It was an online-only (9Now + YouTube apparently?) thing last year, which they did for both the NRL Women’s seasons last year, used to go online on Thursdays - good news for the womens’ game if it’s going to be put on linear TV somewhere this year. [The late-2022 season episodes are still on 9Now if you want a peek of what it looked like then.]
I guess we’ll find out when exactly, closer to the start of the NRLW season which will likely be in July.
Strange to see no mention of 9Gem…
Probably something like 1pm Sunday - when the equivalent AFLW Women’s Footy Show airs in AFL states.
Sounds very possible if they’re not covering state football this year in that timeslot like they did last year. Especially given the QRL looks like they’ve moved all their games onto paid streaming instead of having one game on Nine a week.
Meaning they’ll probably do likewise for NSW Cup… the latter will still have their Saturday 1pm slot on Fox League though, as a prelude for a later Super Saturday game.
As Nine unveils its partner line-up to kick off the 2023 NRL season beginning this Thursday, March 2, partners will experience the full power of sports marketing by leveraging the huge opportunity across Nine’s unrivalled Total TV, Total Audio and Total Publishing assets.
In the biggest year ever for NRL on Nine, Wide World of Sports will take rugby league to new heights with over 140 games available free and live including NRL, NRLW, Men’s and Women’s State of Origin, the NRL Grand Final and every finals game. This coverage enables brands to connect with league fans across WWOS’s huge ecosystem of over 30 weeks of continuous content.
As the NRLW continues to grow, Nine remains the true home of the women’s game, alongside NRL fixtures – which will see the introduction of the Redcliffe Dolphins – Nine’s free and live coverage of the games will allow brands to connect with fans like never before.
“In 2023 we have taken the mega marketing platform that is WWOS to another level for our partners across our NRL ecosystem, providing them with access to an unrivalled Total TV, Total Audio and Total Publishing platform, to engage Footy fans and audiences. Our returning and new partners are testimony to the power and effectiveness of Nine and WWOS to deliver for brands,” said Matt Granger, Nine’s Director of Sales – Sport.
Harvey Norman, Telstra, Sportsbet and McDonalds have returned as Full Season Partners, each leveraging the breadth of Nine’s NRL content ecosystem.
Chemist Warehouse, Kia, Gulf Western Oil, Isuzu Utes,Stan,Tradie and RAM Trucks are also returning as sponsors, while a number of new partner brands including Westpac, Youi and DoorDash have partnered with Nine’s footy in 2023.
NRL on Nine provides brands with a platform to connect with rugby league fans through a 24/7 ecosystem that includes extra 9Now programming – such as documentary series All the Way: Panthers’ Title Defence – podcasts through 9Podcasts and a Total Audio proposition through WWOS Continuous Call Team, as well as powerful opportunities through Total Publishing.
“Nine’s cross-media NRL content offering connects brands with millions of Aussie fans, year after year; footy fans who are passionate, highly engaged, have money to spend, and immerse themselves in premium footy content week after week across the full NRL season,” said Anne Gruber, Nine’s Head of Content Partnerships.
“This year, with the help of Powered, Nine’s marketing solutions division, returning and new brand partners have the opportunity to develop big ideas, underpinned by Australia’s best NRL content spanning our total television, total publishing and total audio touchpoints. From the main game to the experts and the entertainers, Nine provide marketers with an unrivalled platform to tell their story.”
Westpac is really getting involved in sponsoring NRL coverage on both Nine and Foxtel, as the official bank and partner of the NRL (which was announced on October 28 last year). Just as National Australia Bank is the official partner of the AFL.
The electric Eels battle a Storm front, the premiership-winning Panthers ride the bucking Broncos, and the Dolphins make their NRL debut: in a blockbuster opening round of the footy season on Channel 9 and 9Now from Thursday at 7.30pm AEDT.
In the biggest season of free-to-air rugby league coverage in the game’s history, Nine’s Wide World of Sports will broadcast a mammoth Round 1 of NRL on Nine.
