@Canes4life said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@DurryMexted said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Is this not being aired on any NZ platform?
Nope, Sky Sport haven't picked it up.
Had a brief phone call with sky before the fella I was talking to said they had been inundated with requests about it and it will be now airing at 2am Sunday
@Grooter said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@Canes4life said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@DurryMexted said in All Blacks XV 2025:
Is this not being aired on any NZ platform?
Nope, Sky Sport haven't picked it up.
Had a brief phone call with sky before the fella I was talking to said they had been inundated with requests about it and it will be now airing at 2am Sunday
Sky seems to be running a model where they don't televise something unless their customers directly contact them about it. The same thing happened with the league Ashes, they weren't televising it, were getting queries about it, then NRL stepped in and broadcast it, then Sky got the rights (and I think the free NRL option disappeared).
A lot of times it will be about who has the local broadcasting rights, and how easy is it to get for NZ. Sky have shown games with much less interest for Kiwis.
@Bovidae said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Have you got the media info for the AB XV team announcement?
= NZ time Friday Oct 31 @ 6.30am
@Canes4life said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Nope, Sky Sport haven't picked it up.
Sky appear to have it now - from their channel guide -
All Blacks XV v Barbarians (G)
Sunday 2 November | 2:05 AM - 4:15 AM | Channel 52
This version of the team has little flags next to the players' names to show clearly how many Saffas are playing this weekend for the Boerbarians.
@Bones Brad Webber, Kieron Reed, Conrad Smyth and Greg Summerville all had to watch on with frustration as other players were awarded All Blacks caps ahead of them.
These days they have set up business together and all four are available as "All Blacks impersonators" for business and social functions in London and the Home Counties.
All Blacks XV match-day 23:
Xavier Numia
Jack Taylor
George Dyer
Josh Beehre
Caleb Delany
Kaylum Boshier
Dalton Papali’i
Devan Flanders
Xavier Roe
Josh Jacomb
Etene Nanai-Seturo
David Havilli
Daniel Rona
Caleb Tangitau
Jacob Ratumatavuki-Kneepkens
Bradley Slater
Josh Fusitua
Siale Lauaki
Jamie Hannah
Sean Withy
Kyle Preston
Rivez Reihana
Braydon Ennor
Sky have it now - from their channel guide -
All Blacks XV v Barbarians (G)
Sunday 2 November | 2:05 AM - 4:15 AM | Channel 52
I guess the All Blacks XV are going to run it from everywhere while the Boerbarians go from driving mauls.
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@jimmyb He is not there -
Caleb Delaney and Jamie Hannah were called up as injury replacements for Naitoa Ah Kuoi and Isaiah Walker Leawere
He’s in the original squad. Just double checked
@sparky said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
I guess the All Blacks XV are going to run it from everywhere while the Boerbarians go from driving mauls.
This will be a lot of players first taste against super rugby quality South Africans. It will be very interesting to see how it goes. It’s a big match, a bigger match than some think imo
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
There better be an absolutely outstanding reason CLW is not starting
My uso CLW will be involved in next weeks game, the only players in this weeks 23 who arrived later to the UK are Hannah & Ennor.
@Grooter said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
There better be an absolutely outstanding reason CLW is not starting
My uso CLW will be involved in next weeks game, the only players in this weeks 23 who arrived later to the UK are Hannah & Ennor.
Next week as in against Scotland for the All Blacks? He better be
This looks more like a B team in some positions. You would expect the strongest XV starts next game.
Boshier at 6 is a strange selection, a position he has played the least in.
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
t’s a big match, a bigger match than some think imo
A bit bigger than JJ was probably thinking initially.
@Tim said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Is there any way to watch this game?
Sky Sports 2 in New Zealand, Premier Sports in the UK.
NZR+ is a thoroughly dogshit app. Doesn't even have an upcoming streams or fixtures feature. Never remembers logins. Randomly stopped being able to stream video on my tablet the other day. Still works in the browser for some reason. The idea that they think people would pay for it. I'd trust a paid subscription on youtube. Not that shit.
@family-man said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@Bones what time please?
That's rather subjective I'd say. 13:15 GMT if that helps.
@Bovidae said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@Tim NZR+ too.
I didn't realise it was on NZR+? Know the Ireland v New Zealand game is, in certain territories (and have you have to pay for it, naturally).
@Tim I've never used NZR+ so can't comment.
There is a link in this article to the NZR+ page so I assume it will be on that platform.
@Bovidae said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@Tim I've never used NZR+ so can't comment.
There is a link in this article to the NZR+ page so I assume it will be on that platform.
That's just the general info page of where you can watch the ABs outside of NZ, it's not specifically about this match.
If it's on NZR+ we have no way of knowing as like @Tim says there's no upcoming matches tab in the app.
NZR+ is truly dogshit.
I tried to use it when I was in SE Asia as they don't have partners there, no fixture list, no way of accessing games. Great example of NZR being sold shit by people who took them for a ride.
Ok, I'll bite on the AB XV lineup. Why DH starting at 12, isn't this a great opportunity to start someone else young and fresh and relatively untried?
@nostrildamus said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Ok, I'll bite on the AB XV lineup. Why DH starting at 12, isn't this a great opportunity to start someone else young and fresh and relatively untried?
Coz that's what we've become. A veterans team
@canefan said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@nostrildamus said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Ok, I'll bite on the AB XV lineup. Why DH starting at 12, isn't this a great opportunity to start someone else young and fresh and relatively untried?
Coz that's what we've become. A veterans team
Aargh!!
I think it’s worth having two or three experienced ABs (eg Havili, Papali’i) in a team like the AB XV to share their international insight and experience with some pretty young dudes who are tasting their first international footy as a senior player.
Plus it’s not as if Havili is over the moon, he’s only 30.
