EIGHT GAMES FROM this year’s Leinster Senior Schools Cup will be aired live on UK-based channel FreeSports as part of a new television deal announced by Leinster Rugby this afternoon.
FreeSports, which officially launched in Ireland on the Sky network this week, will begin its coverage of the competition on 31 January as Belvedere College face Cistercian College Roscrea in the first round.
In addition to the first round tie, FreeSports will broadcast all four quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final live on its free-to-air channel.
FreeSports, the sister channel of Premier Sports and owned by former Setanta Sports chief executive Michael O’Rourke, started broadcasting in the UK 18 months ago and is now available in Ireland on Sky channel 429.
The new deal sees FreeSports replace eir Sport as the Leinster Senior Schools Cup broadcaster, ahead of the first round of the 2019 competition.
St Mary’s College take on Terenure College in the opening fixture at Donnybrook on 27 January, before holders Blackrock College begin their title defence against Presentation College Bray the following day.
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Gowan the kid
Go on the man
This eubanks kid is getting way to much hype for winning terrible matches. His last match was against a 36/37 year old who did 2 weeks training. Now he faces this lad
Should win well & is a good price, Christmas money
I’ll gladly take that bet off you!
A lesser version of the WBA title? Why not just fight for the super WBA? The WBA are a joke having 2 titles at each weight. Sometimes 3.