BBC to show live coverage of 2013 Rugby League World Cup

[TRF_Cymro]

BBC Sport will show live coverage of the 2013 and 2017 Rugby League World Cups and the 2014 and 2016 Four Nations tournaments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22090001​

 

[SelimNiai]

Sort of, BBC will show England in the RLWC.

 

[Amobokoboko]

I don't mind, free at last.

 

[Dan]

Good news for me, this means I can actually see some Rugby League and even better, in HD as well.

 

[Saints1]

Sort of, BBC will show England in the RLWC.

Quite.

The gloriously triumphant headline doesn't consider the fact that 75% of the games in this tournament are going to be shown by Premier Sports. This I have no problem with, but Virgin Media don't yet carry this channel and seemingly have no plans to do so at the moment.

Virgin is cheaper than Sky so a lot of people will be Virgin customers. For the RFL's sake, I hope a deal gets struck. But if it doesn't, I wouldn't be surprised. Because the RFL are that stupid.

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Uch ... Premier Sports really

They don't even do an online subscription package I can see of. Gutted.

 

[Saints1]

You're alright if you're with Sky. If however like me you aren't, I get no Championship RL, no NRL and it looks like I'll get no World Cup either. Grim.

And I don't necessarily blame Virgin either.