First up is Thursday Night Footy with the Eels out to put a painful Grand Final loss behind them against the always ominous Melbourne Storm. The box-office match-up between playmakers Mitchell Moses and Cameron Munster is worth the price of admission alone.
In the pre-game coverage, Storm legend Billy Slater sits down with Munster for a revealing interview following his long-term commitment to the club. Melbourne viewers can watch the Storm begin their 2023 premiership pursuit live on Channel 9.
On Friday Night Footy there’ll be fireworks at the foot of the mountains between the Panthers and Broncos.
Sparks have been flying in the build-up with players trading barbs in the press. However, the calmness and poise of gun halfbacks Nathan Cleary and Adam Reynolds holds the key to victory in this absorbing shootout.
Straight after the game Wide World of Sports will present a special behind-the-scenes account of Penrith’s 2022 premiership victory in All the Way: Panthers’ Title Defence.
NRL history will be made on Sunday Arvo Footy when the Redcliffe Dolphins make their premiership debut against the Roosters at Suncorp Stadium, live on Channel 9.
Under the guidance of supercoach Wayne Bennett the Dolphins might be capable of anything in their first season. But they face a brutal initiation against a star-studded Roosters side featuring Kangaroos captain James Tedesco and new buy Brandon Smith, the cult hero recruited from the Storm.
NRL on Nine will celebrate the arrival of the Dolphins with the Sunday Footy Show going live from Suncorp Stadium straight after Sports Sunday at 10.00am AEDT.
Nine’s unrivalled NRL commentary team features rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns, premiership-winning captains Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Brad Fittler, Paul Vautin, Paul Gallen, Darren Lockyer, and multiple premiership winners Billy Slater, Sonny Bill Williams and Phil Gould AM, providing the best insight and analysis in the game.
Host James Bracey will have all the angles covered with Danika Mason, Emma Lawrence, Ruan Sims and Allana Ferguson while Mat Thompson and Peter Psaltis will call the action.
New member of the team, NRLW Premiership and Women’s State of Origin winner Millie Boyle will join the Thursday Night Footy panel for Eels v Storm.
NRL TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP 2023 ROUND 1
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD OR TO STREAM ON 9NOW
Thursday, March 2
KIA THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTY – EELS v STORM, LIVE from CommBank Stadium
Host and commentators: Host: James Bracey. Commentary: Andrew Johns, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and Mat Thompson. Sideline: Brad Fittler and Danika Mason. Millie Boyle makes her commentary debut.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Friday March 3
MACCA’S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTY – PANTHERS v BRONCOS, LIVE from BlueBet Stadium.
Host and commentators: Host: James Bracey. Commentary: Andrew Johns, Phil Gould, Paul Gallen, Johnathan Thurston and Mat Thompson. Sideline: Brad Fittler and Danika Mason.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Sunday, March 5
CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SUNDAY ARVO FOOTY – DOLPHINS v ROOSTERS, LIVE from Suncorp Stadium
Host and commentators: Host: Danika Mason. Commentators: Cameron Smith, Paul Vautin, Darren Lockyer, Peter Psaltis and Allana Ferguson. Sideline: Brad Fittler and Emma Lawrence.
Sydney 3.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 2.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 3.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 2.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 12.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
THIS WEEK: NRL ON NINE
THE BILLY SLATER PODCAST
New for 2023, get the hot take on the latest round from the greatest fullback ever to play the game: current Queensland Origin coach Billy Slater, with host Mark Levy. Listen here.
SIX TACKLES WITH GUS
Phil “Gus” Gould sits down with Mat Thompson every week to give a sermon like no other on the greatest game of all. Available on all podcast platforms or to watch online.
FREDDY AND THE EIGHTH on 9NOW
Prepare for a wild dive into the weird and wonderful world of rugby league with the eighth Immortal Andrew Johns and NRL legend Brad Fittler every week of the NRL season on 9Now, to watch online or as a podcast (New for 2023).
