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Six Nations Rugby Union on BBC One
Saturday 13 February France v Ireland- Gabby Logan introduces. In the studio will be Keith Wood, Thomas Castaignede and Paul O’Connell. Match commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Brian Moore. Wales v Scotland- John Inverdale introduces. Andy Nicol, Martyn Williams and Jeremy Guscott provide expert analysis, with match commentary from Andrew Cotter, Jonathan Davies and Chris Paterson. On the Sunday John Inverdale presents highlights and Jonathan Davies and Lewis Moody provide analysis on all the action. |
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Saturday 13 February France v Ireland- Gabby Logan introduces. In the studio will be Keith Wood, Thomas Castaignede and Paul O’Connell. Match commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Brian Moore. |
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Not sure if anything had already been known about this, but Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson will be retiring from Sky's rugby league coverage at the end of the year.
No real changes on the first night of the season tonight. New graphics style though, updated to look similar to the football, with lower case typeface |
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Not sure if anything had already been known about this, but Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson will be retiring from Sky's rugby league coverage at the end of the year.
If this is his last stanza then let us enjoy Stevo for everything he's contributed, catchphrases and all. |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on ITV
Sunday 14 February Italy v England- Mark Pougatch is joined by Jonny Wilkinson, Sir Clive Woodward and Maggie Alphonsi in the studio, with Martin Bayfield, Marco Bortalami and Ugo Monye pitchside and commentary from Nick Mullins, Ben Kay and David Flatman. |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on BBC Two Wales
Ross Harries presents coverage of Ireland U20s v Wales U20s. Studio guests include former Wales international Martyn Williams. Commentary is from Gareth Charles and former Ireland international Paul Wallace. |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on RTE Two
Saturday 13 February Daire O'Brien presents. With analysis from Brent Pope, Shane Horgan and Ronan O'Gara France v Ireland- Ryle Nugent and Ralph Keyes, and reports from Bernard Jackman and Donal Lenihan Wales v Scotland- George Hamilton and Alan Quinlan |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on ITV
Sunday 14 February Italy v England- Mark Pougatch is joined by Jonny Wilkinson, Sir Clive Woodward and Maggie Alphonsi in the studio, with Martin Bayfield, Marco Bortalami and Ugo Monye pitchside and commentary from Nick Mullins, Ben Kay and David Flatman. |
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Jesus - how many people do you need. Carnage voice over load. Studio, 2/3 pundits, reporter and 2 comms in the booth. Simple.
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Yeah the pitchside pundits are pointless but the rest is fine, It will be normal to have 3 pundits, 3 man commentary and to be honest It's fine as it is.
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Itv.com had highlights of today's games after the final whistle. The commentators were:
Scotland v England - Martin Gillingham France v Italy - Simon Ward |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on RTE2
Sunday 14 February Italy v England- Daire O'Brien presents. With analysis from Conor O'Shea, Eddie O'Sullivan and Ronan O'Gara, with commentary by Hugh Cahill and Donal Lenihan. |
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Welsh Open Snooker on BBC Two Wales- Presented by Ian Hunt, with commentary by Dominic Dale, Terry Griffiths, Darren Morgan and Willie Thorne.
Friday 19 February- Rugby Union on BBC Two Wales Ospreys v Edinburgh- Presented by Ross Harries, with commentary by Gareth Charles and Martyn Williams, and analysis from Jonathan Thomas. |
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To hear 10 different voices for one matches is a complete overload, compare it to a typical ITV Champions league from yesteryear with Chiles, Dixon, Keane, Tyldesley and Townsend. It is an overload. However it will be good to have Flatman on an the Six Nations and it will be great to hear Mullins back commentating on the Six Nations
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To hear 10 different voices for one matches is a complete overload, compare it to a typical ITV Champions league from yesteryear with Chiles, Dixon, Keane, Tyldesley and Townsend. It is an overload. However it will be good to have Flatman on an the Six Nations and it will be great to hear Mullins back commentating on the Six Nations
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I wonder if it is just because it is their first game that it is like that. Sky on the Super League on Thursday had 9 different voices on the game because it was first of the season. It won't usually be that many.
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Yeah the pitchside pundits are pointless but the rest is fine, It will be normal to have 3 pundits, 3 man commentary and to be honest It's fine as it is.
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To hear 10 different voices for one matches is a complete overload, compare it to a typical ITV Champions league from yesteryear with Chiles, Dixon, Keane, Tyldesley and Townsend. It is an overload. However it will be good to have Flatman on an the Six Nations and it will be great to hear Mullins back commentating on the Six Nations
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I think Gordon D'Arcy has been considerably better so far as the Irish co-commentator for ITV than Geordan Murphy was during the World Cup.
