RTE rugby scheduling

Madam, - The rugby World Cup is finally starting to heat up

Madam, - The rugby World Cup is finally starting to heat up. Tomorrow we are faced with the mouth-watering prospect of Scotland playing Fiji and South Africa playing Tonga for quarter final berths, before Ireland play Australia to see who tops the group of death. The Ireland game is being shown by RTÉ. Twice.

However, the satsumas in Montrose have decided that a documentary on the ring-tailed lemur of Madagascar and a rerun of the surely a little dated Beyond 2000 are more likely to appeal to their viewers than the other group deciders. Can anyone tell me why? - Yours etc.,

JOHN BERRY,

Derry Park,

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Dublin 12.