Ray Warren was with Peter Sterling, Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler.

The only way the Four Nations is on HD on Premier Sports is via the online Premier Player.

European Rugby Champions Cup - Sunday 26 October (BT Sport 2)

Round 2 - Wasps v Harlequins

Craig Doyle in the studio alongside Lawrence Dallaglio and Brian O'Driscoll.

Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Matt Dawson

Reporter: Martin Bayfield

Round 2 - Benetton Treviso v Racing Métro (BT Sport Extra)

Commentators: Andrew Cotter & Nick Kennedy

Saturday 8 November- Rugby Union on the BBC

Wales v Australia- John Inverdale introduces. With commentary by Eddie Butler and Jonathan Davies, and analysis by Keith Wood, Martyn Williams and Jeremy Guscott.

Scotland v Argentina- Gabby Logan introduces. With commentary by Alistair Bruce-Ball, Andy Nicol and Phillip Matthews, and analysis by Ian McGeechan and Chris Paterson.

England v New Zealand (Highlights)- With commentary by Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore, and analysis by Lewis Moody

Shocked to see Ali Bruce-Ball get the live game and Cotter get the highlights, especially considering their respective nationalities.

Wish it was the opposite. Cotter's nationality means nothing. He is neutrality personified. You can see why the more 'senior' comm getting Eng v NZ.

When a couple of Italians were giving him grief on twitter after Duncan Weir's drop goal v Italy - he said he'd do the exact same reaction if it was an Italian player. Going by previous years that is true when Italy won it late one year.

So under the new Irish deal on Sky, unlike England no BBC highlights then?

You'd still expect their #2 commentator to get the second live game rather than the highlights (which could and should probably take the host broadcaster's commentary).

Also, no highlights of the Ireland games?

Oops - made a wee edit and kinda answered/asked both questions above!

Sunday 9 November on BBC Two

Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals

Sue Barker presents coverage of the afternoon session on day one. Commentary by Andrew Castle and Tim Henman.

Matt Smith will deputise for her in the presenting chair for the two semi-finals on Saturday.

Major League Baseball Postseason 2014

American League Wild Card Game, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield and Pedro Martinez from Atlanta, Georgia

Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Matt Winer as field reporter

National League Wild Card Game, ESPN

Baseball Tonight presenting team - Karl Ravech presented from PNC Park alongside Barry Larkin, with contributions from Adnan Virk, Eric Wedge, Dallas Braden and Eduardo Perez

San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates - Dan Shulman and John Kruk, with Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian as field reporters

American League Division Series, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield and Pedro Martinez from Atlanta, Georgia, joined by Todd Frazier for Game One of both series

Detroit Tigers v Baltimore Orioles - Brian Anderson, Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson, with Jaime Maggio as field reporter

Kansas City Royals v Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Matt Winer as field reporter

National League Division Series, Fox Sports 1

MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Frank Thomas, CJ Nitkowski, Gabe Kapler and Eric Karros from Los Angeles, California

San Francisco Giants v Washington Nationals - Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz, with Jon Paul Morosi as field reporter*

St. Louis Cardinals v Los Angeles Dodgers - Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, with Ken Rosenthal as field reporter**

*Except Game Three, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Vasgersian and Smoltz, with Sam Ryan as field reporter. Greg Amsinger presented their studio coverage alongside Dan Plesac and Bill Ripken. Chris Myers replaced Kevin Burkhardt as Fox Sports 1's studio host for Game Two.

**Except Game Two, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Bob Costas, Reynolds and Verducci, with Rosenthal as field reporter. Greg Amsinger presented their studio coverage alongside Mike Lowell, Darryl Hamilton and Mark DeRosa. Erin Andrews was Fox Sports 1's secondary fieldside reporter for Game One.

American League Championship Series, TBS

The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield and Pedro Martinez from Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Kauffman Stadium

Kansas City Royals v Baltimore Orioles - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Matt Winer, Steve Physioc (Royals bench) and Mike Bordick (Orioles bench) as field reporters

Jon Paul Morosi was Fox Sports 1's reporter at the ALCS during their coverage of the NLCS.

National League Championship Series, Fox and Fox Sports 1

MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Eric Karros, Gabe Kapler, Frank Thomas and CJ Nitkowski from Los Angeles, California

San Francisco Giants v St. Louis Cardinals - Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, with Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews as field reporters

Fox broadcast Game One of the NLCS and would have shown Game Six had it been necessary, with both games scheduled for Saturday which is their Game of the Week day during the regular season. All of the other games were on Fox Sports 1.

Jaime Maggio reported for TBS on the NLCS during their coverage of the ALCS. During their ALDS coverage, TBS had David Aldridge (NL Wild Card and Cardinals v Dodgers) and Rachel Nichols (Giants v Nationals) reporting from the National League side.

