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.

Where to watch AFL 2020 in Australia and overseas

THE AFL is Australia’s most watched sport.

More people watch Aussie Rules than any other game in Australia.

And, due to its popularity, there are more ways to catch your favourite team play than ever.

Don’t despair if you’ve taken that big job in the USA, or decided to make a huge change and move to Europe or China, you can still catch the big game.

Free to air coverage of AFL 2020 in Australia

The traditional and first port of call for any Aussie Rules fan is to watch it on the box.

And Channel Seven has the game covered.

For Victorian fans, Seven Network broadcasts up to five games per week, usually on Friday nights, Saturday afternoons, Saturday nights and then Sunday afternoon, with Thursday night and Monday afternoon games like Anzac Day or Anzac Day eve.

It costs you absolutely nothing, save for a decent TV set that has a digital receiver or set top box.

If you’re in Canberra or New South Wales, you will get every Sydney Swans and every Greater Western Sydney Giants game broadcast – mostly live and usually only on Seven Mate or Seven HD if you’re lucky.

South Australian footy fans will be able to watch both the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power play every week and they will usually be on the main channel, rather than Seven’s off shoots, as in NSW.

And, if you are in Perth, you will be able to catch every West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers game live. Sometimes they will be on the main Seven Network channel and other times they will be shown on the off shoots, Seven Mate, etc.

When it comes to the AFL Finals, all the free to air restrictions go out the window.

Seven is free to show every single game of the finals series, including the grand final, and that is exactly what it does.

Pay TV coverage of AFL in Australia: Foxtel, Fox Footy

Cost: $45 per month on 12-month deal.

If you really want to watch every single AFL game live on the box, with no ad breaks, siren to siren, then there really is only one way to do that.

But it will cost you.

 

The Australian Football League (AFL) is Aussie’s most-watched and exciting sport. More people watch Aussie Rules than any other game in Australia. The AFL 2020 regular season is scheduled to start on Thursday, 21 March with 18 existing teams and the Aussie Rules will end with the AFL 2020 Grand Final, the premiership cup, on Saturday, 16 August .

Yes, if you are a footy fan and are searching to find out the ways to watch AFL live stream for the 2020 season then you are at the right place. Watching footy online is the best way nowadays. You can watch all AFL Rules Football games of the home-and-away series including the AFL Grand Final 2020 live. Here is our full AFL Streaming Guide to watch the full 2020 series.

2020 AFL Live streaming Free online

You can live stream AFL 2020 action with Foxtel. Just go to the AFL Live Stream Game page,  access the live stream from the app. Viewers inside and outside of Australia can stream every game in real-time.

The footy fans also can purchase an AFL Live Pass, which allows users to stream Foxtel channels and get every round of the AFL pre-season, JLT Community Series, AFL ladder, and the 2020 regular season online via the AFL app on Android, iOS or Windows mobile devices. The Live Pass service will costs $89.99 annually or you can purchase a monthly pass at costs $14.99 or weekly which costs only $4.99 per month. Hurrah! the new customer will get a two-week free trial but the AFL Live Pass will not support outside Australia.

AFL International coverage

Fox Sports 2 (USA):

It’s a sports-oriented cable and satellite television channel in America. The AFL fans live in the United States can watch footy game online on Fox Sports 2. Fans of the USA and Canada can watch some footy games via Fox Sports 2.

Australia Plus (Asia/Pacific):

If you are realized that AFL is the best sport in the world and you live in Pacific Asia then you can watch AFL game on Australia Plus. Australia plus will broadcast six AFL games in each week during the regular season along with the Grand Final.

BT Sport (UK):

This is a group of sports television channels provided by BT Consumer and is the best way to watch sports live in the United Kingdom. The people live in the UK can easily catch the footy game here.

CCTV5 (China):

CCTV-5 is the main sports broadcaster in the People’s Republic of China and also a broadcast partner of AFL game. So, fans who live in China can catch AFL live action free via CCTV5.

Sky Television (New Zealand):

The AFL is so much popular both in Australia and New Zealand. The Sky Network Television Limited is a paid sports TV provider in New Zealand and NZ fans can watch AFL action directly through Sky Television.

Claro Sports (Mexico/Latin America):

Claro Sports is a Latin American television channel that is owned by América Móvil of Mexican origin. Fans, who want to watch footy games from Latin America, can stream AFL online via Claro Sports.

ESPN (Caribbean):

All footy game action will stream in Caribbean countries on ESPN and ESPN2. They provide up-to-the-minute AFL sports news coverage, footy scores, highlights and commentary via DirecTV channel 621.

Canal+ (Spain):

Canal+ was a Spanish television channel that streamed the AFL game but it was replaced by a new channel #0 (Cero) from 1 February 2016.

Orbit Showtime Network (Middle East and North Africa):

OSN is a direct-broadcast satellite provider serving the Middle East and North Africa. The AFL fans from this region can watch AFL stream on Orbit Showtime Network.

TSN (Canada):

It is a Canadian sports TV provider serving NFL, NCAA, Soccer, MLB, Formula One, NASCAR, the UEFA Champions League, AFL and many major events. Footy lovers can watch AFL live stream free here.

SuperSport (Africa):

The SuperSport is an African comprehensive coverage which premised on the concept of TV everywhere and anywhere. Fans of this region can watch footy games on SuperSport.