Commentators
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@Bovidae Yealden did some of the 2019 RWC calling didnt he, or was that just radio too?
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@taniwharugby just for radio I believe,may have done the odd women’s RWC game
For me if his health is good it’s TJ if not it’s Swannell.
On saying all that if Bill Mclaren can go through to 78 there’s no reason Nesbitt hangs in a bit longer. -
Rikki Swannell or Ken Laban for me.
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@taniwharugby He has done plenty of rugby commentary for Sky from 1st XV, to U20s, to FPC and NPC. I think he also did some netball this year.
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Aslong as it ain’t Karl Te Nana. That guy is super cheesy.
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@Steven-Harris I guess some of it depends on how keen Nisbo is to carry on. They flicked across him in the commentary box the other day (probably against Ireland) and he's looking pretty grey these days. Doubt he'll do another RWC.
I'd imagine TJ hasn't gone to RWC for Sky for the same reasons Justin hasn't i.e. budget and diversity.
I think TJ would ascend to senior commentator af Nisbo retires, but he and Laban are both in their mid-60s already, so they need to be developing a few younger ones.
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@Chris-B some really good co commentators coming through ,been highly impressed with Ant Strachan on both radio and television
I know Kanes Hames is not everyone’s cup of tea but his knowledge in and around set piece scrum ,lineout and breakdown is 2nd to none ,can be a bit biased at times but that doesn’t bother me unless it’s over the top talking Phil Kearns over the topIf you want fan boy stuff Joe Wheeler is your go to
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@Steven-Harris I think there's lots of guys coming through who will make good co-commentators. But, as you will know better than me - being a co-commentator is a different skill to calling the play and there's less of those around.
Despite the Sky bosses' feelings on Sumo, sometimes you have to put professionalism ahead of grudges and I wouldn't mind seeing him back.
Joe is improving - you can't last long as the rugby clown and he's got more to offer.
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@Stargazer said in Commentators:
@Chris-B Upvote for everything above your last sentence. I like Stevenson, but I think that ship has sailed after all his bitter posts on social media after he left Sky.
Haven't seen Scotty's posts, but he'd have probably been better served just sucking it (whatever) up given how small the NZ media is.
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@African-Monkey said in Commentators:
Rikki Swannell or Ken Laban for me.
Laban is terrible, nothing about what's going on the game but shouts of surnames, and history lessons of what school or club they played for. He is the only commentator I turn the sound off for
