Leeds Rhinos vs Bradford Bulls won't be on Sky TV for only the third time in 16 years.

Instead Sky Sports will be showing Warrington vs St Helens and I can't say I blame them.

On the plus side it should mean that Headingley is close to selling out for the first time this season.

Just another sign of the Bulls decline.

Though i will say the past two games on SKY between the two have been as good as anything so far this season ( probably a bit of bias in that mind ). What's the other sky game that weekend? Leeds vs Bradford is always a must for me on SKY. I'd say surely Leeds and Bradford are two of the biggest areas in terms of Sky sports subcribers that wanna watch RL.

I doubt Headingley will sell out. If we keep the form we are in not many Bulls fans will turn up. I remember going there in '08 i think when we were doing quite bad and the turnout was a bit of a shocker.

Never miss it so will only downside is not seeing the replay if we manage an upset, and probably getting screwed by some ref decision.

Wigan vs Huddersfield is the other game.

Fair enough but it annoys me a bit that games like Leeds vs Bradford can't be made available for SKY, and we end up with pretty dire games.

And has Wigan Vs Saints or Hull vs Hull Kr every not been on Sky during super league.

hull kr v hull fc on 5th june has also not been chosen for sky

Maybe, just maybe Sky want to show competitive games between two decent sides. Hence why we will not be on.

Derby game or not we have no divine right to be on and if we were not such a laughing stock then maybe we would be.

Edit, on second thoughts maybe we should be on as we have shown enough this season to suggest that we actually only raise our game v Leeds. Maybe if we took this narrow minded mentality into games v the other sides then we would not be as bad as we are.

Well, as already mentioned it's not the first time the Rhino Bulls confrontation has been sidelined. As you say though both games they have shown have been excellent, full of incident, skill and controversy, so I think Sky got good value. In fact the one lasting thought after both, from our POV disappointing, games was that "at least" they were good for the TV audience.

To be honest, I always enjoy my visits to Headingley (some more than others)and haven't missed one for years, so I'll be there. A pint (or two) in the Arcadia followed by some fish and chips from that chippy opposite the Headingley Taps and a good game, roll on!

Suits me that it is not on Sky.

Means we won't get robbed by a vidref wrong decision or illegal action once again. Sick and bloody tired of how many times it has happened against Leeds.

Correct although Cummings has already penciled in James Child for the game

With the other games avalable can fully understand why it's not been picked!

The game against Catalans Dragons, scheduled for Sunday July 3rd at Odsal, will now take place a day earlier after being selected to be shown on SKY TV.

The game will now take place on Saturday July 2nd with a kick off time of 20:00.

The Bradford vs Hull KR game will also be shown I suspect looking at the fixtures that weekend.

It'll be either Friday 8pm or Saturday 6pm.

The game is a huge one for both sides. Bulls desperate for the 8 and Leeds desperate for some decent form.

Let me think.

Wire, top and scoring for fun.

Saints, 2 points behind.

Genuine title contender 4 pointer.

So no, I have no clue why they would want to show that.

Maybe a few repeated hammer blows to the head may assist

And that was a belter

Bo!!ocks was going to have a BBQ

i'm quite pleased it's been moved. I was having a birthday party for my little girl on the sunday so I won't miss this one now.

That's why I was having the BBQ

David haye fight that night too

bad times.

Can anyone remember which were the other derby games since 1996 (or is it '97?) that weren't televised? Not that it probably means anything but I seem to recall that the actual matches turned out to be belters.

1996 switch to summer Rugby League.

The two Leeds vs Bradford games that haven't been shown by Sky Sports were:

2006: Leeds 26-24 Bradford (Sky showed Wigan vs Wakefield and Harlequins vs Warrington instead).

2009: Leeds 33-20 Bradford

Oh it's ok, would've had to landscape the garden virtually

This has totally pi$$ed me off. Cant get to game because I am working, would be able to attend if it was normal 6pm kick off. Also wont be able to take up offer of sitting coral stand for sponsoring junior players. I wish sky would stop making late changes without consideration of the fans. Why 8 aba$tard clock on a Saturday. AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!

I'm liking one aspect of the historical precedent there.

But seriously... Never mind 2011 but the season after these two played each other in a Grand Final Sky thought two big club vs small club games were the better bets?