IMMORTAL BEHAVIOR on 9NOW
Andrew Johns is joined weekly by Danika Mason to look at what’s shaping the NRL landscape through the unique lens of the eighth Immortal. Now available as a podcast.
THE SUNDAY FOOTY SHOW – Sunday, March 5, from 11.00am AEDT
Celebrating its 30th year on-air, the Sunday Footy Show will kick off live from Suncorp Stadium. Host Danika Mason has Andrew Johns, Billy Slater and Brad Fittler in tow to cover all the action throughout the competition rounds and finals, dissecting all the news and big issues every week.
100% FOOTY – Monday, March 6, from 10.30pm AEDT
The best news show in rugby league returns to Monday nights on Channel 9 with the strongest opinions from the people who count. Phil Gould and Paul Gallen will square off on the hot topics while Danny Weidler delivers breaking news and host James Bracey keeps it all under control.
So if McDonald’s sponsors Nine’s coverage, and KFC is the match night sponsor, whose logo will be superimposed on the field?
I’m pretty sure It will be KFC.
KFmC
Thanks for the caps!
Interesting that they used the Nine News ‘location’ graphic with ‘Redcliffe’ text where Sam Thaiday is at the Dolphins club.
no post game from nine
Because it finished at a few minutes after 6pm, and went straight into the news. Will happen to a most of the Sunday Afternoon matches.
That’s normal.
The Bunnies hop out west to put the premiers to the test, Queensland stages a derby delight and the Tigers return to their spiritual home for a tasty Round 2 in NRL on Nine, starting Thursday night at 7.30pm AEDT on Channel 9 and 9Now.
After falling agonisingly short of premiership glory for five seasons, Latrell Mitchell’s Rabbitohs are out to get one back on the premiership-winning Panthers when they roll into Penrith for Thursday Night Footy.
The Panthers stumbled to a one-point defeat in Round 1 and face a South Sydney Rabbitohs side growing in confidence that their last two heartbreaking defeats in finals at the hands of the reigning premiers will not be “three-peated” in 2023.
Can Panthers superstar halfback Nathan Cleary guide them home or will Glory Glory to South Sydney be the tune booming out at full-time?
On Friday Night Footy we’ll see who rides highest in the Sunshine State saddle when the Queensland Derby pits the Brisbane Broncos against the North Queensland Cowboys. After developing into the most closely fought club rivalry of the past decade, this fixture always delivers a finals-type intensity.
The Broncos bring good vibes to the clash after upsetting the Panthers and welcome young gun fullback Reece Walsh into their lineup – his first appearance for the club.
The Cowboys, prizing their status as Queensland’s top NRL club, bring key internationals Valentine Holmes, Jason Taumalolo and Reuben Cotter to this buster of a muster in Brisbane.
Sunday Arvo Footy takes us into the heart of tiger town, Leichhardt Oval, for the Wests Tigers v Newcastle Knights clash.
A packed out Leichhardt Oval hill on a Sunday afternoon sets a fitting scene for the new Tim Sheens-Benji Marshall era of coaching to record its first win.
However, Knights recruit Jackson Hastings, the former Tiger, has other plans, hatched with his new halves partner Kalyn Ponga, to spoil the party for the Balmain faithful.
Nine’s unrivalled NRL commentary team features rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns, premiership-winning captains Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Brad Fittler, Paul Vautin, Paul Gallen, Darren Lockyer, and multiple premiership winners Billy Slater, Sonny Bill Williams and Phil Gould AM, providing the best insight and analysis in the game.Host James Bracey will have all the angles covered with Danika Mason, Emma Lawrence, Ruan Sims, Millie Boyle and Allana Ferguson while Mat Thompson and Peter Psaltis will call the action.
NRL TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP 2023 ROUND 2
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD OR TO STREAM ON 9NOW
Thursday, March 9
KIA THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTY – PANTHERS v RABBITOHS, LIVE from BlueBet Stadium.
