The 124th season of the Australian Football League, aka the AFL or the Aussie Rules, will kick off on March 19, 2020. Footy fans have six full months of spectacular action as 18 teams compete for the champion’s title.
In Australia, if you want to watch your favorite AFL teams play online, you are at the mercy of Seven Network, Fox Sports, and Fox Footy on Foxtel.
For online coverage, your best shot would be to stream via Telstra available on mobile, IPTV, and T-Box. Notably, all Telstra mobile customers can live stream the 2019 AFL games data-free.
Luckily, the AFL has several international broadcast partners, so many of you footy buffs can catch the live coverage of AFL outside of Australia.
In the UK
BT Sport and BT Sport/ESPN showcase five AFL games per week right through to the Toyota AFL Grand Final, and a weekly highlights program. The sports TV service is available in the UK and Ireland on Sky, Virgin TV Go, and BT TV, as well as via BT Sports web portal and mobile app.
Of note is the recent expansion of the Virgin TV Go coverage – you can now watch its content anywhere in the European Union.
In the U.S.
Fox Sports FS1 airs and streams AFL games in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean region.
Asia/Pacific
Australia Plus (subscription-based) is an online multi-platform media service available on mobile, via social media, and as an international television service. Australia Plus broadcasts in India, Singapore, China, Indonesia and more – 39 countries in Asia and the Pacific region overall.
Australia Plus streams six AFL matches per week during the season, all games in the Finals, as well as a weekly highlights program.
Other Regions
- TSN streams the AFL games in Canada
- Kwese in Afric
- Orbit Showtime in the Middle East and North Africa
- Sky Television and TVNZ in New Zealand
- Viasat in Russia and CIS countries
Internationally
Watch AFL Global is a subscription-based service offering live streams and on-demand videos of AFL games. It’s pretty expensive, however, at AUD 19/week, AUD 33/mo, and AUD 189/year.