Confirmation that it will be Leicester-Northampton on BTS1 (build-up from 15:00) and Exeter-Sale on BTS2 (build-up from 15:15) next Saturday in AP Round 22. All matches kick off at 15:30.
There will be some annoyed fans in the West Country who will have been hoping to get to see Bath-Gloucester, but really the choice was simple - these plus Saracens-Welsh are the only games with anything riding on them now.
Won't be many annoyed West Country fans, likely to be a second string affair ahead of much more important games the following weekend
Ross Harries presented alongside Robert Jones, Lee Byrne and Colin Charvis, with Bethan Clement
Guinness Pro12 Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors - Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies Ulster v Munster - Gareth Charles Newport Gwent Dragons v Edinburgh - Phil Steele Zebre v Connacht - Ross Harries (voiceover) Scarlets v Cardiff Blues - Phil Steele and Nigel Davies (as S4C Red Button)
SWALEC Finals Day (Millennium Stadium) Cambrian Welfare v Ystradgynlais (Bowl), Newcastle Emlyn v Ystrad Rhondda (Plate) & Pontypridd v Bridgend (Cup) - Bethan Clement (voiceover)
Principality Premiership Semi-Final Ebbw Vale v Cross Keys - Phil Steele
SWALEC League Division 3 West Central C Morriston v Ystradgynlais - Rick O'Shea (reporting)
Feature on Ugandan asylum seekers Benon Kizza and Philip Pariyo playing for St Peters RFC (included interviews with them, Mark Ring and clips of the Dinas Powys v St Peters East District Cup Final) - Ross Harries Interview with Warren Gatland - Ross Harries
With it being the live 4pm S4C game, the Scarlets v Cardiff Blues edit was left until the end of the programme, with Ross Harries then conducting a live link-up interview with Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac after it was shown.
Bethan Clement introduced all of the highlights edits involving the Welsh regions and also did her usual news round-up including all the club rugby items from the studio mid-show. If you are wondering why Ystradgynlais featured in two separate games, SWALEC Finals Day took place last weekend, with there being no Scrum V Sunday for it to feature in then due to the European finals. Good to see them including that action this week.
Evidently BBC Two Wales hadn't selected their live game on the final day of the Pro12 season by the programme's airtime - the closing montage just advertised their "Super Saturday" coverage starting at 2.45pm - but now the BBC iPlayer schedule has BBC Two Wales listed as showing Treviso v Scarlets.
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Wigan Warriors v Hull KR - 7.55pm, Sky Sports 3
Presenters/Commentators: Brian Carney, Bill Arthur, Terry O'Connor and Barrie McDermott
Saturday May 16
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants - 2.00pm, BBC1
Mark Chapman presents.
Commentator: Dave Woods
Reporter: Tanya Arnold
Guests: Brian Noble, Jonathan Davies, John Kear, Jon Wilkin and Robbie Hunter-Paul
Sunday May 17
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Leigh Centurions - 1.45pm, BBC2
Mark Chapman presents.
Commentator: Dave Woods
Reporter: Damian Johnson
Guests: Brian Noble, Jamie Peacock, Eorl Crabtree, Jon Wilkin and Robbie Hunter-Paul
French Open Tennis on ITV4- Presented by John Inverdale, with commentary and analysis from Nick Mullins, Marion Bartoli, Jim Courier, Mark Petchey, Fabrice Santoro and Sam Smith, and reports by Celina Hinchcliffe.
Dubai Darts Masters on ITV4- Presented by Graham Clews, with commentary by Stuart Pyke and Rod Harrington.
Ross Harries presenting from the studio alongside Martyn Williams and Robert Jones, with Bethan Clement
Commentators: Gareth Charles and Mark Jones
Reporter: Phil Steele
Bethan Clement is with the presentation team in the usual Scrum V Sunday studio in the same role that she has on the magazine show and is contributing to the commentary to update the rest of the scores from "Super Saturday". Cennydd Davies appeared in-vision from the Galway Sportsground to provide pre-match team news from Connacht v Ospreys. There's no Welsh language alternative commentary on the Red Button due to Final Score.
S4C
Clwb Rygbi: Connacht v Ospreys
Gareth Roberts presenting from the studio alongside Dafydd Jones and Nicky Robinson
Commentators: Cennydd Davies and Gwyn Jones
Red Button commentators: Andy Moore and Gareth Llewellyn (commentary in English)
Reporter: Owain Gwynedd
Similarly to BBC Two Wales, Gareth Charles appeared in-vision at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo to provide pre-match team news from Treviso v Scarlets.
French Open Tennis on ITV4- Presented by John Inverdale, with commentary and analysis from Nick Mullins, Marion Bartoli, Jim Courier, Mark Petchey, Fabrice Santoro and Sam Smith, and reports by Celina Hinchcliffe.
