World Cup Game Times

Has anyone else looked at the times of the world cup games??

Pool D

11/09 - 09:30 South Africa - Wales Wellington
18/09 - 04:30 Wales - Samoa Hamilton
26/09 - 07:30 Wales - Namibia New Plymouth
02/10 - 06:00 Wales - Fiji Hamilton

Why are we wasting our time with warm up games? The team should be over in New Zealand trying to get over jet lag etc. as playing at 4:30 in the morning isn't going to be very good for the Welsh boys.

I think Sky+ will be used for a couple of games as they are early Sunday mornings

Why can't they play the games like they do for the Tri-Nations (~8am)?

Pool C

11/09 - 07:00 Ireland - USA New Plymouth
17/09 - 09:30 Australia - Ireland Auckland
25/09 - 06:00 Ireland - Russia Rotorua
02/10 - 08:30 Ireland - Italy Dunedin

Not bad times for Ireland apart for the Russia game

Pool B

10/09 - 02:00 Scotland - Romania Invercargill
10/09 - 09:30 Argentina - England Dunedin
14/09 - 08:30 Scotland - Georgia Invercargill
18/09 - 07:00 England - Georgia Dunedin
24/09 - 07:00 England - Romania Dunedin
25/09 - 08:30 Argentina - Scotland Wellington
01/10 - 08:30 England - Scotland Auckland

Apart from Scotlands opener, quite reasonable times.

Looks like the WRU didn't pass thick enough brown envelopes when asked

I think 1 to put in the calender is 24/09 - 09:30 New Zealand - France Auckland

The times are off the RWC website.

It's going to be some bleary eyed weeks

At least the SA game is on at a reasonable time.

The Fiji game will be awkward to watch because I will be in uni without a DVD player to record it on...

Anyone know if the full games will be on ITV player, like the BBC with the 6N?

Just found a link on the ITV website, so I'm presuming they are showing all games.

http://www.itv.com/rugbyworldcup/2011/matches/

But will they be online?

I think they'll be online, I can't see why they wouldn't be. ITV Player has adverts on it, so it would be cutting out a revenue stream if they didn't make the matches available online.

wales606,

Why if you're in Uni can't you watch it?

I will be asleep at 6am and ill be in lectures befere the 7.30 game finishes

ha ha lectures! as if...

wales606 wrote:At least the SA game is on at a reasonable time.

The Fiji game will be awkward to watch because I will be in uni without a DVD player to record it on...

Anyone know if the full games will be on ITV player, like the BBC with the 6N?

Don't think you'll want to be recording that game boyo!

ITV player will almost certainly have it if they have 2 braincells. Its a world cup with games on in the mornings. Theres tons of views there for the website. Besides theres nearly always a Youtube user who breaks the game down in parts and puts them up.

MBTGOG wrote:wales606,

Why if you're in Uni can't you watch it?

Hey! - Some of us students work....

I know, I'm one of them. But missing a half an hour won't hurt you.

Pff, try having a job. Ah well, no sleep in September then.

It's the Wales Nambia one that's annoying. 7.30 on a Monday? Come on guys...

Students who work...what's the world coming to?

I think there may be an issue with the the floodlights at Rugby Park in Hamilton that requires the games to start earlier.

Anyway, at least in the SH the majority of games are played in the evening so you can watch over breakfast.

When the cup is up here, Kiwis have to get up at 2a.m. to watch every game.

Draigoch wrote:Students who work...what's the world coming to?

The majority of students have a part-time job, not counting people in full time jobs who study part time. It's just not economically sustainable not to if you don't come from a wealthy background.

A problem Universities face is they generally recommend you do no more than 15 hours part time work a week, then 40+ hours of studying but the former is exceeding that eating into the latter.

I find myself up at 2am a lot more often than I find myself up at 7am!