World Series, Fox

World Series Pregame presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Gabe Kapler, Nick Swisher and Frank Thomas from Kauffman Stadium and AT&T Park, joined by David Ortiz for Games One and Two

San Francisco Giants v Kansas City Royals - Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, with Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews as field reporters

ESPN broadcast Baseball Tonight pre and postgame shows from Kauffman Stadium and AT&T Park during the World Series. Karl Ravech presented from outside the stadiums alongside Curt Schilling, Barry Larkin and John Kruk; Chris Berman (KC) or Adnan Virk (SF) hosted segments from fieldside alongside Aaron Boone and Rick Sutcliffe; with Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian reporting.

In the UK, BT Sport broadcast all of the US national telecasts during the MLB Postseason, with the exception of the American League Championship Series and the World Series, where they took coverage from MLB International with commentary from Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe.

The majority of the World Series was broadcast on BT Sport 1, although Saturday's Game Four was moved to ESPN UK due to coverage of UFC 179 airing live on the former channel. Most of the earlier postseason games were televised by ESPN UK, with the BT Sport channels being used for overspill. This year, every game of the postseason was also streamed via the BT Sport website and app to subscribers.

Friday 31st October - BBC Two Wales and BBC Red Button

Scrum V Live: Ospreys v Connacht

Ross Harries presenting from the Liberty Stadium alongside Colin Charvis, with Sean Holley in the analysis truck

Commentators: Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies

Red Button commentators: Gareth Rhys Owen and Emyr Lewis (sylwebaeth yn Gymraeg)

Reporter: Phil Steele

Two of the worst commentators there is.

International Rugby Union - Saturday 1 November (Sky Sports 2)

Barbarians v Australia

Alex Payne presenting live from Twickenham alongside Michael Lynagh and Will Greenwood.

Commentators: Miles Harrison & Stuart Barnes

Reporter: Bill Latham

International Rugby Union - Saturday 1 November (Sky Sports 2)

United States v New Zealand

Rupert Cox in the studio alongside Casey Laulala and Nick Evans.

Commentators: Todd ???, Brian ??? & Marty Sneider (as NBC Sports USA)

Is there really no way Sky could have got hold of the NZ commentators, because the US guys are horrendous! I know you can't pass forward, I know what a maul is, I know that halves last 40 minutes!

a quick yahoo search throws up:-


It also mentions that NBC Universal Sports will show some, but not all of, next years Rugby World Cup.

Having another go then:

International Rugby Union - Saturday 1 November (Sky Sports 2)

United States v New Zealand

Rupert Cox in the studio alongside Casey Laulala and Nick Evans.

Commentators: Todd Harris, Brian Hightower & Marty Snider (as NBC Sports USA)

Ulster v Newport-Gwent Dragons (Guinness Pro12 RU)

S4C have Gareth Roberts hosting in the dry alongside Deiniol Jones and Emyr Lewis, with on-site commentary from Gareth Charles and Dr. Gwyn Jones. Owain Gwynedd got soaked along with Gareth Charles whilst both were doing their pre-match chat from pitchside.

Not sure as to how S4C are showing this at this timeslot, yet whenever other welsh clubs play at this time and it hasn't been on Sky Sports, they wait until the Monday.

The first thing they mention in the half-time analysis is this commentary, and suggest that it's somehow refreshing!

Can understand the US commentary in terms of rule explanations but it is shockingly horrendous and laughable! I'd rather listen to Scott Hastings! 😂😂

Maybe Sky NZ are offtubing or something so we couldn't get their feed. Rather Sky themselves offtubed it.

Can understand them showing a game tonight as they can't have their usual Sunday slot this week, but I would have thought they would have shown the Scarlets/Zebre game. Did anyone televise it?

LV= Cup Rugby - Sunday 2 November (Sky Sports 4)

Round 1 - Saracens v Harlequins

James Gemmell presenting live from Allianz Park alongside Kyran Bracken and Pat Sanderson.

Commentators: Martin Gillingham & Pat Sanderson

Reporter: Bill Latham

International Rugby Union - Sunday 2 November (Sky Sports 4)

Championship XV v Canada

James Gemmell continuing to present live from Allianz Park alongside Kyran Bracken and Pat Sanderson.

Commentators: Johnnie Hammond & Dewi Morris

No. It wasn't on Italian television either.

Just on this - in case anyone was wondering, the Pro12 now has an Italian television partner (they didn't at the start of the season). The channel is called Nuvolari and looking at the Broadcast Schedule page of the Pro12 website, it looks like they will be televising occasional Treviso and Zebre home games plus carrying the away matches of those teams that are being televised live by the British and Irish rights holders.

So the list of the Pro12's live TV partners are:

UK and Republic of Ireland - Sky Sports (mostly Saturday afternoon/evening games)
Wales - BBC Two Wales (mostly Friday nights) and S4C (mostly Sunday afternoons)
Scotland - BBC Alba and BBC Two Scotland (mostly Friday nights and Sunday afternoons)
Northern Ireland - BBC Two Northern Ireland (mostly Ulster home games on Fridays)
Republic of Ireland - TG4 (Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays mostly evening kick-off nights)
Italy - Nuvolari (seems pretty ad-hoc)

At darts, I think Matt Smith may have just had one of his hardest interviews. Bit surreal, both players were behaving quite unusually