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To resume:
RBS 6 Nations – Round 1 on BBC TV France v Italy (Sat 6 Feb) Gabby Logan live at the Stade de France with Keith Wood, Thomas Castaignède and Matt Giteau. Commentary: Eddie Butler, Carlo del Fava & Jonathan Davies Reporter: Lee McKenzie Scotland v England (Sat 6 Feb) John Inverdale live at BT Murrayfield with Jeremy Guscott, Andy Nicol and Mike Tindall. Commentary: Andrew Cotter, Brian Moore & Chris Paterson Reporter: Sonja McLaughlan Ireland v Wales (Sun 7 Feb) Highlights commentary: Eddie Butler & Tomás O'Leary Highlights Show John Inverdale in the studio with Jeremy Guscott, Martyn Williams and Keith Wood. RBS 6 Nations – Round 1 on ITV France v Italy (Sat 6 Feb) Highlights commentary: Simon Ward Scotland v England (Sat 6 Feb) Highlights commentary: Martin Gillingham Ireland v Wales (Sun 7 Feb) Mark Pougatch live at the Aviva Stadium with Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O’Driscoll and Gareth Thomas. Martin Bayfield pitchside with Maggie Alphonsi, Gordon D'Arcy and Shane Williams. Commentary: Nick Mullins, Shane Williams & Gordon D’Arcy Reporter: Martin Bayfield RBS 6 Nations – Round 1 on S4C Ireland v Wales (Sun 7 Feb) Gareth Roberts at the Aviva Stadium with Andrew Coombs and Dwayne Peel. Commentary: Gareth Charles & Gwyn Jones Analyst: Deiniol Jones Reporter: Catrin Heledd RBS 6 Nations – Round 1 on BBC Radio 5 Live Scotland v England (Sat 6 Feb) Eleanor Oldroyd at BT Murrayfield with Paul Grayson and Gavin Hastings. Commentary: Chris Jones, Ian Robertson, Gavin Hastings & Paul Grayson Ireland v Wales (Sun 7 Feb) Commentary: Sara Orchard & Denis Hickie |
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Six Nations Rugby Union on BBC One
Friday 26 February Wales v France- John Inverdale introduces. Martyn Williams, Thomas Castaignede and Ali Williams will be offering expert analysis from the studio while Brian Moore and Jonathan Davies will be in the commentary box alongside Eddie Butler |
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Main points (of what I've seen this weekend)
- Guscott bloody terrible. - 0n IRE v WAL BBC HL's - O'Leary sounds like he hasn't done much co-comms. Wasn't very good based of the highlights show. - BBC Highlights show was excellent. - Not seen much of ITV coverage today, bits I've watched tonight - FAR too many voices/people. Obviously will split up a bit when they have two games a weekend but still too much. Should add plenty of good stuff on the whole pundits wise. - ITV coverage seems very England dominated (more than BBC) - a bit like their football coverage - almost trying to be 'home of England' with rights to both. - ITV titles/feel with the modern/cheesy/funky quite poor, not quite the neck hair raising Hans Zimmer. - ITV made no attempt to kinda have similar graphics theme to 6N/BBC style. I know the 6N in-game graphics are a 'world feed' but are very much BBC style on most part, maybe that was ITV's thinking to do something different. Also BBC had commentary on-site for the highlights game today with a reporter, ITV couldn't be bothered with a highlights show or decent highlights. 3-4 minute blatent solo-comm dubs on the Saturday games online. |
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- ITV made no attempt to kinda have similar graphics theme to 6N/BBC style. I know the 6N in-game graphics are a 'world feed' but are very much BBC style on most part, maybe that was ITV's thinking to do something different.
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Also BBC had commentary on-site for the highlights game today with a reporter, ITV couldn't be bothered with a highlights show or decent highlights. 3-4 minute blatent solo-comm dubs on the Saturday games online.
I think the highlights show is a rights issue – IIRC it's the channel that doesn't show the last game that gets to show a highlights show.Given that I guess ITV didn't see the point in doing anything more than what they would use online and as part of their build-up today. |
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Aviva Premiership Rugby – Friday 5 February (BT Sport 1)
Round 11 – Bath v Gloucester Craig Doyle at The Rec with Ugo Monye, Lawrence Dallaglio and David Flatman. Commentators: Nick Mullins, Lawrence Dallaglio & Ugo Monye Reporter: Sarra Elgan Aviva Premiership Rugby – Sunday 7 February (BT Sport 1) Round 11 – Exeter Chiefs v Saracens Craig Doyle in the studio with Lawrence Dallaglio and Chris Ashton. Commentators: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Ugo Monye Reporter: Sarra Elgan Aviva Premiership Rugby – Sunday 7 February (ITV) Round 11 Highlights Mark Durden-Smith at Sandy Park with David Flatman. HAR v NOR: Jonathan Harris-Bass BTH v GLO: Nick Mullins, Lawrence Dallaglio & Ugo Monye (as BT Sport) WAS v NEW: Richard Henwood (reporting) LEIC v SAL: Martin Gillingham EXE v SAR: Alastair Eykyn, Ben Kay & Ugo Monye (as BT Sport) LIR v WOR: Richard Henwood (reporting) Other full-match commentaries on premiershiprugby.tv: WAS v NEW: Dan Strange LEIC v SAL: Chris Sharples LIR v WOR: Martin Gillingham |
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Main points (of what I've seen this weekend)
- Guscott bloody terrible. - 0n IRE v WAL BBC HL's - O'Leary sounds like he hasn't done much co-comms. Wasn't very good based of the highlights show. - BBC Highlights show was excellent. Also BBC had commentary on-site for the highlights game today with a reporter, ITV couldn't be bothered with a highlights show or decent highlights. 3-4 minute blatent solo-comm dubs on the Saturday games online. I really agree with your point there, Guscott seems out of touch now. I did enjoy hearing Mike Tindall on the England vs Scotland game and for someone who hasnt done as much punditry he seemed a different level. Re O'Leary he sounded out of place, it didnt work even during highlights. Perhaps it will just be an experiment that just hasnt worked, either that or the BBC will persist with him for the rest of the 6N to see if he improves. |
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A few quotes from Mike Stephenson about his retirement
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/oth...t-season-abuse |
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