You pay for Kayo Sports at home in Australia, but the moment you fly out for work or a holiday, the app stops working. The service is geo-locked to Australia and checks your IP address on every login, so a hotel Wi-Fi in London or Bali leaves you staring at an error instead of the footy. With over 50 sports, including every round of AFL and NRL, home cricket, F1 (rights renewed for 2026), MotoGP, Supercars and the NBL, that is a lot to miss.
A VPN fixes it cleanly. Connect to a server back in Australia and Kayo sees the same home location it always has, so your subscription works exactly as it does on the couch. This is not about getting anything free: you already pay for the plan, and the VPN only moves your virtual location back home. Pick a fast provider like NordVPN with reliable Australian servers that hold up for live 4K streams.
Kayo Sports actively blocks VPNs. Only certain providers reliably bypass the detection.
| VPN Service | Price | Kayo Sports | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 NordVPNBEST | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | July 6 | Try it |
 Surfshark | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Open |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | July 3 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | July 4 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ~ Partial | July 2 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | July 4 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialTakes about 2 minutes. Works on your phone, tablet, TV, PC, or laptop.
Kayo Sports is only available in Australia. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
Kayo Sports is blocked in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Canada, in New Zealand and in Ireland, plus in 188 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like NordVPN.
Kayo Sports is an Australian sports streaming service launched in 2018. It’s run by Foxtel Group, which was acquired by Britain’s DAZN Group in April 2025. The platform carries 50+ sports — AFL, NRL, Formula 1 and cricket — both live and on demand. Its standout SplitView feature lets you follow up to four streams at once. Kayo is available in Australia only and is billed in Australian dollars.
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