''A League of Their Own'' is an Australian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

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, which first aired on Network Ten on 16 September 2013. It is hosted by Tommy Little and features

Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upon winning ...

and

Eamon Sullivan Eamon Wade Sullivan (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former sprint swimmer, three-time Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder in two events. He was also the winner of the first season of '' Celebrity MasterChef Australia'', a ...

as team captains. The show was cancelled to immediate effect after posting a disappointing rating in the show's ninth week. The tenth episode, which never aired, is available online for viewing.

Format

The show is based on the British game show of the same name. The show is a standard panel quiz show where two teams of three, compete for points awarded in three rounds, in order to find the overall winning team by points total. * Round 1 involves both teams either having to rank three different sports persons according to a specific criterion, or match sports persons to specific criteria. * Round 2, ''Battle of the Codes'', involves a member from each an

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and an NRL team go head-to-head, where as the teams must choose which party they lend their support. * Round 3, ''Human Clock'', sees one or two members of each team have to answer questions for as long as the other team members can sustain a physical challenge in the studio. Often within the first round, teams have to complete short physical tasks, which are usually linked to either one of the guests on the teams or to the question they have to answer.

Episodes

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: : – Eamon's team won : – Pat's team won Notes:

Ratings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:League of Their Own, A 2010s Australian comedy television series 2010s Australian game shows 2013 Australian television series debuts 2013 Australian television series endings Australian panel games Australian sports television series Australian television series based on British television series Network 10 original programming Television series by Freehand Productions