for 5 years) bid last year and allegedly got no response from RA. (The SANZAR rights are done in USD, The package was a continuation of the previous~$125m USD deal)
Same article also claims Fox wanted to retain exclusivity over live Super Rugby
It’s a bit like the cricket deal. Fox walked away but managed to renegotiate with 7
This article makes clear Fox’s big problem - “they were incensed that RA didn’t accept their first offer”.
The arrogance is astounding. They also want exclusivity when RA want some games on free to air to help grow the game if at all possible. Hopefully for RA’s sake they come to some arrangement with Optus and Ten that will show you don’t need Fox for coverage.
Matildas Olympic Qualifiers
EVERY MATCH LIVE AND AD-BREAK FREE ON FOX SPORTS
Friday, February 7: Matildas v Chinese Taipei at 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 503
Monday, February 10: Matildas v Thailand at 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505
Thursday, February 13: Matildas v China at 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505
Set to be an action packed week of football as the Westfield Matildas kick off their campaign on home soil to reach the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. FOX SPORTS, on Foxtel, the home of the Matildas will showcase every Matildas’ Olympic Qualifier LIVE and in HD with no ad-breaks during play.
In the third round of qualification, sitting within Group B, the Matildas will face the three other teams in their group, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and China. The top two teams will advance to the final round of qualifiers to face the top two teams from Group A. The Matildas, after qualifying and going down to Brazil in a quarter-final penalty shootout at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will be hoping for another chance to wear the green and gold in Tokyo and join Australia’s U23 men’s Olyroos side who have already qualified.
Kicking off tomorrow (Friday, February 7) is the Matildas first group match against Chinese Taipei at Campbelltown Stadium. LIVE pre-game coverage begins at 7.00pm with kick off from 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 503.
Moving on to face Thailand on Monday (February 10), the Matildas are set to light up Bankwest Stadium once again, returning to the ground after drawing a record crowd attendance of 20,029 for their last friendly match against Chile in November. LIVE pre-game coverage begins at 7.00pm with kick off at 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505.
Their final group match sees the Matildas back at Campbelltown Stadium to go head-to-head against China on Thursday, February 13 with LIVE pre-game coverage from 7.00pm and kick off at 7.30pm AEDT on FOX SPORTS 505.