WBA, IBO and interim WBC World Middlewight Championship Match: Gennady Golovkin v Martin Murray
Mark Pougatch presented alongside Steve Collins and Richie Woodhall
Commentators: Dave Farrar and Al Bernstein
Channel 5's presentation came from the BT Sport studios, although Farrar and Bernstein were at ringside in Monte Carlo (and appeared in-vision prior to the fight). They took a post-fight interview with Murray conducted by an overseas broadcaster, which I imagine will have either been HBO or SuperSport (who were covering the event in the USA and sub-Saharan Africa respectively).
Prior to the main event, Channel 5 showed the undercard bout between Lee Haskins and Omar Lamiri for the European Bantamweight Championship in full as-live, and showed clips from that and Hughie Fury's fight in the final part of their coverage.
Ross Harries presented alongside Jonathan Davies and Martyn Williams, with Bethan Clement and Graham Price at the bar
Guinness Pro12 Treviso v Cardiff Blues - Gareth Charles and Carlo Del Fava, with Phil Steele conducting post-match interviews Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys - Andy Moore and Dafydd James (as S4C Red Button) Scarlets v Munster - Phil Steele Newport Gwent Dragons v Connacht - Nick Webb and Gareth Llewellyn (as S4C Red Button)
SWALEC Cup Second Round Ebbw Vale v Pontypridd - Rick O'Shea (reporting)
Bethan Clement voiced a graphic of the other SWALEC Cup results, as well as introducing some of the Pro12 edits.
Scrum V Classic Cuts - France v Wales 1975 (Graham Price's try) - Eddie Butler (voiceover), with commentary from Nigel Starmer-Smith ("They'll never believe it in Pontypool") Feature on Six Stations tournament (snow rugby) in the French Alps (included interviews with Colin Charvis, Simon Shaw, Iain Balshaw, Serge Betsen and various former French internationals) - Bethan Clement Interview with Dan Lydiate - Ross Harries
The programme was filmed in the rugby club style studio used for the Six Nations Specials in front of a live studio audience, with Ross interviewing Hal Luscombe and from Niall Allen from Only Men Aloud! among the audience about the Cardiff to Paris charity bike ride for Shelter Cymru.
Rugby League World Club Series - Sunday 22nd February (BBC One)
St Helens v South Sydney
Presented: Tanya Arnold, Jamie Peacock and Russell Crowe.
Commentators: Dave Woods and Brian Noble
Interviews: George Riley
This Super League Show special was presented from Langtree Park. After extended highlights of the main game was a round up of Warrington v St George-Illawarra and Wigan v Brisbane voiced over by George Riley.
ICU World Track Cycling Championships - Paris (BBC Red Button & BBC Two)
Presenter: Jonathan Edwards with Victoria Pendleton & Rob Hayles.
Commentators: Simon Brotherton, Chris Boardman and Alistair Bruce-Ball.
Interviews: Jill Douglas.
This event ran from Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd February.
Was a strange set up at these Championships. On a couple of days Brotherton and Boardman did all session, then on the Thursday they used some of the World Feed with Ant McCrossan while Boardman and Brotherton dipped in and out. Then on the Saturday Ali Bruce-Ball took over when Brotherton returned (presumably for Match of the Day)
Was a strange set up at these Championships. On a couple of days Brotherton and Boardman did all session, then on the Thursday they used some of the World Feed with Ant McCrossan while Boardman and Brotherton dipped in and out. Then on the Saturday Ali Bruce-Ball took over when Brotherton returned (presumably for Match of the Day)
There was a lot of this chopping and changing of commentators during the recent winter sports on BBC Red Button. Sometimes 'world feed', sometimes BBC commentator from Salford, sometimes at the event and nearly always a different one used on the Ski Sunday highlights.
TV3 have announced some on their team for the Rugby Union World Cup.
At the launch rugby coaching guru Matt Williams, ex-Irish international scrum half Peter Stringer and former British and Irish Lions player Stuart Barnes were announced as part of TV3’s team of analysts joining former Irish captain Keith Wood.
