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Wallabies live, uninterrupted
From staff writers
October 12, 2006
FOX Sports will broadcast 14 rugby Tests from the northern hemisphere next month, including live and uninterrupted coverage of Australia's internationals against Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland.
The coverage will also include Tests involving New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and the Pacific Islands side.
Fox Sports has confirmed its ongoing commitment to rugby, which has seen the network broadcast nationwide live and uninterrupted coverage of every Wallabies match this.
Rugby fans have responded to the Fox Sports coverage, making the Bledisloe Cup Test in Brisbane the biggest ever audience for a rugby match on pay television.
"The level of rugby coverage provided by Fox Sports reached a new benchmark this year, with every Test broadcast live around Australia as well as comprehensive pre-match and post-match analysis," Australian Rugby Union chief executive Gary Flowers said today.
"When you combine Fox Sports' coverage of 14 Tests in November, with the free-to-air coverage announced today by Network 10, rugby fans will have a smorgasboard of Test rugby to sink their teeth into."
Ten meanwhile announced live national coverage, with advert breaks, of the Wallabies' Test against Ireland, with the Wales and Italy matches shown on delay in Perth.
Ten will also show the Scotland Test live in Sydney and Melbourne, with a delayed broadcast in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth to allow coverage of the V8 Supercars.
Fox Sports' Test coverage in November.
All matches live and uninterrupted nationwide
5 November: Wales v Australia, 1.30am (AEDT)
12 November: Italy v Australia, 1am (AEDT)
12 November: Ireland v South Africa, 4am (AEDT)
12 November: France v New Zealand, 6am (AEDT)
12 November: Wales v Pacific Islands, delay, 8am (AEDT)
19 November: Scotland v Pacific Islands, 1.30am (AEDT)
19 November: Italy v Argentina, delay, 3.30am (AEDT)
19 November: France v New Zealand, 6am (AEDT)
20 November: Ireland v Australia 3am (AEDT)
26 November: Scotland v Australia, 1.30am (AEDT)
26 November: Wales v New Zealand, 4am (AEDT)
26 November: France v Argentina, delay, 6am (AEDT)
26 November: Italy v Canada, delay, 7.30am (AEDT)
27 November: Ireland v Pacific Islands, 1.30am (AEDT)