BAR TV to Broadcast all NSWRL Junior Representative and Major Senior competitions
24th Januray 2025
The New South Wales Rugby League is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic alliance with BarTV Sports, a media and production company specialising in high quality live streaming sporting events statewide that will give fans access to more than 900 games in 2025. This investment marks a significant strategic move to provide the NSWRL’s 117,000 plus members and supporters with the most extensive and high-quality coverage and affordable access to Rugby League matches from grassroots to our major competitions across the state.
The partnership will kick off with Junior Representatives metropolitan competitions on Saturday 1 February. It will provide NSWRL TV subscribers the opportunity to watch all matches from NSWRL Junior Representatives Competitions and NSWRL Major Competitions in 2025.
The move follows the introduction last year of a dedicated subscription-based app for NSWRL TV. This started as a pilot program in 2020 to provide another service for NSW Rugby League fans after restrictions were placed around crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The partnership with BarTV provides a significant uplift from what we were able to offer NSWRL TV subscribers in the first year of NSWRL TV, which proved to be a huge success after resonating strongly with our fans across the state," NSWRL Chief Executive David Trodden said. "The new offering with BarTV is a unique opportunity that will provide an extensive, high-quality and affordable option for our fans and most importantly, the ability to watch matches at all levels and from every corner of NSW. We are really excited about the partnership and look forward to what it brings to our game and our community, and I look forward to the season ahead."
The NSWRL Junior Representatives competitions covered include SLE Andrew Johns Cup (Under 16s Boys), Westpac Lisa Fiaola Cup (Under 17s Girls, metropolitan and regional), UNE Harold Matthews Cup (Under 17s Boys), SLE Laurie Daley Cup (Under 18s Boys), Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup (Under 19s Women) and UNE SG Ball Cup (Under 19s Men).
The NSWRL Major Competitions covered include The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup, Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership, Jersey Flegg Cup (Under 21s Men), Leagues Clubs Australia Ron Massey Cup, Sydney Shield, Men’s Country Championships, Women’s Country Championships, Denton Engineering Cup (Newcastle), and the Harrigan Premiership (Illawarra).
This will mark the first time all South Sydney senior and junior grades will be broadcast.
Q-Plus TV continues to broadcast all QRL Major and Junior representative competitions in 2025.
Ref - NSWRL [Viewed 27 Jan 2025] / FN-3