They will be joined by soon-to-be retired Leinster flanker Shane Jennings, former Ireland international rugby union player Hugo MacNeill and legendary English World Cup winning flanker Neil Back.
Irish sports commentator Conor McNamara, former Munster academy member Murray Kinsella and rugby analyst Liam Toland join Matt Cooper and TV3’s own Sinead Kissane on the broadcaster’s presentation team.
Peter Collins is joined by David Gillick and Jerry Kiernan to present. With commentary by George Hamilton and Greg Allen, and reports from Derval O'Rourke.
It appears that John Rawling is mIssing from ITV4's regular team on the UK Open darts next week, with Dan Dawson replacing him.
Wales v Ireland- Gabby Logan introduces with Keith Wood, Shane Williams and Martyn Williams, while match commentary comes from Eddie Butler, Jonathan Davies and Phillip Matthews.
England v Scotland- John Inverdale presents. Studio guests include Sir Clive Woodward and Andy Nicol, while match commentary comes from Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore.
Italy v France- John Inverdale presents. Studio guests include Carlo Del Fava, Keith Wood and Jeremy Guscott, while match commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Andy Nicol.
IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship Match: Carl Frampton v Chris Avalos
Mark Pougatch presented from the Odyssey Arena, Belfast alongside Al Bernstein and David Haye
Commentators: Ronald McIntosh and Al Bernstein
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
Richie Woodhall was pictured at ringside prior to the main event, with him billed as being on hand for analysis, but he didn't contribute to the commentary at all. Perhaps he would have started to chip in had the fight lasted for longer. During the final half hour of their coverage when they began to review the undercard, Woodhall replaced Haye alongside Pougatch and Bernstein for punditry as Haye went to talk to Frampton and the McGuigans.
Pougatch presented ITV4's coverage of the undercard alongside Bernstein and Bernard Dunne. McIntosh and Woodhall commentated on Conrad Cummings v Roberto Palenzuela and Dillian Whyte v Beka Lobjanidze, while McIntosh and Bernstein commentated on Anthony Cacace v Santiago Bustos and Denton Vassell v Viktor Plotnykov, plus Marco McCullough v Malkhaz Tatrishvili which took place before they went on-air but was shown in full towards the end of the ITV4 broadcast. The decisive rounds of most of the undercard fights were shown on ITV's coverage after the conclusion of the Frampton fight.
For S4C we had Gareth Roberts hosting with Shane Williams, Deiniol Jones and Dafydd Jones, with commentary from Gareth Charles and Dr. Gwyn Jones, with Dot Davies on reporting duty.
For the Under 20 game afterwards, Gareth still hosted form the Stade de France, doing small pieces with Dafydd Jones. Rhodri Lewellyn was commentating, but can't remember who was next to him.
IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship Match: Carl Frampton v Chris Avalos
Mark Pougatch presented from the Odyssey Arena, Belfast alongside Al Bernstein and David Haye
Commentators: Ronald McIntosh and Al Bernstein
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
I wasn't that impressed with McIntosh to honest. But there have been some great Boxing commentators down the years, Gutteridge, Darke & Rawling really are a tough act to follow. I thought Pougatch was pretty solid and Al Bernstein has always been a class act.
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WBA, IBO and interim WBC World Middlewight Championship Match: Gennady Golovkin v Martin Murray
Mark Pougatch presented alongside Steve Collins and Richie Woodhall
Commentators: Dave Farrar and Al Bernstein
Channel 5's presentation came from the BT Sport studios, although Farrar and Bernstein were at ringside in Monte Carlo (and appeared in-vision prior to the fight). They took a post-fight interview with Murray conducted by an overseas broadcaster, which I imagine will have either been HBO or SuperSport (who were covering the event in the USA and sub-Saharan Africa respectively).
Prior to the main event, Channel 5 showed the undercard bout between Lee Haskins and Omar Lamiri for the European Bantamweight Championship in full as-live, and showed clips from that and Hughie Fury's fight in the final part of their coverage.
