Ireland take on Italy in the Six Nations on Saturday night, but the game will be shown live only on ESPN HD.
Unless you’ve got the ESPN HD package, you won’t be watching this year’s Six Nations live from the comfort of your own home.
ESPN won the rights to this year’s championship from Setanta Sports, and the channel have have revealed that they will be showing all 15 tournament games live – but on their High Definition channel.
Fans with just the basic Foxtel package will still be able to see full highlights of the games the following day.
ESPN HD Six Nations Schedule ::
Sunday, February 14
LIVE 12.52am :: Wales v Scotland :: replayed at 10am and 5pm
LIVE 3.22am: France V Ireland :: replayed at 7pm
Monday, February 15
LIVE 1.22am :: Italy V England :: replayed at 9am and 10pm
Saturday, February 27
LIVE 6.52am :: Wales V France :: replayed at 12.30pm and 8pm
Sunday, February 28
LIVE at 12.22am :: Italy V Scotland :: replayed at 10pm
LIVE at 2.52am :: England V Ireland :: replayed at 8pm
Sunday, March 14
LIVE 1.22am :: Ireland V Wales :: replayed at 11am
LIVE 3.52am :: Scotland V England
Monday, March 15
LIVE 12.22am :: France v Italy :: replayed at 8pm
Sunday, March 21
LIVE 1.22am :: Wales V Italy :: replayed at 6pm
LIVE 3.52am :: Ireland V Scotland :: replayed at 8pm
LIVE 6.37am :: France V England :: replayed at 10pm
ESPN same-day coverage schedule ::
Sunday, February 7
3pm :: Ireland V Italy :: replayed at 8pm
5pm :: England V Wales :: replayed at 10pm
Monday, February 8
4.30pm :: Scotland V France :: replayed at 2am
Sunday, February 14
3pm :: Wales v Scotland
5pm :: France V Ireland
Monday, February 15
3pm :: Italy V England :: replayed at 10pm
Saturday, February 27
11am :: Wales V France :: replayed at 10pm
Sunday, February 28
3pm :: Italy V Scotland :: replayed at 8pm
5pm: England V Ireland
Sunday, March 14
3pm :: Ireland V Wales
5pm :: Scotland V England
Monday, March 15
4.30pm :: France v Italy :: replayed at 10pm
Sunday, March 21
4pm :: Wales V Italy
6pm :: Ireland V Scotland
8pm :: France V England
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February 4th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
That’s a disgrace.
Everyone should complain. What’s their point with this, encourage everyone to go out and buy a more expensive TV? ESPN are a bunch of American s**theads.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:36 am
I agree with Nickie……..a disgrace! Foxtel HD is very poor and to have to upgrade just to watch 5 Rugby matches a year is pathetic. Stupid yanks need to pull there heads in from sports they don’t even understand!
February 13th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Blame Foxtel as well as ESPN. I cancelled my Foxtel subscription on this decision alone
February 26th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I would be happy to pay for espn only or to pay to wiew the 6 nations only but I am not interested in paying for Foxtel.