Dubai Darts Masters on ITV4- Presented by Graham Clews, with commentary by Stuart Pyke and Rod Harrington.
how do you know the darts is on itv4 and when is it?
Cavan v Monaghan and Clare v Limerick- Michael Lyster presents coverage of the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final, which features commentary by Darragh Maloney and Tom Carr, with analysis from Joe Brolly and Tomás Ó Sé. This is followed by the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final at, which includes commentary by Ger Canning and Michael Duignan, and analysis from Henry Shefflin, Cyril Farrell and Liam Sheedy.
It was mentioned towards the end of S4C's coverage of the Connacht v Ospreys game that they'll be showing the Munster v Ospreys Pro12 semi-final live next Saturday.
Mark Durden-Smith at Welford Road with David Flatman.
LEIC v NOR: Nick Mullins, Ben Kay & Austin Healey (as BT Sport) LWE v SAR: Richard Henwood (reporting) EXE v SAL: Alastair Eykyn & Paul Grayson (as BT Sport) LIR v WAS: Jonathan Harris-Bass BTH v GLO: Sam Roberts NEW v HAR: Richard Henwood (reporting)
Ross Harries presented alongside Martyn Williams, Jonathan Davies and Gareth Davies
Guinness Pro12 Connacht v Ospreys - Andy Moore and Gareth Llewellyn, with Owain Gwynedd conducting interviews (as S4C) Munster v Newport Gwent Dragons - Alun Jenkins Glasgow Warriors v Ulster - Huw Llywelyn Davies Treviso v Scarlets - Gareth Charles and Mark Jones, with Phil Steele conducting interviews Edinburgh v Leinster - Ross Harries (voiceover) Cardiff Blues v Zebre - Bethan Clement (reporting)
Principality Premiership Final Pontypridd v Ebbw Vale - Andy Moore, with Bethan Clement reporting from Sardis Road
Interview with Dan Biggar - Jonathan Davies
Nice to hear Huw Llywelyn Davies making an unexpected return from retirement to dub a commentary onto Scrum V Sunday's Glasgow Warriors v Ulster edit! Bethan Clement wasn't in the studio this week (although she did voice the intros to the Ospreys and Scarlets edits), instead she was at Sardis Road to interview Pontypridd fans and the club's chief executive Steve Reardon about the mooted prospect of regional A sides replacing Premiership clubs in the British & Irish Cup. Reardon even got to direct a few comments at their studio guest, the WRU chairman Gareth Davies! Clement also voiced their closing "Scrum V Awards 2015" montage.
Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saturday 23 May (BT Sport 1)
Semi-Final - Northampton Saints v Saracens
Martin Bayfield at Franklin's Gardens with Shaun Edwards and Ugo Monye.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Ugo Monye
Reporter: Chris Hollins
Semi-Final - Bath v Leicester Tigers
Craig Doyle at The Rec with Austin Healey, Lawrence Dallaglio and Mark Cueto. Matt Perry also joined Craig and Austin for a preview during the coverage of the first game.
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Lawrence Dallaglio & Austin Healey
Summer Bash from Blackpool ( this is the Magic Weekend for Championship sides )
Hosted by Eddie Hemmings with John Kear and Mike Stevenson
Game 1 - Whitehaven v Workington
Commentator - Ben Proe. Summarisers - Barry McDermott and John Wells
Game 2 - London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles
Commentators - Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stevenson. Summariser - John Kear
Game 3 - Bradford Bulls v Halifax
Commentator - Rod Studd. Summarisers - Terry O'Connor and John Wells
Interviews and touchline - Angela Powers
On the Red Button they showed a Super League match - Catalans v Wigan
Commentator - Bill Arthur. Summariser - Terry O'Connor
Terry did well to get from Perpignan to Blackpool within 10 minutes
They wouldn't do that in football would they? Stick a Premier League match on the red button and show a live Championship match.
Wigan got absolutely creamed as well.
They wouldn't do that in football would they? Stick a Premier League match on the red button and show a live Championship match.
Wigan got absolutely creamed as well.
I think they are just showing the Wigan game because they bascially show all Catalan matches due to all their games in France being shown on tv.
Dublin v Galway and Dublin v Longford- Michael Lyster is joined by Colm O'Rourke, Eddie Brennan, Ger Loughnane and Pat Spillane to present. Marty Morrissey and Donal O'Grady commentate on the hurling, and Darragh Maloney and Kevin McStay take over for the football.
Comments
Won't be many annoyed West Country fans, likely to be a second string affair ahead of much more important games the following weekend
Clwb Rygbi: Scarlets v Cardiff Blues
Gareth Roberts presented from Parc y Sgarlets alongside Deiniol Jones and Dafydd Jones
Commentators: Gareth Charles and Gwyn Jones
Red Button commentators: Phil Steele and Nigel Davies (commentary in English)
Reporter: Dot Davies
Deiniol Jones had a go in Sean Holley's analysis truck at half-time.
