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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 999470" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>No, I think you are missing the point here. The UK is on the same time zone as South Africa (with a difference of 1 or 2 hours dependant on Daylight Savings). South Africa's boradcaster, Supersport, broadcasts to every country in Africa, including the islands in the Indian Ocean like Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Maldives and the Seychelles.</p><p></p><p>Supersport also has an agreement with Sky Sports UK and ITV, and that's why people in the UK more often get to see SH rugby with South African Commentators as their default commentary team.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there would have been an increase in viewership in many countries that doesn't currently play rugby, for their fans to watch rugby, and I am just like them, extremely grateful, as the highlights of the past decade reruns has become a bit tedious now. Live sport is just so much better than reruns.</p><p></p><p>Should SA return to play, in the next month, and there is still no rugby on in the UK, it would be very interesting to see the numbers of viewers watching the SA games, which would be between 15:00 and 21:00 in the UK, on a Friday and a Saturday, my guess is it would surpass the current NZ viewing numbers. </p><p></p><p>Time Zones, play more in the favour for SA than NZ and Australia. Not only the UK, but also Italy and France.</p><p></p><p>And based on what SARU said yesterday, it seems like there will be more of the same in 2021, with each country doing their own thing, with a cross-country playoff at the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 999470, member: 40658"] No, I think you are missing the point here. The UK is on the same time zone as South Africa (with a difference of 1 or 2 hours dependant on Daylight Savings). South Africa's boradcaster, Supersport, broadcasts to every country in Africa, including the islands in the Indian Ocean like Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Maldives and the Seychelles. Supersport also has an agreement with Sky Sports UK and ITV, and that's why people in the UK more often get to see SH rugby with South African Commentators as their default commentary team. I'm sure there would have been an increase in viewership in many countries that doesn't currently play rugby, for their fans to watch rugby, and I am just like them, extremely grateful, as the highlights of the past decade reruns has become a bit tedious now. Live sport is just so much better than reruns. Should SA return to play, in the next month, and there is still no rugby on in the UK, it would be very interesting to see the numbers of viewers watching the SA games, which would be between 15:00 and 21:00 in the UK, on a Friday and a Saturday, my guess is it would surpass the current NZ viewing numbers. Time Zones, play more in the favour for SA than NZ and Australia. Not only the UK, but also Italy and France. And based on what SARU said yesterday, it seems like there will be more of the same in 2021, with each country doing their own thing, with a cross-country playoff at the end. [/QUOTE]
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