Sky Sports To Launch Pop Up Rugby League Channel
Sky Sports has announced a new pop-up channel dedicated to the sport of rugby league in the build up to the new Betfred Super League season, which gets underway on the 26th March.
Sky Sports Arena – the channel that typically shows Rugby League as well as a number of other sports – will show non-stop Rugby League action from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th March.
Across the week leading up to the opening games of the 2021 season, Sky Sports will also screen 40 classic Rugby League games in full to get viewers up to speed for the season ahead.
Featuring iconic games from 1992 right up until last season’s Super League Grand Final, the picks will also include some of the World Club Challenges and derbies.
In addition to classic matches, the dedicated channel will also show two live NRL fixtures on Thursday and Friday before playing host to the opening two games of the 2021 Super League season, also on the Friday.
Meanwhile, the channel will show a selection of archive content throughout the week, such as documentaries including Super League Super Men, Jamie Peacock – A Legend of League, Warriors Down Under and Rob Burrow: The Magnificent 7.
Sky Sports’ social media channels will also get in on the action in order to build up to the new season, with the launch of a new #RugbyLeagueTakeover hashtag.
