Got to agree 100% on that, I watched the first episode of the snappily titled "the Matty Johns Show" and it was cringeworthy TV .... some of his Reg Reagan type characters are now just plain embarrassing. However there was five minutes of good tv though when they did the ridiculous "controversy corner " when some Journo badgered Willie Mason about his career ....Mason got quite angry and emotional about the bad press he got and the fact that none of his ex coaches speak to him....To which he replied "I dont speak to them either...they're just your coach not your best buddy."..I thought he came across really well in a situation that was quite provoking for him....

anyway other than that it was a shocking programme

not as shocking as boots n all or the superleague show but still some distance behind the footy show which I think is still very good..

rlhttp://www.sky.com/shop/tv/free-to-air-channels/rl

Im not worried about the channel switching to subscription before Friday. Its listed on Sky as free to air. Id be amazed if that turned it at such short notice. Then again, im amazed there has been no publicity about it.

True. But who do you contact? I have tried to find out from both NRL and Setanta. It looks to me though It like Setanta's old contract. The 3 games this weekend are the same timeslots Setanta had.

Have you tried the company that they appointed to sell the rights? I forget what they are called, but im sure they secured the NRL in USA deal and the world cup deals last year. IMG worldwide maybe?

I wouldn't know where to start to ask. Massive organisation!

Yeah, I know. Thats why I was leaving it to you

I have looked and cannot find a contact number for them but i would advise to contact either sky or virgin and they should have a contact number for the channel or ppoint you in the right direction to contact them.

They dont broadcast on Virgin so they wont have a number for them. And I doubt sky will bother to give you the info as they are only EPG partners.

Try giving setanta in dublin a ring.

Had an email from the NRL overnight who say they haven't done a deal for UK TV broadcast yet. So not sure what's going on.

It said "We haven’t agreed a deal as yet – the below (i.e what I asked about MSK) isn’t confirmed".

So not sure what's going on.

the channell itself is showing NRL Live when you scroll to the time.

I know it is. It all seems a bit low key though with no announcements from the NRL or anyone. We can only wait and see tomorrow.

fingers crossed

i was looking forward to watching it..had my breaky picked and everything

God knows whats going to happen then.

There better be an NRL game ready to watch when I get up tomorrow.

After seening the test card last week.

Maybe Setanta are going back to their roots and doing PPV for those in Ireland that down have Setanta Sports Ireland.

for those saying its too much messing around to got PPV it only takes a flick of a switch. Any adult channel cant switch you on in mins even in the days of analogue sat.

Ignore the Setanta PPV test card, (in my opinion) thats just something that goes back to when Setanta started as a Pay per View channel years ago.

And btw if nowt appears at 10am don't panic either. Channel 9 coverage in Australia only starts at 10:30am UK time and I'd be very surprised if they offered us locally based studio stuff. If nowt appears by 10:30am though, that equals a false dawn.