Host and commentators: Host James Bracey. Commentators: Andrew Johns, Billy Slater, Paul Gallen, Mat Thompson and Allana Ferguson. Sideline: Brad Fittler and Danika Mason.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Friday, March 10
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTY – BRONCOS v COWBOYS, LIVE from Suncorp Stadium.
Host and commentators: Host James Bracey. Sideline: Cameron Smith, Paul Vautin, Darren Lockyer, Brad Fittler and Peter Psaltis. Sideline: Johnathan Thurston and Danika Mason.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Sunday, March 12
CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SUNDAY ARVO FOOTY – TIGERS v KNIGHTS, LIVE from Leichhardt Oval.
Host and commentators: Host Danika Mason. Commentators: Andrew Johns, Phil Gould, Billy Slater, Ruan Sims and Mat Thompson. Sideline: Brad Fittler and Emma Lawrence.
Sydney 3.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 2.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 3.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 2.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 12.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
THIS WEEK: NRL ON NINE
THE BILLY SLATER PODCAST
Watch the latest episode here on 9Now
New for 2023, get the hot take on the latest round from the greatest fullback ever to play the game: current Queensland Origin coach Billy Slater, with host Mark Levy. Listen here.
SIX TACKLES WITH GUS
Watch the latest episode here on 9Now
Phil “Gus” Gould sits down with Mat Thompson every week to give a sermon like no other on the greatest game of all. Available on all podcast platforms or to watch online.
FREDDY AND THE EIGHTH on 9NOW
Watch the latest episode here on 9Now
Prepare for a wild dive into the weird and wonderful world of rugby league with the eighth Immortal Andrew Johns and NRL legend Brad Fittler every week of the NRL season on 9Now, to watch online or as a podcast (New for 2023).
IMMORTAL BEHAVIOR
Andrew Johns is joined weekly by Danika Mason to look at what’s shaping the NRL landscape through the unique lens of the eighth Immortal. Now available as a podcast or watch on YouTube.
THE SUNDAY FOOTY SHOW – Sunday, March 12, from 11.00am AEDT
Host Danika Mason has Andrew Johns, Billy Slater and Brad Fittler in tow to dissect all the news and big issues of the round so far. Feature story and news updates from Ruan Sims and Emma Lawrence.
100% FOOTY – Monday, March 13, from 10.30pm AEDT
The strongest opinions from the people who count. Phil Gould and Paul Gallen will square off on the hot topics while Michael Chammas delivers breaking news and host James Bracey keeps it all under control.
NRL ON NINE ROUND 2
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD AND 9NOW
FROM THURSDAY, MARCH 9, at 7.30PM AEDT
Here we go again! It’s Manly and Parra, a bitter club rivalry on Friday night and the Bulldogs back home at Belmore – making for a magnificent NRL Multicultural Round on Channel 9 and 9Now from Thursday at 7.30pm.
The biggest rivalry in the game fires up Friday Night Footy when the Roosters and Rabbitohs write another chapter in their never-ending book of feuds.
If their last outing is anything to go by, seven sin bins in a brutal and spiteful 2022 finals encounter, the fireworks will light up Allianz Stadium when these two teams collide.
Latrell Mitchell and his Rabbitohs will be wary of a Roosters bounce-back led by James Tedesco and returning firebrands Victor Radley and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, after winning only one of their past six games against their most hated crosstown rivals.
Thursday Night Footy begins NRL Round 3 with a rivalry born out of the 1970s, when the winless Eels travel to 4 Pines Park to take on the Sea Eagles.
Coming off a bye, the Sea Eagles will be turbocharged by Tom Trbojevic and Daly Cherry-Evans after a dominant win at home in Round 1. But they have to contend with an Eels side under heavy pressure to get two competition points.
Eels Origin forward Junior Paulo will be taking no prisoners up front, while halfback Mitchell Moses, who has never tasted victory at 4 Pines Park, needs a star performance to ignite Parramatta’s season.
