NRL’s 2020 season launches on Fox League
The 2020 NRL season will launch on Foxtel’s Fox League, across a number of shows and featuring guests, including Andrew Voss, Steve Roach, Matty Johns, Sam Burgess and Benji Marshall.
The announcement:
FOX LEAGUE, on Foxtel, is the best place to countdown to the opening round of the 2020 NRL Telstra premiership, with a bumper line-up of shows and guests across the week.Starting Monday, hosts Ben Ikin and Paul Kent will be joined by Matty Johns to launch the 2020 season on NRL 360 at 6.30pm AEDT before Andrew Voss, Steve Roach and Geoff Toovey debate all the big issues in the game on Controversy Corner at 7.30pm AEDT.
NRL stars Benji Marshall and James Graham return on NRL 360 Players Night on Tuesday night at 6.30pm AEDT ahead of The Fan with Andrew Voss and Lara Pitt at 7.30pm AEDT.
Sam Burgess makes his NRL 360 debut alongside former North Sydney Bears great, Billy Moore, on Legends Night on Wednesday night at 6.30pm AEDT.
The country’s most listened to sports podcast, The Matty Johns Podcast, returns for the first time in 2020 on Wednesday night at 7.30pm AEDT.
The newest addition to the FOX LEAGUE team, Cooper Cronk, joins Yvonne Sampson and NRL Hall of Fame inductee Gorden Tallis to preview the season opener on Thursday Night League at 7.00pm AEDT.
The attention then turns to the field with the Parramatta Eels hosting the Canterbury Bulldogs at 8.00pm AEDT in the opening game of the season, LIVE, ad-break free during play and in HD on FOX LEAGUE, on Foxtel.
The Late Show with Matty Johns returns following Thursday Night League with Matty Johns, Gorden Tallis, Nathan Hindmarsh and Bryan Fletcher previewing all the weekend games.
It’s been a busy break for fan favourites, Fletch and Hindy, who have put the stars of the game through a lie detector test during the off-season, with the pair unveiling the first group of results on Thursday night.
The North Queensland Cowboys christen Queensland Country Bank Stadium when they host arch-rivals, the Brisbane Broncos, in the second game of Friday Night Football, LIVE and ad-break free during play from 8.00pm AEDT on FOX LEAGUE, on Foxtel.
The laughs crank into overdrive after Friday Night Football with James “The Professor” Rochford and Barney debuting their new show, The Narrow World of Sports at 9.45pm AEDT.
Super Saturday kicks-off with the Newcastle Knights hosting the New Zealand Warriors at 3.00pm AEDT before the South Sydney Rabbitohs take on the Cronulla Sharks at 5.30pm AEDT and the Penrith Panthers lock horns with defending premiers, the Sydney Roosters at 7.30pm AEDT.
The Battle of Lottoland launches a massive Sunday Ticket double-header at 4.00pm AEDT with the Manly Sea Eagles going toe-to-toe with the Melbourne Storm before the St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers wrap up the Round 1 action at 6.10pm AEDT.
And when the final whistle sounds Parramatta Eels star Blake Fergusson takes centre stage on Sunday Night with Matty Johns alongside Matty Johns, Bryan Fletcher, Emma Freedman and the newest member of the Sunday Night with Matty Johns team, Sam Burgess, at the special time of 8.00pm AEDT on Sunday.
The weekend then wraps up with Yvonne Sampson, Mick Ennis and James Hooper dissecting the biggest issues in the game on Big League Wrap from 9.00pm AEDT.
FOX LEAGUE, on Foxtel, will show every game of every round of the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE, ad-break free during play and in HD, all on a dedicated 24/7 Rugby League channel.
FOXTEL subscribers can also stream FOX LEAGUE’s coverage of the 2020 Telstra Premiership where and when they want using Foxtel GO or via Foxtel’s streaming service Foxtel Now.
FOX LEAGUE Entertainment Show Line-up: WC March 9, 2020
All on FOX LEAGUE (Channel 502)
*All times listed in AEDT
MONDAY
NRL TONIGHT LIVE @6.00pm
HOST: Megan BarnardNRL 360 COACHES NIGHT LIVE @6.30pm
HOSTS: Ben Ikin & Paul Kent
GUESTS: Matty Johns + Phil “Buzz” Rothfield and James Hooper
CONTROVERSY CORNER LIVE @7.30pm
HOSTS: Andrew Voss, Steve “Blocker” Roach & Geoff Toovey
TUESDAY
NRL TONIGHT LIVE @6.00pm
HOST: Megan BarnardNRL 360 PLAYERS NIGHT LIVE @6.30pm
HOSTS: Ben Ikin & Paul Kent
GUESTS: Benji Marshall and James Graham + Paul Crawley and Pete Badel
THE FAN @7.30pm
HOST: Andrew Voss & Lara Pitt
FEATURING: Jason Taumalolo, Jarrod Crocker and Brodie CroftWEDNESDAY
NRL TONIGHT LIVE @6.00pm
HOST: Megan Barnard
NRL 360 LEGENDS NIGHT LIVE @6.30pm
HOSTS: Ben Ikin & Paul Kent
GUESTS: Sam Burgess and Billy Moore + Brent Read and James Hooper
THE MATTY JOHNS PODCAST @7.30pm
HOSTS: Matty Johns, Steve “Blocker” Roach and Paul Kent
THURSDAY
NRL TONIGHT LIVE @6.00pm
HOST: Megan BarnardTHE LATE SHOW MATTY JOHNS LIVE @9.45pm
HOSTS: Matty Johns + Gorden Tallis, Bryan Fletcher & Nathan Hindmarsh
Feature: Fletch and Hindy Lie DetectorFRIDAY
NRL TONIGHT LIVE @4.30pm
HOST: Megan BarnardTHE NARROW WORLD OF SPORTS @9.45pm
HOSTS: James “The Professor” Rochford, Barney & Nathan HindmarshSunday
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MATTY JOHNS LIVE @8.00pm
HOST: Matty Johns, Bryan Fletcher, Sam Burgess & Emma Freedman
GUESTS: Blake FergusonBIG LEAGUE WRAP LIVE @9.00pm
HOSTS: Yvonne Sampson, Mick Ennis & James HooperFOX LEAGUE ROUND 1 BROADCAST DETAILS
All games, LIVE, ad-break free during play and in HD
*All times listed in AEDTThursday
Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs @8.00pm
Friday
Canberra Raiders v Gold Coast Titans @6.00pm
North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos @8.00pmSaturday
Newcastle Knights v New Zealand Warriors @3.00pm
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Cronulla Sharks @5.30pm
Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters @7.30pmSunday
Manly Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm @4.10pm
St George Illawarra Dragons v Wests Tigers @6.10pm
Source: Foxtel media release