Rugby on UK Television 27th August to 3rd Sept

By Chris Gleadell
August 27 2004

Well we are almost there and the start to the new season really starts to hot up. The 'Battle of Britain' tonight then there are games from South Africa and New Zealand to whet the appetite while the Celtic League kicks off next Fiday with Ospreys v Munster.

19:00 Friday 27th August on BBC 2 Wales (Sky 961)
Llanelli Scarlets v Wasps LIVE

23:30 Friday 27th August on ITV1 Wales
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? - Gareth Edwards
(For access to ITV1 Wales in the rest of UK see below)

23:35 Friday 27th August on BBC 2
Llanelli Scarlets v Wasps Highlights

00:05 Saturday 28th August on BBC 2 Wales (Sky 961)
Llanelli Scarlets v Wasps Highlights

08:30 Saturday 28th August on Sky Sports 3
Taranaki v Bay of Plenty - LIVE - NZ NPC

14:00 Saturday 28th August on Sky Sports 3
Griquas v Western Province, Blue Bulls v Natal Sharks - LIVE - SA CC

18:00 Saturday 28th August on Sky Sports 3
Taranaki v Bay of Plenty - Repeat - NZ NPC

00:30 Sunday 29th August on Sky Sports 3
Griquas v Western Province, Blue Bulls v Natal Sharks - Repeat - SA CC

15:05 Sunday 29th August on ITV1 Wales
What's It All About, Alfie?
Profile of Gareth Thomas in Toulouse

17:32 Sunday 29th August on BBC Radio Wales (Sky 867)
The Final Curtain - Max Boyce talks to Wales David Watkins

22:30 Wednesday 1st September on S4C Digital (Sky 151)
Le Rygbi - French rugby magazine programme, in Welsh.

20:00 Thursday 2nd September on Sky Sports 1
The Rugby Club

23:00 Thursday 2nd September on Sky Sports 3
The Rugby Club

02:00 Friday 3rd September on Sky Sports 1
The Rugby Club

06:00 Friday 3rd September on Sky Sports 1
The Rugby Club

09:30 Friday 3rd September on Sky Sports 1
The Rugby Club

18:50 Friday 3rd September on BBC 2 Wales (Sky 961)
Ospreys v Munster - LIVE - CL

BRAODCAST NEWS

The SRU have finally signed a broadcast contract with Setanta and will be showing live rugby featuring Edinburgh, Borders and Glasgow in Celtic League action on Saturday afternoons. This will however be by subscription.

There are rumours that the new South African channel on Sky NSAT (Sky 837) may be showing rugby news and/or highlights at some time in the future. These are yet confirmed. Watch this space.

Sky have released their schedule for the opening four group rounds of the Heineken Cup.

ROUND 1
Fri, October 22
Llanelli Scarlets v Toulouse KO 7.30pm
Sat, October 23
Newport Gwent Dragons v Newcastle Falcons KO 1pm
Stade Francais v Gloucester KO 3pm
Munster v Harlequins KO 5.15pm
Sun, October 24
Glasgow v Northampton Saints KO 1pm
London Wasps v Biarritz Olympique KO 3pm

ROUND 2
Fri, October 29
Cardiff Blues v Stade Francais KO 7.30pm
Sat, October 30
Northampton Saints v Llanelli Scarlets KO 1pm
Biarritz Olympique v Leicester Tigers KO 3pm
Leinster v Bath KO 5.15pm
Sun, October 31
Edinburgh v Newport Gwent Dragons KO 1pm
Neath Swansea Ospreys v Munster KO 3pm

ROUND 3
Fri, December 3
Castres v Munster KO 7.30pm
Sat, December 4
Stade Francais v Ulster KO 1pm
Leinster v Bourgoin KO 5.15pm
Gloucester v Cardiff Blues KO 7.30pm
Sun, December 5
Glasgow v Llanellli Scarlets KO 1pm
London Wasps v Leicester Tigers KO 3pm

ROUND 4
Fri, December 10
Bourgoin v Leinster KO 7.30pm
Sat, December 11
Ulster v Stade Francais KO 1pm
Toulouse v Northampton KO 3pm
Munster v Castres KO 5.15pm
Sun, December 12
Llanelli Scarlets v Glasgow KO 1pm
Leicester Tigers v London Wasps KO 3pm

COMING UP ON SKY

Sat Sep 4 Northland v Taranaki SS3 08.30 NZ NPC
Sat Sep 4 Lions v Cheetahs SSX 16.00 CC
Sun Sep 5 Sale v Leicester SS2 12.00 ZP
Sun Sep 5 Worcesterv Newcastle SS2 15.30 ZP
Sat Sep 11 Wellington v Auckland SSX 08.30 NZ NPC
Sat Sep 11 Wasps v Sale SS2 14.30 ZP
Sat Sep 11 Match TBA SS3 19.00 CC
Sat Sep 18 Canterbury v Southland SS2 08.30 NZ NPC
Sat Sep 18 Northampton Saints v Gloucester SSX 14.30 ZP
Sat Sep 18 Match TBA SS3 19.00 CC
Sat Sep 25 North Harbour v Otago SS3 08.00 NZ NPC
Sat Sep 25 Harlequins v Bath SSX 14.30 ZP
Sat Sep 25 Match TBA SSX 17.00 CC

GETTING ITV1 WALES ON SKY

You can store ITV1 Wales simply using your Sky remote.

Press 'Services'
Press 'System Setup'
Press 'Add Channels'
Change Frequency to 10.832
Change Polarisation to H
Change Symbol Rate to 22.0
Change FEC to 5/6
Press 'Find Channels'
After several seconds a list of channels will appear.
Highlight ITV Wales then press yellow button to store.
Press 'Select' to confirm.

Now you can access ITV1 Wales at any time by selecting 'Services' then 'Other Channels'.
Simply highlight the channel press 'Select' and hey presto you're in!

Happy viewing.