Round 15 - London Irish v Leicester Tigers
Craig Doyle in the studio with Lawrence Dallaglio and Henry Slade.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Ugo Monye
Reporter: Sarra Elgan
Clwb Rygbi: Newport Gwent Dragons v Connacht
Gareth Roberts presented from Rodney Parade alongside Gruff Rees and Emyr Lewis
Commentators: Gareth Charles and Gwyn Jones
Red Button commentators: Nick Webb and Gareth Llewellyn (commentary in English)
Reporter: Owain Gwynedd
Scrum V Sunday
Ross Harries presented alongside Jonathan Davies and Martyn Williams, with Bethan Clement and Graham Price at the bar
Guinness Pro12
Treviso v Cardiff Blues - Gareth Charles and Carlo Del Fava, with Phil Steele conducting post-match interviews
Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys - Andy Moore and Dafydd James (as S4C Red Button)
Scarlets v Munster - Phil Steele
Newport Gwent Dragons v Connacht - Nick Webb and Gareth Llewellyn (as S4C Red Button)
SWALEC Cup Second Round
Ebbw Vale v Pontypridd - Rick O'Shea (reporting)
Bethan Clement voiced a graphic of the other SWALEC Cup results, as well as introducing some of the Pro12 edits.
Scrum V Classic Cuts - France v Wales 1975 (Graham Price's try) - Eddie Butler (voiceover), with commentary from Nigel Starmer-Smith ("They'll never believe it in Pontypool")
Feature on Six Stations tournament (snow rugby) in the French Alps (included interviews with Colin Charvis, Simon Shaw, Iain Balshaw, Serge Betsen and various former French internationals) - Bethan Clement
Interview with Dan Lydiate - Ross Harries
The programme was filmed in the rugby club style studio used for the Six Nations Specials in front of a live studio audience, with Ross interviewing Hal Luscombe and from Niall Allen from Only Men Aloud! among the audience about the Cardiff to Paris charity bike ride for Shelter Cymru.
Presenter: Jonathan Edwards with Victoria Pendleton & Rob Hayles.
Commentators: Simon Brotherton, Chris Boardman and Alistair Bruce-Ball.
Interviews: Jill Douglas.
This event ran from Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd February.
St Helens v South Sydney
Presented: Tanya Arnold, Jamie Peacock and Russell Crowe.
Commentators: Dave Woods and Brian Noble
Interviews: George Riley
This Super League Show special was presented from Langtree Park. After extended highlights of the main game was a round up of Warrington v St George-Illawarra and Wigan v Brisbane voiced over by George Riley.
Was a strange set up at these Championships. On a couple of days Brotherton and Boardman did all session, then on the Thursday they used some of the World Feed with Ant McCrossan while Boardman and Brotherton dipped in and out. Then on the Saturday Ali Bruce-Ball took over when Brotherton returned (presumably for Match of the Day)
There was a lot of this chopping and changing of commentators during the recent winter sports on BBC Red Button. Sometimes 'world feed', sometimes BBC commentator from Salford, sometimes at the event and nearly always a different one used on the Ski Sunday highlights.
At the launch rugby coaching guru Matt Williams, ex-Irish international scrum half Peter Stringer and former British and Irish Lions player Stuart Barnes were announced as part of TV3’s team of analysts joining former Irish captain Keith Wood.
They will be joined by soon-to-be retired Leinster flanker Shane Jennings, former Ireland international rugby union player Hugo MacNeill and legendary English World Cup winning flanker Neil Back.
Irish sports commentator Conor McNamara, former Munster academy member Murray Kinsella and rugby analyst Liam Toland join Matt Cooper and TV3’s own Sinead Kissane on the broadcaster’s presentation team.
Round 16 - Northampton Saints v Harlequins
Craig Doyle at Franklin's Gardens with Matt Dawson, Lawrence Dallaglio and Nick Kennedy.
Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Lawrence Dallaglio & Matt Dawson
Reporter: Martin Bayfield
Gareth Lewis and Lisa Burgess for the BBC Sport website
Scrum V Live: Ospreys v Leinster
Ross Harries presenting from the Liberty Stadium alongside Mark Jones, with Sean Holley in the analysis truck
Commentators: Nick Webb and Gareth Llewellyn
Red Button commentators: Lyn Davies and Jamie Robinson (sylwebaeth yn Gymraeg)
Reporter: Phil Steele
Peter Collins is joined by David Gillick and Jerry Kiernan to present. With commentary by George Hamilton and Greg Allen, and reports from Derval O'Rourke.
It appears that John Rawling is mIssing from ITV4's regular team on the UK Open darts next week, with Dan Dawson replacing him.
Wales v Ireland- Gabby Logan introduces with Keith Wood, Shane Williams and Martyn Williams, while match commentary comes from Eddie Butler, Jonathan Davies and Phillip Matthews.
England v Scotland- John Inverdale presents. Studio guests include Sir Clive Woodward and Andy Nicol, while match commentary comes from Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore.
Italy v France- John Inverdale presents. Studio guests include Carlo Del Fava, Keith Wood and Jeremy Guscott, while match commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Andy Nicol.
Round 3 - Scotland v Italy
John Inverdale at BT Murrayfield with Chris Paterson, Carlo del Fava and Sir Ian McGeechan.
Commentators: Andrew Cotter, Andy Nicol & Carlo del Fava
Reporter: Jill Douglas
Round 16 - Exeter Chiefs v Bath
Sarra Elgan at Sandy Park with Austin Healey and Dwayne Peel.
Commentators: Nick Mullins, Ben Kay & Austin Healey
Hang on, this is now correct. It's Butler not Cotter in Edinburgh.
Round 3 - France v Wales
Gabby Logan at the Stade de France with Martyn Williams, Thomas Castaignède and Drew Mitchell.
Commentators: Andrew Cotter, Ali Williams & Jonathan Davies
Reporter: Ross Harries
IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship Match: Carl Frampton v Chris Avalos
Mark Pougatch presented from the Odyssey Arena, Belfast alongside Al Bernstein and David Haye
Commentators: Ronald McIntosh and Al Bernstein
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
Richie Woodhall was pictured at ringside prior to the main event, with him billed as being on hand for analysis, but he didn't contribute to the commentary at all. Perhaps he would have started to chip in had the fight lasted for longer. During the final half hour of their coverage when they began to review the undercard, Woodhall replaced Haye alongside Pougatch and Bernstein for punditry as Haye went to talk to Frampton and the McGuigans.
Pougatch presented ITV4's coverage of the undercard alongside Bernstein and Bernard Dunne. McIntosh and Woodhall commentated on Conrad Cummings v Roberto Palenzuela and Dillian Whyte v Beka Lobjanidze, while McIntosh and Bernstein commentated on Anthony Cacace v Santiago Bustos and Denton Vassell v Viktor Plotnykov, plus Marco McCullough v Malkhaz Tatrishvili which took place before they went on-air but was shown in full towards the end of the ITV4 broadcast. The decisive rounds of most of the undercard fights were shown on ITV's coverage after the conclusion of the Frampton fight.
For S4C we had Gareth Roberts hosting with Shane Williams, Deiniol Jones and Dafydd Jones, with commentary from Gareth Charles and Dr. Gwyn Jones, with Dot Davies on reporting duty.
For the Under 20 game afterwards, Gareth still hosted form the Stade de France, doing small pieces with Dafydd Jones. Rhodri Lewellyn was commentating, but can't remember who was next to him.
Round 3 - Ireland v England
John Inverdale at the Aviva Stadium with Keith Wood, Jeremy Guscott and Sir Clive Woodward.
Commentators: Eddie Butler, Brian Moore, Phillip Matthews & Jonathan Davies
Reporter: Sonja McLaughlan
Yeah, though Jiffy was officially "analyst" and we only heard him a couple of times during the match, pre-match and at half time.
I wasn't that impressed with McIntosh to honest. But there have been some great Boxing commentators down the years, Gutteridge, Darke & Rawling really are a tough act to follow. I thought Pougatch was pretty solid and Al Bernstein has always been a class act.