Rugby Commentators/Presenters
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@mn5 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@bones said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@mn5 and Chats! Although he was probably only there to pick everyone up from the airport and drop them back.
I would pay big money just to sit in a cab and talk cricket with chats. I bet he has some yarns
Cab fare isn't that big even for a Scotsman is it? Just book him for a blat around mate!
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@bones said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@mn5 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@bones said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@mn5 and Chats! Although he was probably only there to pick everyone up from the airport and drop them back.
I would pay big money just to sit in a cab and talk cricket with chats. I bet he has some yarns
Cab fare isn't that big even for a Scotsman is it? Just book him for a blat around mate!
Good point. I’d charge it to my work expense account.
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I like Nisbo. Perhaps its just familiarity but I enjoy his commentary.
Justin Marshall annoys me no end. He acts like he is the "knowledgable expert" and yet he doesn't understand basic laws of rugby.
Personally I always like Mexted as a colour commentator. They should bring him back.
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@bovidae said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@yeetyaah said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Hames makes some outrageous claims at times.
Hames is often critical of referees' decisions, which is surprising as he is a ref himself. No idea if he is any good though.
At least he knows what he’s talking about on the scrum ones.
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@damo said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
I like Nisbo. Perhaps its just familiarity but I enjoy his commentary.
Justin Marshall annoys me no end. He acts like he is the "knowledgable expert" and yet he doesn't understand basic laws of rugby.
Personally I always like Mexted as a colour commentator. They should bring him back.
You probably wish Philip Sherry still read the news too
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@bovidae said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Jeff McTainsh is probably the guy Sky needs to use more. Maybe Nigel Yalden does more TV commentary.
I'll add that a lot of the former players used in supporting roles are terrible too
I can usually tolerate below standard play by play calling (including mistakes) if the “expert” analysis is insightful and balanced. But that has been pretty underwhelming for a few years now (RIP JD).
Mute is your friend.
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Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work. -
@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work.When does therapy start?
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Ken Laban is the best with his fantastic pronunciations followed by Rikki Swannell. Not many good expert commentators sadly, too much of a boys club on sky. Bring back Jon Preston, that man knows his stuff.
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@african-monkey said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Ken Laban is the best with his fantastic pronunciations followed by Rikki Swannell. Not many good expert commentators sadly, too much of a boys club on sky. Bring back Jon Preston, that man knows his stuff.
I found him a bit annoying until I saw him on the breakdown and it became so clear that he is a super club man who has been supporting the game for (pretty much) his whole life. Now I find myself quite liking his 'what high school did X graduate from.'
I don't find Swannell's voice annoying, but that might be because I have a few more women around in my life with far more annoying voices.
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@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work.Apart from the 1995 RWC when we were mercifully spared the ridiculous Gordon Bray and had the decent team of Fordham (pretty shit but harmless) and Nick Farr-Jones and Simon Poedevin (before he started on his angry pills) Australian commentary has always been absolutely dire. The only positive is that Bray, Kearns and Maaaaaardo have never commented together. I’d rather mute them and listen to the farking Spice Girls.
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@gt12 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
I found him a bit annoying until I saw him on the breakdown and it became so clear that he is a super club man who has been supporting the game for (pretty much) his whole life. Now I find myself quite liking his 'what high school did X graduate from.'
I've seen Laban's notebook for 1st XV games. Some people might not like his RL-style commentary but you could never accuse him of not being prepared.
As far as analysts go, I like Meg when he analyses what he sees and avoids showing his ignorance of the laws.
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@bovidae I feel Meg only works in analysis after or before a game, during is where he is annoying AF and prone to his emotional outbursts or getting things completely wrong.
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I don't find Meg nearly as annoying as TJ and Nisbett. I don't mind Swannell, don't mind Laban aside from "second man play".
Not sure how anyone can love Nisbo, he gets the players wrong pretty much every minute of the game. It used to be just brown players but I think he's colour blind now as he muddles up every one. His voice is fine.
The worst commentator in any sport ever was Jason Costigan, Sky needed a bullet for hiring him and his uber nasally Aussie accent.
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@crucial said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work.When does therapy start?
Started mate, I went to a couple of club games here on weekend and found I starting to feel everything on an even keel again.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work.Apart from the 1995 RWC when we were mercifully spared the ridiculous Gordon Bray and had the decent team of Fordham (pretty shit but harmless) and Nick Farr-Jones and Simon Poedevin (before he started on his angry pills) Australian commentary has always been absolutely dire. The only positive is that Bray, Kearns and Maaaaaardo have never commented together. I’d rather mute them and listen to the farking Spice Girls.
Funnily enough I came to enjoy Bray, I was away somewheer and watching a test on FTA in Aus and he was doing commentary, and I found hom reasonablt knowledgeable. Think I also enjoyed his work on neutral games during one WC.
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@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@rancid-schnitzel said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
@dan54 said in NZ Rugby Commentators:
Well I don't get too excited over who is commentating games. I maybe different, but I quite enjoy Ken Laban, mainly because I get impression he loves the game and actually goes to a lot of school and club rugby when off air. I also enjoy Hames whoI find has interesting points of view from refs decisions at times. TJ , Nesbitt etc I can take or leave, when I watch rugby I kind of take more interest in what players are doing more than commentators.
In saying that I find Justin Marshall a bit annoying when he rants about decisions that quite often he has got wrong. Point things out but don't harp I tend to think. Still I have just got back form 20 odd years in Aus and had a diet of Kearnsire and Marto etc who at times tried their hardest to be comedians, which doesn't work.Apart from the 1995 RWC when we were mercifully spared the ridiculous Gordon Bray and had the decent team of Fordham (pretty shit but harmless) and Nick Farr-Jones and Simon Poedevin (before he started on his angry pills) Australian commentary has always been absolutely dire. The only positive is that Bray, Kearns and Maaaaaardo have never commented together. I’d rather mute them and listen to the farking Spice Girls.
Funnily enough I came to enjoy Bray, I was away somewheer and watching a test on FTA in Aus and he was doing commentary, and I found hom reasonablt knowledgeable. Think I also enjoyed his work on neutral games during one WC.
Haven’t gone near any of his games for years. He may have mellowed but I can’t stand that voice. My experience is from the 90s when he orgasmed every time Campese touched the ball. After that Matt Burke was his crush. When around the players he was like a teenage girl at a Bieber concert.
