Water Polo Australia and News Corp Australia sign national streaming partnership
Published Fri 31 Dec 2021
Water Polo Australia (WPA) and News Corp Australia will partner in a new national broadcast streaming deal that is set to bring over 200 water polo games live between January and May 2022.
Kicking off with the State versus State tournament, the ‘Summer Slam’, in Brisbane in January 2022, the new partnership will also stream matches from the Australian Waterpolo League (AWL) and the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships (AYWPC).
With national competitions largely cancelled in 2021 due to COVID, the national water polo calendar is set to return in a big way, with more matches than ever before.
Brisbane (Queensland) will host the new Summer Slam, which will see State teams battle it out across the three age groups, kicking off on 10 January.
It is then onto the Australian Waterpolo League starting on Australia Day, with the new look format designed to provide clubs, athletes, sponsors and broadcasters with more quality water polo.
The first half of the national season will be capped off with the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships to again be held in Brisbane, that is set to bring together more than 170 teams from across the Easter long weekend.
WPA CEO Richard McInnes, said the partnership with News Corp Australia will look to extend the work started during the KAP7 Cup earlier this year.
“We are excited to extend our partnership with News Corp Australia that will see more than 200 games streamed live, the most water polo matches Aussies have ever had available,” Mr McInnes said.
“A partnership with News Corp Australia will not only ensure our water polo fans can watch more water polo through live matches and replays, but it allows our sport to connect to new audiences through their extensive reach.
“From our grassroots club competitions through to our premier Australian Waterpolo League, we will be able to showcase the best our sport has to offer and allow more people to learn about water polo but also about our players,” he said.
News Corp Australia's Managing Director, News Sport Network, Michael Wilkins, was pleased to build on the company’s existing relationship with water polo.
“We are looking forward to showcasing the best of Australian water polo, from the young guns to the national league heroes,” Mr Wilkins said.
“On the back of the Tokyo Olympics, water polo is a fast growing sport.
“We are excited to provide a platform for this continued growth among our huge community of audiences through our live streams and editorial content.”
The games will stream across The Courier Mail, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, The Advertiser and Hobart Mercury, plus many of the company's regional websites - see more*. Subscribe to News Corp now to take advantage of a range of special introductory offers and catch the best water polo action from the Summer Slam, Australian Waterpolo League and Australian Youth Water Polo Championships, with more than 200 games to be live streamed. Click here for more.
Summer Slam - Brisbane, Queensland
- 10-13 January 2022 - 16&U & 18&U competition (male and female)
- 16-20 January - 20&U Women’s and Men’s competition
Australian Waterpolo League - held across Australia
- 26 January - 3 April 2022
Australian Youth Water Polo Championships - Brisbane, Queensland
- 14-18 April 2022
* A News Corp subscription is required to read the story. But once signed up, you will have access to all live stream games. Matches will appear prominently on News Corp homepages and on each masthead’s dedicated live stream landing page.
