FOX wins rights to Rugby League World Cup
May 8, 2008
Leading Pay-TV broadcaster FOX Sports has today won the rights to broadcast the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, starting in October this year.
FOX Sports has continued to impress in recent years as their Rugby League coverage has continually grown and is well led by lead commentator Warren Smith, who easily out-points his rivals at Channel 9 and has quickly developed a strong following in the Rugby League community.
“Rugby League transmission on Fox Sports is market leading and the addition of the World Cup programming is fantastic for the fans,” Fox Sports chief executive David Malone said.
“Fox Sports has had a long association with rugby league and this win ensures our viewers get additional coverage on our service this year”
Fox will screen 9 live World Cup games and has also confirmed delayed rights for all group games.
The Rugby World Cup kicks off on October 25, with Fox Sports to broadcast its live match, the fixture between Scotland and France, on October 26.
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- Guest_4448 : The solution is simple for Origin accountability. Make both NSW and Qld selectors redundant. There should only be one selector for both Origin teams and it's called the coach. Anything more is an extravant waste of resources, time and the fans bloody money. Sack the lot of them now
- Mr Akuma : Happy, if you picked the same as cbm I suggest you rethink this round. And Mocco, choosing Dragons? At least someone did! This rd: Eagles, Knights, Raiders, Eels & Rabbitohs.
- Mocco : wadey, Gallen is a really good player but loses his head sometimes at critical times in matches, with dumb penalties and cheap shots. A big put off is his incessant raising of the arms at dummy half and the "Geoff Toovey" whinging.
- Mocco : Eagles, Dragons, Storm Eels and Rabbits are my tips.
- Happy Dragon : Gee I've tipped the same as cbm, does that mean I'm onto a good thing?
- crystal ball man : My tips for Round 17: Eagles, Eels, Souths, Knights, Storm. good luck to all.
- Happy Dragon : This wk my tips r: Manly, Knights, Storm, Eels & Souths ( sorry hate ).
- Happy Dragon : That is a surprise about noddy, thought it would be gallen 4 sure? I knew ryles would be up there, that's not a surprise! Just read where gallen could lose captaincy, what does that tell u wadey???
- Happy Dragon : Hey wadey, gaz is out indefinite, ben creagh is out & now also coops, I'm glad I decided to tip knights! Big dell is back, but don't think he'll help that much, hopefully he doesn't get injured again?
- wadey : hey hate and happy think u would be suprised to no who has given the most penalties away this years is a shark but not gallen or bird, its noddy on 15, watmough 14, ryles 13. gallen and bird 7 each. i didnt think noddy was up there.
- wadey : i just read misi taulapapa got cleared of any wrong doin, i thought he would have got 4-5 weeks 4 that and im a shark suporter. does any one no who sits on the match review committee???? and is allan tounge out this week???
- wadey : hey happy is gaz playin this week or is he still out?? need 2 no 4 my tips
- wadey : dont get me started on willy he is the biggest girl in the game, u think his size u should break the line more, hey hate u bein a dog fan i can understand why your happy they got rid of him.
- hate qld : no worries bud ,broncos no way , go my wooden spoon bound bulldogs
- hate qld : his mouth opens and shit comes out,mate ive seen him at the airport,twoo little girls asked him for an autograph , he said geeeez ive done this a million times and walked away he sure knows how to win people over
- Griz : Mate I am off to bed, have to be up early in morning, talk tomorrow. Go the Broncos.
- Griz : He loves to talk it up, he has playe in 3 series for three losses. Tells us something
- hate qld : living in qld sorry i got the mason diseace foot in mouth lol
- hate qld : mason his mouth is hard them himself,then again he cant put two words together ,if he had a brain he would walk the streets lob sided
- Griz : Living is not Good??
- hate qld : mate they are looking good,but must cut out silly stuff,i still hate qld,and living is not good,
- Griz : I would love to play Mason, he is generally soft, a big hit on him and he goes missing like Jamie Lyons
- Griz : Sharks are a smokey for the NRL premiership, but cannot win the big games if meat heads the blues brothers (bird Gallen} persist in giving away penalties. Play gallen next year, another series for the maroons. Well at least he will make it easier for the Qlders to get back in the game. We didnt even play Inglis at 5/8 when prince was out for the game. Our best game breaker, my opinion is that he had to touch the ball the most often to give him opportunties. a little like Ricky ponting should ope
- hate qld : i didnt say he lost it for nsw but all im saying he does silly things,mtae he could cost the sharks that victory the club has been looking for ,mate that wont wash down with a lot of sharks supporters thats why im glad mason left our clubhes a dickhead.mate sbw can go as well,i would rather have three to four plyeras who will have a go,soory griz manson couldnt go passs the little blokes
- Griz : Gallen is a cheap shot merchant, you cannot afford to give away cheap penalties and allow monentum to change. I thought Willie played alright, run the ball hard. But again Gallen gave away soft penalties
- wadey : im glad he didnt he couldnt play any wosrt.
- wadey : hey hate not havin a go at u but 2 say gallen lost the game, come on
- hate qld : pearce didnt give away stupid penalties
- hate qld : no matter who was at half the qlders did their home work,
- wadey : because he is one of the best forwards in the game, thats why he plays for aust team. and if remeber i said greg bird had a shit game in game 2, but thats bein 1 eyed, and 2 say pearce play a good game u r kiddin yourself, name 1 kick he did that we had a chance of socrin off,
- hate qld : good comment happy dragon,ive even seen your comments here about your dragons ,you speak the truth,hope your dragons do well,my beloved bulldogsare heading for that wonderful wooden spoon,have a good night
- Happy Dragon : I'm with hate qld wadey, u do seem to b very one-eyed & hate any criticism towards the sharks? Gallon has been copping a bagging off everyone today, you're the only one that won't admit he's a meathead & that he did some stupid things! How he got the sharks captaincy is beyond me???