Scrum V Sunday
Ross Harries presented alongside Robert Jones, Lee Byrne and Colin Charvis, with Bethan Clement
Guinness Pro12
Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors - Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies
Ulster v Munster - Gareth Charles
Newport Gwent Dragons v Edinburgh - Phil Steele
Zebre v Connacht - Ross Harries (voiceover)
Scarlets v Cardiff Blues - Phil Steele and Nigel Davies (as S4C Red Button)
SWALEC Finals Day (Millennium Stadium)
Cambrian Welfare v Ystradgynlais (Bowl), Newcastle Emlyn v Ystrad Rhondda (Plate) & Pontypridd v Bridgend (Cup) - Bethan Clement (voiceover)
Principality Premiership Semi-Final
Ebbw Vale v Cross Keys - Phil Steele
SWALEC League Division 3 West Central C
Morriston v Ystradgynlais - Rick O'Shea (reporting)
Feature on Ugandan asylum seekers Benon Kizza and Philip Pariyo playing for St Peters RFC (included interviews with them, Mark Ring and clips of the Dinas Powys v St Peters East District Cup Final) - Ross Harries
Interview with Warren Gatland - Ross Harries
With it being the live 4pm S4C game, the Scarlets v Cardiff Blues edit was left until the end of the programme, with Ross Harries then conducting a live link-up interview with Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac after it was shown.
Bethan Clement introduced all of the highlights edits involving the Welsh regions and also did her usual news round-up including all the club rugby items from the studio mid-show. If you are wondering why Ystradgynlais featured in two separate games, SWALEC Finals Day took place last weekend, with there being no Scrum V Sunday for it to feature in then due to the European finals. Good to see them including that action this week.
Evidently BBC Two Wales hadn't selected their live game on the final day of the Pro12 season by the programme's airtime - the closing montage just advertised their "Super Saturday" coverage starting at 2.45pm - but now the BBC iPlayer schedule has BBC Two Wales listed as showing Treviso v Scarlets.
Friday May 15
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Wigan Warriors v Hull KR - 7.55pm, Sky Sports 3
Presenters/Commentators: Brian Carney, Bill Arthur, Terry O'Connor and Barrie McDermott
Saturday May 16
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants - 2.00pm, BBC1
Mark Chapman presents.
Commentator: Dave Woods
Reporter: Tanya Arnold
Guests: Brian Noble, Jonathan Davies, John Kear, Jon Wilkin and Robbie Hunter-Paul
Sunday May 17
Live Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Sixth Round: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Leigh Centurions - 1.45pm, BBC2
Mark Chapman presents.
Commentator: Dave Woods
Reporter: Damian Johnson
Guests: Brian Noble, Jamie Peacock, Eorl Crabtree, Jon Wilkin and Robbie Hunter-Paul
Dubai Darts Masters on ITV4- Presented by Graham Clews, with commentary by Stuart Pyke and Rod Harrington.
Round 22 - Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints
Craig Doyle in the studio with Lawrence Dallaglio and Ben Foden, Sarra Elgan in Leicester, Martin Bayfield in Exeter and Chris Hollins in Oxford.
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Ben Kay & Austin Healey
Reporter: Sarra Elgan
Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saturday 16 May (BT Sport 2)
Round 22 - Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks
Martin Bayfield at Sandy Park with Paul Grayson and Phil Dollman.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn & Paul Grayson
Scrum V Live: Treviso v Scarlets
Ross Harries presenting from the studio alongside Martyn Williams and Robert Jones, with Bethan Clement
Commentators: Gareth Charles and Mark Jones
Reporter: Phil Steele
Bethan Clement is with the presentation team in the usual Scrum V Sunday studio in the same role that she has on the magazine show and is contributing to the commentary to update the rest of the scores from "Super Saturday". Cennydd Davies appeared in-vision from the Galway Sportsground to provide pre-match team news from Connacht v Ospreys. There's no Welsh language alternative commentary on the Red Button due to Final Score.
S4C
Clwb Rygbi: Connacht v Ospreys
Gareth Roberts presenting from the studio alongside Dafydd Jones and Nicky Robinson
Commentators: Cennydd Davies and Gwyn Jones
Red Button commentators: Andy Moore and Gareth Llewellyn (commentary in English)
Reporter: Owain Gwynedd
Similarly to BBC Two Wales, Gareth Charles appeared in-vision at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo to provide pre-match team news from Treviso v Scarlets.
how do you know the darts is on itv4 and when is it?
Thursday 28th, Friday 29th
Cavan v Monaghan and Clare v Limerick- Michael Lyster presents coverage of the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final, which features commentary by Darragh Maloney and Tom Carr, with analysis from Joe Brolly and Tomás Ó Sé. This is followed by the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final at, which includes commentary by Ger Canning and Michael Duignan, and analysis from Henry Shefflin, Cyril Farrell and Liam Sheedy.