Multicultural Round continues on Sunday Arvo Footy when the Bulldogs face the Tigers at Belmore Sports Ground in the heart of Sydney’s west.
Big-name Bulldogs signings Viliame Kikau and Reed Mahoney, plus the biggest boot in the game, Matt Burton, and the fast feet of the fox, Josh Addo-Carr, have put the bark back in the Dogs who will be out to please their loyal fans at their old home ground.
The disappointing Tigers have lacked cohesion and need playmakers Adam Douehi and Api Koroisau to bring their new style of attack to life. Interestingly, the Wests Tigers will be playing at Belmore for the first time, while the Bulldogs have only won one of their past nine games there.
Nine’s unrivalled NRL commentary team features rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns, premiership-winning captains Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Brad Fittler, Paul Gallen, Darren Lockyer, and multiple premiership winners Billy Slater, Sonny Bill Williams and Phil Gould AM, providing the best insight and analysis in the game.
Host James Bracey will have all the angles covered this week with Danika Mason and Emma Lawrence, while Mat Thompson and Peter Psaltis will call the action.
NRL TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP 2023 ROUND3
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD OR TO STREAM ON 9NOW
Thursday, March 16
KIA THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTY – SEA EAGLES V EELS, LIVE from 4 Pines Park Stadium.
Host and commentators: Host James Bracey. Commentators: Andrew Johns, Phil Gould, Cameron Smith, Paul Gallen and Mat Thompson.
Sideline: Brad Fittler and Danika Mason.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Friday, March 17
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTY – ROOSTERS v RABBITOHS, LIVE from Allianz Stadium.
Host and commentators: Host James Bracey. Commentators: Andrew Johns, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thuston and Mat Thompson.
Sideline: Brad Fittler and Danika Mason.
Sydney 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 6.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD, 7.00pm on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Sunday, March 19
CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SUNDAY ARVO FOOTY – BULLDOGS v TIGERS,
LIVE from Belmore Sports Ground.
Host and commentators: Host Danika Mason. Commentators: Andrew Johns, Sonny Bill Williams, Billy Slater, Brad Fittler and Peter Psaltis.
Sideline: Emma Lawrence.
Sydney 3.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Brisbane 2.00pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 3.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 2.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 12.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
THIS WEEK: NRL ON NINE
THE BILLY SLATER PODCAST
Get the hot take on the latest round from the greatest fullback ever to play the game: current Queensland Origin coach Billy Slater, with host Mark Levy. Listen here.
SIX TACKLES WITH GUS
Phil “Gus” Gould sits down with Mat Thompson every week to give a sermon like no other on the greatest game of all. Available on all podcast platforms or to watch online.
FREDDY AND THE EIGHTH on 9NOW
Prepare for a wild dive into the weird and wonderful world of rugby league with the eighth Immortal Andrew Johns and NRL legend Brad Fittler. Available on 9Now, to watch online or as a podcast.
IMMORTAL BEHAVIOR on 9NOW
Andrew Johns is joined weekly by Danika Mason to look at what’s shaping the NRL landscape through his unique lens. Now available as a podcast.
THE SUNDAY FOOTY SHOW – Sunday, March 19, from 11.00am AEDT
Host Danika Mason has Andrew Johns, Billy Slater and Brad Fittler in tow to dissect all the news and big issues of the round so far. Feature story and news updates from Ruan Sims and Emma Lawrence.
100% FOOTY – Monday, March 20, from 10.30pm AEDT
The strongest opinions from the people who count. Phil Gould and Paul Gallen will square off on the hot topics while Danny Weidler delivers breaking news and host James Bracey keeps it all under control.
NRL ON NINE: MULTICULTURAL ROUND
LIVE AND FREE ON CHANNEL 9HD AND 9NOW
FROM THURSDAY, MARCH 16, at 7.30PM AEDT
These artworks promoting Nine’s NRL coverage this year are brilliant. I wonder who made them?
Dolphin’s first game
