Tanya Arnold on ‘huge’ BBC deal, potential audience & end of Super League Show

[the pieman]

Who made the decision for BBC to show at 1730 on Saturday and clash with Sky Sports showing the Premier League?

prime time Saturday night on free to air TV, and yet we still complain

Welcome to the world of rugby league fans! If we're not complaining about the administrators, the refs, the commentators, the opposition, etc etc, then we complain about those who are complaining . . . says he, looking in the mirror

[josie andrews]

prime time Saturday night on free to air TV, and yet we still complain

Welcome to the world of rugby league fans! If we're not complaining about the administrators, the refs, the commentators, the opposition, etc etc, then we complain about those who are complaining . . . says he, looking in the mirror

[moto748]

I liked C4's coverage too, but the BBC has a much bigger potential audience than Channel Four.

[Firestarter]

One thing ill never complain about is more RL on tv.Good or bad coverage its still a far better game to watch than football

[moto748]

Don't like the idea of losing the Superleague Show, though, poor as it was. So now rugby league has no regular highlights show on terrestrial TV, unlike football and rugby union. Not everyone has access to the web-site.

[the pieman]

i think a good start for the BBC coverage yesterday

nice bit of build up and post match. Not the coverage of the CC in the 80s/90s when Steve "rugby league" ryder couldnt wait get it off the box, and we were cut short cos of horse racing, tiddly winks, football ht scores and anything else they could interrupt the coverage with

There was also a prime time advert on BBC 1 last night (8-10pm) for the WCC next Saturday, so positive start and looking forwards to watching a game on BBC every Saturday tea time now