Who your least favourite rugby commentator ?

[DPK]

Hadley wasn't as bad as I expected.

GEORGE GREGAN on the other hand. Honestly, he must be the only man in the world who actually believed that, with 10 to go, and a lineout on OUR OWN GOAL LINE, the Wallabies could score a try.

Next time the producer asks you to gee up the losing team to stop viewers switching off, try and be a bit more subtle and realistic Gorgeous George.

 

[Bilby]

Gotta be Marto - strange that he hasn't been mouthing off in NZ about the excessive use of the Haka like he did on Brisbane radio! Useless - he played max 9 test games as in an absolute expert. Also his mouth hasn't been running with the likes of his star boys Cooper & Ione

 

[Budgie]

I know who the dream team commentary team would be, Roy & HG + Sam Ikin.

There is some kiwi bloke who does commentary, forget his name now, but he calls them the "Blackness" and has some sort of website where you can hear some of his previous calls. very much in the style of Roy and HG, although it is very pro Kiwi.

I will do some searching around and post a link here when I find it (unless someone beats me to it).

 

[DPK]

That's the Alternative Rugby Commentary, the commentator is Ged Thian.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

and The Most Favourite Commentator is....

[video=youtube;rf2wpymGoQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2wpymGoQs[/video]

William Pollock McLaren CBE (16th October 1923 - 19th January 2010) was a Scottish rugby union commentator. Until his retirement in 2002, he was known as 'the voice of rugby'. Renowned throughout the sport, his enthusiasm and a memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many.

Will we ever see the likes of Bill again?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

That's the Alternative Rugby Commentary, the commentator is Ged Thian.

[video=vimeo;30721646]http://vimeo.com/30721646[/video]

Not sure if we can promote this site, although does not appear to offer download streams.
http://www.arcrugby.co.nz/
Mods - Feel free to delete.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

Gotta be Marto - strange that he hasn't been mouthing off in NZ about the excessive use of the Haka like he did on Brisbane radio! Useless - he played max 9 test games as in an absolute expert. Also his mouth hasn't been running with the likes of his star boys Cooper & Ione

9 more than me...or you (I suspect)
He might have played more if he had not had the misfortune to be on the end of a Campo pass in our own in goal agains the Lions...well, in reality, he wasn't quite on the end of it....

 

[Mr Doug]

Tim Gavel ABC radio ("Grandstand")....keeps refering to the "goal line", and not the "try line"! I prefer Quentin Hull calling our rugby.

 

[Ruggo]

Gotta be Marto - strange that he hasn't been mouthing off in NZ about the excessive use of the Haka like he did on Brisbane radio! Useless - he played max 9 test games as in an absolute expert. Also his mouth hasn't been running with the likes of his star boys Cooper & Ione

Marto is a wanker no doubt in regards to commentary but in regards to his nine tests, I am pretty sure he was diagnsed with cancer which ended his test career.

 

[Baldric]

For me it is Phil Kearns.
He is just a bit too one eyed for my liking.
But he can be a funny little bugger at times too.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

Tim Gavel ABC radio ("Grandstand")....keeps refering to the "goal line", and not the "try line"! I prefer Quentin Hull calling our rugby.

It is a goal line: law1
Think about the origins of the game and you may see why


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[Mr Doug]

It is a goal line: law1
Think about the origins of the game and you may see why


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Then it's time for a Law 1 update!
Most commentators and rugby fans call it the try line. The Eden Park field bears no resemblance to the paddock on which WWE did his thing at The Rugby School....and remember, on that day the boys were playing football (soccer)!


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[Inside Shoulder]

God knows where your right index finger is....

It's little anomalies like this that keep the born and bred followers of the game pure bred, without the genetic impurities introduced by mere love of the game for the game's sake


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[DPK]

An argument based on fact can't include any reference to William Webb-Ellis, surely?

 

[Inside Shoulder]

'tis better that we never know the truth of WWE..


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[Blue]

That's the Alternative Rugby Commentary, the commentator is Ged Thian.

He did live calls from a pub in Wellington. I watched Eng vs Argentina while he was commentating live and after about 40 minutes I left.

The stuff on his website is funny but when he ad-libs it gets a bit much.

 

[TheNextBigThing]

Never seen him live. Love the clips on youtube, but I listened to a call online and he doesn't sustain it.