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Netball Australia yesterday released the international test series fixture for 2017. The Australian Diamonds will return to Brisbane for the first time in 8 years when they take on England on August 26 as part of the Quad Series. The Constellation Cup series against New Zealand in October will feature matches in Adelaide and Sydney. All matches involving the Diamonds will be shown live on 9Gem or Nine.

Suncorp Super Netball semi finals (all times AEST):
Saturday June 3
Major semi final: Melbourne Vixens v Sunshine Coast Lightning (Margaret Court Arena, 4pm)
Minor semi final: Giants Netball v Collingwood Magpies (State Sports Centre, Sydney Olympic Park, 7pm)
both matches live on 9Gem

According to Nine Network schedule thread, Nine has gained the rights to the soccer friendly between Brazil and Argentina at the MCG next Friday, June 9. By extension it should also air Brazilā€™s friendly against Australia at the same venue on June 13. A formal announcement is expected this week.

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Good news. Football on commercial free to air. At least itā€™s not on ABC who will no doubt stuff up the coverage again.

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Iā€™m guessing both games will air on 9Gem nationwide.

The games next week are on the main channel in Melbourne and Adelaide and will be on 9Go! elsewhere.

Any word if these Soccer matches are streamed live on the 9Now app?

I think 9 have had the rights to the mid year MCG friendlies for the last few years, although werenā€™t they previously club friendlies?

Nine showed the International Champions Cup at the MCG for the past two years, but they were club matches not one-off international friendlies.
It will be Nineā€™s biggest sporting week of the year:
Wednesday - AFL Footy Show
Thursday - live NRL, World Cup qualifier: Australia v Saudi Arabia on 9GO! (simulcast of Fox Sports telecast)
Friday - live NRL, Brazil v Argentina soccer friendly
Saturday - Suncorp Super Netball preliminary final on 9Gem
Sunday - live NRL
Tuesday - Australia v Brazil soccer friendly on 9GO!

BeIN Sports hold exclusive rights to the International Champions Cup this season. No matches on 9

Partly because the ICC wonā€™t be held in Australia this year, due to the two Brazil matches.

Ah, thatā€™s it, couldnā€™t remember what they actually were or if they had any meaning.

9Gem has NRL on Friday nights.

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Havenā€™t received anything from Nine about this yet so will just post the schedule

Thursday 8 June

SOCCEROOS - WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

The Socceroos Road to Russia continues when they host Saudi Arabia at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
07:30 PM on 9GO!

Adelaide
07:00 PM on 9GO!

Perth
05:30 PM on 9GO!

###2017 SUPER NETBALL FINALS

Nine began its official Suncorp Super Netball Finals countdown today, announcing it will broadcast the 2017 Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final - LIVE on Saturday June 17 from 7pm AEST on Channel Nine and 9Now.

Grand Final teams will be decided over the coming weeks as they battle it out in the Semi- Finals and Preliminary Final ā€“ beginning Saturday June 3 from 4pm AEST on 9GEM and 9Now.

Hosting all the Suncorp Super Netball finals action will be Clint Stanaway. He will be joined by an expert commentary team including Australian netball legends Liz Ellis, Anne Sargeant, Cath Cox, Sharelle McMahon and Sue Gaudion.

Courtside reporters will include Nine sports presenters Julie Snook, Tom Mitchell, Christine Ahern and Laura Spurway.

Nineā€™s Head of Netball, Keeley Devery, said: ā€œIt really has been an amazing first year of Suncorp Super netball. After 59 incredible matches to have the Grand Final in prime time on Channel Nine is the perfect result for the competition and for netball.ā€

Former Australian captain and Wide World of Sports commentator Liz Ellis said: ā€œFinals are what you dream of in pre-season, so for these athletes itā€™s a chance to show how good they really are, and whether they can make their dreams come true at the end of a breakout season for netball. The athletes are nervous and the commentators are excited!ā€
SUNCORP SUPER NETBALL will also be broadcast via Telstra TV and the Netball Live app.

Fans will get all the latest news at Netball news, highlights, replays & breaking headlines ā€“ Wide World of Sports and http://supernetball.com.au

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Even though the Adelaide Thunderbirds wonā€™t feature in the netball finals, itā€™s still disappointing for SA viewers not getting the grand final live on the main channel. It is straight forward to cut the news back to 30 minutes and show the GF from 6.30pm local time, against the AFL on Seven (Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions, live or delayed).

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Now, fingers crossed for the right commentators for the GF. Sue Gaudion and Liz Ellis, please. No Anne Sargeant!

Suncorp Super Netball preliminary final
Saturday June 10
Melbourne Vixens v Giants Netball (Hisense Arena, 7pm AEST) live on 9Gem

Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final
Saturday June 17
Sunshine Coast Lightning v Vixens or Giants (Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 7pm AEST) live on Nine/9Gem

Nine has gained the rights to the international soccer friendly between Australia and Brazil at the MCG next Tuesday (June 13). It will probably a simulcast of Fox Sports coverage. The match will be shown live on 9GO! around the country from 7.30pm AEST.

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Argentina vs Brazil will be live and exclusive to 9Go. It will be on 9 in Melbourne and Adelaide and on 9Go! in all other markets. No coverage on Fox Sports

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