It was Tanya Arnold. The rest was spot on though.
Round 22 Highlights
Mark Durden-Smith at Welford Road with David Flatman.
LEIC v NOR: Nick Mullins, Ben Kay & Austin Healey (as BT Sport)
LWE v SAR: Richard Henwood (reporting)
EXE v SAL: Alastair Eykyn & Paul Grayson (as BT Sport)
LIR v WAS: Jonathan Harris-Bass
BTH v GLO: Sam Roberts
NEW v HAR: Richard Henwood (reporting)
It was Tanya. It was never going to be Chappers ( despite the EPG ) as MOTD Extra only finished 45 mins before the RL started
Scrum V Sunday
Ross Harries presented alongside Martyn Williams, Jonathan Davies and Gareth Davies
Guinness Pro12
Connacht v Ospreys - Andy Moore and Gareth Llewellyn, with Owain Gwynedd conducting interviews (as S4C)
Munster v Newport Gwent Dragons - Alun Jenkins
Glasgow Warriors v Ulster - Huw Llywelyn Davies
Treviso v Scarlets - Gareth Charles and Mark Jones, with Phil Steele conducting interviews
Edinburgh v Leinster - Ross Harries (voiceover)
Cardiff Blues v Zebre - Bethan Clement (reporting)
Principality Premiership Final
Pontypridd v Ebbw Vale - Andy Moore, with Bethan Clement reporting from Sardis Road
Interview with Dan Biggar - Jonathan Davies
Nice to hear Huw Llywelyn Davies making an unexpected return from retirement to dub a commentary onto Scrum V Sunday's Glasgow Warriors v Ulster edit! Bethan Clement wasn't in the studio this week (although she did voice the intros to the Ospreys and Scarlets edits), instead she was at Sardis Road to interview Pontypridd fans and the club's chief executive Steve Reardon about the mooted prospect of regional A sides replacing Premiership clubs in the British & Irish Cup. Reardon even got to direct a few comments at their studio guest, the WRU chairman Gareth Davies! Clement also voiced their closing "Scrum V Awards 2015" montage.
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Semi-Final - Northampton Saints v Saracens
Martin Bayfield at Franklin's Gardens with Shaun Edwards and Ugo Monye.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Ugo Monye
Reporter: Chris Hollins
Semi-Final - Bath v Leicester Tigers
Craig Doyle at The Rec with Austin Healey, Lawrence Dallaglio and Mark Cueto. Matt Perry also joined Craig and Austin for a preview during the coverage of the first game.
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Lawrence Dallaglio & Austin Healey
Reporter: Sarra Elgan
Summer Bash from Blackpool ( this is the Magic Weekend for Championship sides )
Hosted by Eddie Hemmings with John Kear and Mike Stevenson
Game 1 - Whitehaven v Workington
Commentator - Ben Proe. Summarisers - Barry McDermott and John Wells
Game 2 - London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles
Commentators - Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stevenson. Summariser - John Kear
Game 3 - Bradford Bulls v Halifax
Commentator - Rod Studd. Summarisers - Terry O'Connor and John Wells
Interviews and touchline - Angela Powers
On the Red Button they showed a Super League match - Catalans v Wigan
Commentator - Bill Arthur. Summariser - Terry O'Connor
Terry did well to get from Perpignan to Blackpool within 10 minutes
They wouldn't do that in football would they? Stick a Premier League match on the red button and show a live Championship match.
Wigan got absolutely creamed as well.
Playoff Semi-Final - Gloucester v Connacht
Martin Bayfield at Kingsholm with Andy Goode, Conor O'Shea and Ben Kay.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Conor O'Shea
Reporter: Sarra Elgan
I think they are just showing the Wigan game because they bascially show all Catalan matches due to all their games in France being shown on tv.
Summer Bash from Blackpool ( this is the Magic Weekend for Championship sides )
Hosted by Eddie Hemmings with Phil Clark
Game 1 - Dewsbury v Batley
Commentator - Rod Studd. Summarisers - Mike Stephenson and John Wells
Game 2 - Doncaster v Hunslet
Commentators - Ben Proe. Summarisers - John Wells and Terry O'Connor
Game 3 - Leigh v Featherston
Commentator - Bill Arthur. Summarisers - Terry O'Connor and Barry McDermott
Interviews and touchline - Angela Powers
Dublin v Galway and Dublin v Longford- Michael Lyster is joined by Colm O'Rourke, Eddie Brennan, Ger Loughnane and Pat Spillane to present. Marty Morrissey and Donal O'Grady commentate on the hurling, and Darragh Maloney and Kevin McStay take over for the football.
I'm sure you're right. Presenters, commentators and pundits switching channels is very commonplace with tennis.