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Seven secures Rugby League World Cup 2017

Seven outbids Nine and FOX Sports for the Rugby League World Cup in Australia in 2017.

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Seven has secured the broadcast rights for the Rugby League World Cup in Australia in 2017.

Seven reportedly paid almost $10 million for the rights. The tournament will be played over five weeks starting in the last weekend of October.

Seven will show the big matches on their primary channel and minor games on 7mate.

The rights were owned by the International Rugby League Federation and sold to IMG to carry out a tender process with Australia’s TV networks and world broadcasters.

World Cup tournament director Michael Brown told News Corp, “We spoke to our partners at Nine and Fox Sports but we always knew Seven wanted it.

“It was a tender process and they were the keenest.”

Corrected.

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  4. Do you think 7 could turn 7mate into a 24/7 sports channel? After all, they have a fair % of FTA sport these days. Glad that this agreement sounds like they are showing every match live.

  6. Why do networks grab sports they know nothing about. The viewer doesnt get the commentators they are used to….. It’s just silly in my view.
    And 10 million for an “SD” broadcast (if that is correct laurie) seems a lot. Are Channel 7 not planning on have their main channel is HD till after 2017?

    1. England has Wayne Bennett as coach so if i was NZ or Australian fan, i wouldn’t be booking my tickets just yet. Some of the pacific nations may surprise too as they have a lot of good players.

  8. Your headline in Wrong. Seven has not scored the rugby World Cup rights, it has scored the rugby league rights. They are completely different sports.

      1. Actually they are completely different. League is generally entertaining for a start. Union is overly technical and boring. And look at the ratings for the 2 sports. With the exception of world cups and some tests, there is limited interest in Union. League rates week after week and origin and grand finals are in the top 5 rating sports coverages every year.

        1. Your citing opinion as fact?

          Like or not, the two sports are quite similar. Indeed one grew out of a dispute between factions of the other. Both are more similar to each other than other football codes, let alone cricket or golf.

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