Originally Posted by OMc:
“Perhaps Mark Robson & Alan Quinlan will do Ireland's tour then, with Hammond and Ieuan Evans in SA and SuperSport commentary for the World XV match. (Although Argentina is only 4 hours behind so it's not implausible that they fly Hammond out after the Championship final). If they're going to do Ireland off-tube they should have let the BBC do it (or is it part of the Sanzar deal now?), they at least had the decency to send Butler out there for England last year.
I was quite surprised to hear Simon Ward do the Barbarians match alongside Dewi Morris, considering Harrison and Barnes did it last year before flying off to Hong Kong (that evening IIRC). Perhaps he will do the Championship final instead.”
“Perhaps Mark Robson & Alan Quinlan will do Ireland's tour then, with Hammond and Ieuan Evans in SA and SuperSport commentary for the World XV match. (Although Argentina is only 4 hours behind so it's not implausible that they fly Hammond out after the Championship final). If they're going to do Ireland off-tube they should have let the BBC do it (or is it part of the Sanzar deal now?), they at least had the decency to send Butler out there for England last year.
I was quite surprised to hear Simon Ward do the Barbarians match alongside Dewi Morris, considering Harrison and Barnes did it last year before flying off to Hong Kong (that evening IIRC). Perhaps he will do the Championship final instead.”
I don't think the BBC sent Butler out there off their own back last year, ESPN had that commentary as their host English language feed (I remember them having him as Edward Butler on the graphics the Beeb took to our amusement)