- hate qld : but gallon does a lot of stupid stuff,like i said b4 for a club captain,he does not lead by example.
- hate qld : true happy but i cant handle one eyed supporters,i call a spade a spade.ill even bag the bulldog players,the selecters are useless
- hate qld : wadey im not the idiot gallon is he got qld back in
- Happy Dragon : Hey guys, maybe we should be blaming the selectors, not individual players? They're the ones who didn't get it right by picking the wrong players! Maybe the selectors should be sacked along with a few players & start fresh next yr???
- hate qld : ur a pirate one eyed,you worst then qld supporters
- hate qld : so if pearce was in sharks jersey ,in your sharks eyes he would have had a good game,dont drink before you watch the next game
- hate qld : wadey you area clown stop watching the game in sharks colours wake up you bozo,after that drop kick gallon gave away that penalty what happen after that,that right qld went on with the job,gallon is as good as anasta,hyep he did get them back in watch the reply idiot
- wadey : did u watch the game???????????? ???????????????? ??????
- wadey : u r an idiot hate, gallen got qld back in the game ha ha ha. that lost us the game ha ha ha ha. pearce went well ha ha ha ha ha
- hate qld : wadey pearce went well,gallon did get qld back in the game,who did that stupid late tackle on JT .Paul gallon,they kicked a goal from there ,got a roll on,mate he does a lot of stupid things,remeber what he did against the titans,as a cpatain hes rubbish,mate he wont be selected again,even the qld supporters up here bagged him out all game,anasta was the one never passed the ball,pearce was nt nsw worst player,
- Mr Akuma : First off, I support NSW too. BUT come on matey's, QLD was just too gutsy last night. I mean if NSW couldn't post points during that late period of the first half when Qld lost their selected halfback, they didn't deserve to post any more points. That was just origin football at its purest form! A note to NSW origins sides Stop trying to milk penalties and play the game. In particular- Anasta! Play the game, NOT THE PAY-CHECK!!!
- wadey : all the NSW forwards played good not great but good game, if the halfs could get the ball 2 the backs more we would have won, bellamy has to go leavin brett stewett on the bench 4 60 mins, wonder why we didnt break there back line???
- wadey : griz, gallen cost the blues??? wat drugs r u on, besides qld forwards gallen was the best forward out there, he gave awy 1 pently 37 tackles and 18 hitups. when i played i was very mad at myself with stats like that, the backs cost us the game
- wadey : did any of u even watch the game, pearce is not a rep player, canot kick 2 save himself.
- hate qld : yep i always tip the ambulance around the race track lol,
- Griz : no probs, talk soon
- hate qld : good chat buudy ill have to go ,talk next time buddy
- Griz : good luck old mate, bulldogs and Nsw, do you back any winners
- hate qld : Griz not harsh,i know what K Moore is like ,if it wasnt for bullfrog he would not have got to where he is today
- Griz : we will wait and see
- hate qld : oh yeah daady frog got him there the buldogs have to letv got of the family name club tag and put someone who will guide the players in the right direction and get the best out of them,folkes shold be at centre link now and let moore take over and you will see how bad he is
- hate qld : qld have a few kiwis and a couple of nsw players in there already,yaeh why not have him,folau what a good qld and aussie name
- Griz : your a little harsh on an untried coach, give him 10 rounds. Isnt he a bullfrog relation as well
- Griz : is he a Qlder, is there any way we could qualify him for north of the border, I think he visited a mate while 5 years old in Brisbane and played a back yard game. Qualified
- hate qld : watch hinm improve under bennette , sdaly my beloved bulldogs can not and will not supply any state players for a while until they get a decent coach.K Moore is rubbish,he wasnt a halfbacks r sole at school
- Griz : Ben Creach is a great player, should be in a blue jersey
- hate qld : ben creach from rstgeorge is good,maitua if in from can be a good player,not all is lost for nsw,the selectors have to wake up and pick form players not "been ther and done that" attitude,
- hate qld : nsw does look good for the future ,wallace,pearce, mullen,T carney and campese doing battle for the six and seven jersey and dont forget,chris bailey,from the knights and jamie sowradis a slim cahnce ,but the others have a haed start on him,pearce took his spot at the roosters,gallon should go.tongue and watmough are good,wtamoght shold have played last night,ben greagh ,
- Griz : I agree, Pearce has a real future at that level. I thought he was better then Wallace, more creative. Next year as you say another half back
- NRL News : Sadly for NSW they play a different halfback every single year. If they picked someone and stuck with them, confidence and experience would prevail
- Griz : Gallen cost the blues, just very poor discipline. At this level, you cannot be a meat head. Have the selectors got it wrong?? Should they be sacked?? If so who do you hire for the job
- Griz : Pearce played well, a very good running game. I love my qlders, just to much fire power. How good is Irael. He is a super star. 4 straight here we come maybe 5 straight
- Guest_2219 : pearce played fine nothing great though although when he ran he gained sum precious metres, anasta really let them down i thought. do u think pearce will get a go next year? assuming hes playing well enough

Since Australia is the hosting nation I personally think that The channel 9msn
Should Broadcast the live telecast of the rugby World cup.
Also the channel 9 is also Ausralian Owned ……..
Owen Patiliu(jr)