Aussie Rules Grand Final Late Tonight!

[Tony1097]

from AFANA.com:

ESPN2 and ESPN3 in the USA will carry the Grand Final between Collingwood and Geelong LIVE on Friday night / Saturday morning, September 30th / October 1st. US coverage on ESPN3.com will begin at 8:00 PM EDT Friday including most pre-match festivities; Coverage will continue until 4:00 AM EDT Saturday concluding after the awards ceremony. ESPN2 will join the live coverage in progress with the pre-game at 12:00 MN (Midnight) EDT and continue until 3:30 AM EDT Saturday. First bounce is about 12:30 AM EDT. Canadian coverage on TSN (not TSN2) will be joined in progress at 1:30 AM EDT and run to 4:00 AM. The entire Grand Final will be repeated on delay on TSN at 11:30 AM on October 1st and conclude at 3:30 PM. TSN.ca will have the same live coverage as ESPN3.
The Matchup features the Geelong Cats and the Collingwood Magpies. The teams are near evenly match so it should make for an exciting game. Could be lower scoring though as they are calling for rain in Melbourne.

It's quite a unique code of football, different than NFL, Soccer or even rugby. I like to promote the Grand Final every year so, yeah there ya go!

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Good old Collingwood forever,we know how to play the game. Side by side we stick together,to uphold The Magpies name. Hear the barrackers a shouting,as all barrackers should,Oh, the premiership's a cakewalk For the good old Collingwood.

Collingwood Magpies - YouTube

 

[Tony1097]

Network Ten in Australia is under a lot of scrutiny from AFL Fans for not showing the game in HD but ESPN2 (Simulcasting Network Ten) has it in glorious HD. strange that. Network Nine isn't showing the Rugby League GF in HD either

 

[Tony1097]

Geelong Cats win ! 119-81 close and exciting game through 3 quarters but Geelong ran away with it in the 4th