Harlequins kick off time changed
08 Feb 2010 - 20:00
Saracens clash against Harlequins on Saturday 17 April at Wembley Stadium will now kick off at 5.30pm.
The kick-off time has been changed with the game now being shown live on Sky Sports.
Saracens game against Gloucester at Kingsholm has also seen a change of kick off time. The match on Saturday 3rd April is also now a 5.30pm kick off - again this match will be live on Sky.
Aviva Premiership Rugby Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | London Wasps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Newcastle Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Northampton Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sale Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saracens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comments
Malcolm Denton says:
Are others getting fed up with these late kick offs just because of SKY TV. People plan things and then the total scene changes. Why cant we revert back to 3:00pm kick offs so we all know whats happening!! We were hoping to go to a London show after the game and now will struggle to do both as planned. Very Frustrating
09 Feb 2010 - 09:55 - (Report this post)
Wild Jimmy says:
You are not alone Malcolm. I was looking forward to spending the day sitting in the sun watching a rugby game with pint in hand, now it will be coming up to sunset before kick off
09 Feb 2010 - 11:22 - (Report this post)
CoxyBoy says:
Nice one SKY TV! I ordered 20 tickets for the match yesterday, 10 of those were for our kids (not all mine!) aged from 5 to 8. I thought it would be a great family day out; not too late so the kids won't get tired and ratty........now we'll have ratty kids and hacked off dads! I'm a life long Sarries fan and am trying to get my kids and friends (and their kids) interested in following rugby and more importantly following Saracens. Isn't this whole exercise of playing at Wembley about trying to increase the Saracens fan base? A bit of an own goal if you ask me.
09 Feb 2010 - 11:52 - (Report this post)
LyndaB says:
I agree with all of the above. I know it would be good for viewers to see Sarries on the box, as they don't appear to screen their matches as often as other teams, but why 5.30 ? We can still kick off at 3 and be screened, can't we ? Who has the final say in this ? Obviously SKY sports.
09 Feb 2010 - 12:57 - (Report this post)
brighty1 says:
we're playing at wembley for a reason, to bring more fans to games, so why are they then keeping people at home by showing the game on tv it makes no sense at all and someone at the club needs to start thinking
09 Feb 2010 - 13:11 - (Report this post)
bigmal50 says:
The way we are playing do we really want to advertise it on tv anyway especially as we're trying to attact more spectators to our games not frighten them away!!
09 Feb 2010 - 13:26 - (Report this post)
RobertK says:
If we had better home attendance (less than 6000 on Sunday), the club may not be so qiuck at taking the Sky Shilling. It makes up forl the lost money when we're at home. A season ago Sky didn't want to know us and we were only shown if it was away at Bath or Northampton. But the time changes are a pain as Gloucester away has moved now to 5.30 for Sky TV as well. Remember the good old days when it was 2.45
09 Feb 2010 - 14:38 - (Report this post)
Wild Jimmy says:
I actually going to the Leeds v Sarries game in 2003 when the KO was moved due to both sets of fans asking for this due to it clashing with the end of an England game in the World Cup. Whatever happened to Fan power?
10 Feb 2010 - 09:54 - (Report this post)