Australian Rules Football is back, with the 2020 AFL season seeing defending champions Richmond Tigers looking to defend their title. Read our guide and we'll explain how to live stream the AFL and watch every match wherever you are in the world.
With most of the planet earth's sporting calendar decimated by the Coronavirus crisis, its a chance for the AFL to shine on the world stage as the new season is, somewhat controversially, set to go ahead largely as planned.
Defending 'premiers' Richmond go into the 2020 season as favourites with a pretty much unchanged team from last year's championship winning squad.
Four-time Premiership winners West Coast Eagles are also being widely tipped to be title contents this time out having finally added midfielder Tim Kelly from Geelong to their ranks as well as welcoming key player Nic Naitanui back to full fitness.
Whether you're new to the game and are desperate for any live sporting action, or a die-hard Aussie rules fan unable to see their team play thanks to the pandemic-enforced ban on supporters at matches, read on to find out how to watch the Aussie rules action with our AFL live stream guide.
Live stream AFL in Australia: watching for free and online
The Australian Football League has a broadcast deal with both pay TV and free-to-air. The channels of the Seven Network. holds the free-to-air broadcast rights for all matches, including the finals, while Fox Sports is the pay TV broadcast partner.
According to the deal, Channel Seven can show up to five matches per week live, while Fox can present every single game either on the dedicated 24/7 Fox Footy channel (504) or on Fox Sports (channel 503).
However, Footy fans are advised to check the free-to-air TV listings each week as the broadcast of matches of non-Victorian teams will be broadcast live in that team’s home state on free-to-air alongside Foxtel. This means that matches that are on offer on free-to-air will differ from state to state each week.
Seven Network's coverage will be available live online for viewers in Australia via the network's 7Plus streaming service, however if you're a big AFL fan and are looking to stream matches we recommend Foxtel's over-the-top service Kayo Sports as the best way to live stream the action from Down Under.
It lets you watch every single AFL match across the regular season - and of course all the final series and Grand Final action. It's also cheap, offering the choice of a $25 per month basic package or $35 a month premium offering. The only difference between the two is the amount of screens you can stream to simultaneously - two on Kayo basic and three on Kayo premium.
Kayo Sports is contact-free and offers a 14-day FREE TRIAL so you can check it out for yourself, no strings attached. It's available on nearly all modern devices including Android and iOS mobiles, Macs, PC, Chromecast, select smart TVs and Android TVs, PCs and Macs, and Telstra TV boxes, with console support listed as "coming soon".
How to live stream Aussie rules footy wherever you are
Watching the AFL in Australia is easy, but what about in other countries around the world where the excellent Kayo Sports service isn't available? There's no need to miss a second of the Aussie rules action, thanks to Watch AFL - a global subscription service that will give you access to every single AFL match this season. Available across all corners of the globe, the league's official streaming service can be had on weekly, monthly and annual deals - of which the latter represents the best value.
Here's how Watch AFL is priced for the 2020 season.
- Weekly: US$17 / £13 / €17 - GET PLAN
- Monthly: US$33 / £25 / €33 - GET PLAN
- Annual: US$165 / £130 / €155 - GET PLAN
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How to live stream the AFL and watch online from outside your country
Australians who subscribe to a service like Kayo but find themselves abroad for the next big AFL clash will probably find it's down to a geo-blocking restriction. When this is the case, the simplest and most reliable solution is to use a VPN service to change your IP address to a difference location.
This will generally let you tune in to your local coverage, just as you would from home, and means you don't have to trawl the sketchier corners of the internet for an illegal stream.
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