Welsh 'derby' to air in 30 countries...

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http://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/crusaders-v-scorpions-to-be.html

Wales Rugby League's General Manager Mark Rowley is delighted that Easter Monday's massive North Wales Crusaders v South Wales Scorpions encounter is to be screened in over 30 countries around the world.

It is being beamed live into Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand via their sister company Setanta with an afternoon repeat the next day (Tuesday).

The same network will show the game in full but delayed in the African countries of South Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe with the show starting at 11.30pm SAST.

[Farmduck]

If this game can rate well in Burkina Faso I reckon there'll be no stopping Welsh Rugby League!!!

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(04-04-2012 12:53 PM)Farmduck Wrote:  If this game can rate well in Wales I reckon there'll be no stopping Welsh Rugby League!!!

Edited for accuracy.

[Gateaux]

Shame they aren't showing it in Wales!

[Farmduck]

Fans in Burkina Faso can't wait for the live telecast of the Welsh derby

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Does the NRL get aired in Burkina Faso?

[Farmduck]

Well I think it gets the same viewing numbers as the Sth Wales Scorpions.

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It's expansion!!

[The Swede]

(04-04-2012 01:10 PM)Gateaux Wrote:  Shame they aren't showing it in Wales!

That's what I was thinking, haha!

Surely to Jesus they are...

[Gateaux]

(04-04-2012 01:41 PM)Saint Until I Die Wrote:  

(04-04-2012 01:10 PM)Gateaux Wrote:  Shame they aren't showing it in Wales!

That's what I was thinking, haha!

Surely to Jesus they are...

Would seem counter productive not to. Getting people in other countries watching the sport is great but it's people in Wales who will actually be potential paying fans