Where to watch Guinness Premiership

[Ants]

Anyone know if any pubs in ED show the Guinness Premiership? Hoopers boast about viewing rugby but don't deliver. Can't think of anywhere else. Help appreciated!

[Narnia]

Don't know about live rugby but ITV 4 have a highlights programme on a Sunday if you have it.

[ED07]

I've watched it in the EDT before.

[Gelboy]

I've always seen rugby in Hoopers. The owner/manager is a rugby man so I'd be suprised if they didn't show it when you were there.

Or did they not deliver in another way?

[Ants]

Gelboy Wrote:

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> I've always seen rugby in Hoopers. The

> owner/manager is a rugby man so I'd be suprised if

> they didn't show it when you were there.

>

> Or did they not deliver in another way?

He's listed no rugby on his board at all, just football. Went to watch a game a week ago.

[Mick Mac]

I think Ants, that a lot of pubs profess to be rugby pubs, but they just mean England internationals.

Try Phil in the Prince Albert

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,293806,294222#msg-294222

He's a rugby man so put him to the test and see if you see the club rugby there.

[andyxlandells]

if you ask in hoopers he may change it dependant upon demand ( kings college medical rugby team do tend to drink there so you may get some backing )

[jamie h]

Hi Guys, I only stumbled on this thread by accident. But as I'm the guv'nor of Hoopers I would like to correct any inaccuracies about showing rugby here.

Firstly we are pleased to show any sports short of pro-am waterborne bull-fighting, and customers only have to give us a bell to check if we canshow the game. There are so many sports and different games that we usually just put up a selection.

I am very into my rugby, and this summer we not only showed all the Lions games including the mid-weekers, but also some of the Tri-Nations. If there is a Premiership, a Heineken or whatever the Anglo-Welsh is being called this season, we will show it provided that the majority of people can see what they wish on a Sky channel.

And here's the rub. Mr Murdoch's Sky is getting ever more avaricious. If a publican has 2 or more TVs, as we do, we can only show 1 Sky channel, unless we cough up even more money to the plutocrat! And this season, after Sky announced, that for once, they wern't going to put up the subscription charges, in September they quietly withdrew Sky 3 from the package most of us buy (to try and force us to buy what they call their Ultimate package).

So, to this weekend. Sky is showing just 1 game over the weekend, Saturday teatime, Harlequins v Bath, lovely I thought Bloodgate meets the Cocaine Snorters! (no offence folks!), and then I saw they are showing it on Sky 3. Sky are a law to themselves, as monopolies often are. So very few pubs will be in a position to show a complete Guinness Premiership game this weekend. However we can show highlights of all the weekend's games on Sunday evening at 6.30pm.

The good news we willbe showing the Leinster v London Irish Heineken game next Friday 9th at 8pm. Hope some of you guys can make it.

Sorry this post is so long!