Seven lists free Rugby League World Cup semifinal coverage

Seven’s published schedule lists free live coverage of Rugby League World Cup semifinals on 7mate and 7plus, including the women’s New Zealand-Samoa match on Saturday, November 7. The broadcast times vary by Australian city. A separate UK viewing guide lists New Zealand v Tonga as the women’s semifinal, creating a discrepancy over the fixture that the reports do not resolve.

Seven’s schedule says coverage of New Zealand v Samoa begins at 5 p.m. AEDT in Sydney and Melbourne, 4 p.m. in Brisbane, 4:30 p.m. in Adelaide and 2 p.m. in Perth. It lists the match on both 7mate and 7plus. The schedule also assigns the men’s New Zealand v Tonga semifinal to Saturday evening, with local broadcast times ranging from 4:30 p.m. in Perth to 7:30 p.m. in Sydney and Melbourne.

A viewing guide describes 7plus as a free streaming option for the New Zealand-Samoa women’s semifinal, but says the service is available only to residents of Australia. That guide gives an international start time of 1:45 a.m. ET on November 7. The schedule from Seven instead gives Australian local broadcast times, and the sources do not establish how those listings align.

The UK guide identifies the women’s match as New...