Originally Posted by
DazloT
Any word on how to watch? Hoping they will have a streaming option for those of us outside Oz.
With my now lack of interest in Super Rugby I have signed up for the NRL's option "WatchNRL" (don't judge me, it's that or ice hockey\NFL ) and I'm impressed. I can watch all matches on demand or live and great quality on phone, computer or TV (with chromecast) and it's only available outside Aus, NZ and Pacific Islands i.e. reaching areas that may not have had any access at all and\or would have limited access (show only 1 game a week etc) if they sold the rights.
Super Rugby and Aviva premiership is available on one of the Canadian cable TV channel's online platform but our cable provider doesn't include access in their packages. And the games wouldn't be on at convenient times anyway.
I think it's been said before but this is where Rugby needs to pick up it's game, instead of selling all the rights to TV channels all over the world and limiting access, keep a hold of the digital rights and provide options in these non-core areas. I reckon viewership and revenue would be a lot more.
Hope the Minderoo team are thinking along the same lines.