Oz TV Reviews

Hong Kong 30th October 2010 It is time Channel 7 lost the rights to Rugby Union coverage. The final Bledisloe Cup game is played in Hong Kong today at 3:30PM Perth time, but despite having 3 different stations, Channel 7 choose to show the game at 1:25AM on Sunday morning, 10 hours after it was [...]

Rugby, Football, AFL, League, we got them all What a night for sport! I started with the Bledisloe Cup game from Sydney. A great competitive affair, with only one point separating the Wallabies and the All Blacks in the end. A really hard fought game from both sides. With New Zealand coming back from a [...]

South Africa 39 – Australia 41 – Bloemfontein South Africa 44 – Australia 31 – Pretoria What a game of Rugby! Well two games of Rugby. Both followed the same format, with Australia streaking ahead at the start then the Springboks pulling them back in. But a different result in each battle. South Africa were [...]

Christchurch New Zealand  7th August 2010 Well the good news for Perth viewers is that for once this game was shown live on Channel 7 in Perth at 3:00 in the afternoon. Great news for Rugby fans who don’t have insomnia. Sadly Australia went down once again, as expected, but put up a better fight [...]

Melbourne Saturday 31st July 2010 OK I’m going to start with my usual gripe about the Channel 7 Rugby coverage. This game was shown at five past midnight in Perth, over six hours after the game was played. I have complained to Channel 7 before about the timing of their Rugby coverage and their excuse [...]

South Africa 2010 Service has been severely interrupted by the World Cup. But here’s what has been happening. Well first and foremost we must praise SBS for their coverage of the event. I am so glad it did not go to any other network. Every game has been covered live, even using both SBS One [...]