He'll be back for the Edinburgh V Ospreys game next Friday *I think*

Some more rugby news:-

Botham mentioned in his Mirror column today that they are commentating from a studio in England for the India v England cricket series due to Sky not stumping up a 500K facilitating fee on top of the money they have already paid for the rights

Good on Sky for digging there heels in, I expect the India board were expecting Sky to cave in last minute or come to some sort of arrangement

Scotland v South Africa - BBC One & BBC One HD

Presenter: John Inverdale
With: Chris Cusiter & Jonathan Davies
Commentators: Andrew Cotter & Andy Nicol
Pitchside: Jill Douglas & Chris Paterson

Ireland XV v Fiji - BBC Two & BBC HD

Presenter: Gabby Logan
With: Keith Wood & Jeremy Guscott
Commentators: Eddie Butler & Phillip Matthews
Pitchside: Sonja McLaughlan & Jerry Flannery

Over on RTE Two HD for Ireland v Fiji

Presenter: Tom McGurk
With: Brent Pope, Conor O'Shea & Donal Lenihan
Commentators: Ryle Nugent & Tony Ward
Reporter: Tracy Piggott

Saturday 24 November on RTE Two

Ireland v Argentina- Tom McGurk presents. With commentary by Ryle Nugent and Ralph Keyes, and analysis from Brent Pope, Conor O'Shea and George Hook

Friday 30 November on BBC 2 Wales

Ospreys v Blues- Ross Harries presents. With commentary by Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies, analysis from Gareth Thomas and Sean Holley, and pitchside reports from Phil Steele.

England v Australia

Presenter: Jason Mohammed
With: Lawrence Dallaglio
Commentators: Conor McNamara & Brian Moore

Darts: Players Championship- Next weekend on ITV 4

Presented by Matt Smith, with analysis by Chris Mason and Alan Warriner-Little, and commentary by Stuart Pyke and John Rawling.

Saturday 1 November on BBC

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

England v New Zealand. Jason Mohammad presents highlights. With commentary by Andrew Cotter and Lawrence Dallaglio.

Sunday 18th November - BBC Two Wales

Scrum V

Ross Harries presented alongside Jonathan Davies, Kingsley Jones and Gareth Thomas

Autumn Internationals
Wales v Samoa - Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies, with Phil Steele conducting post-match interviews
England v Australia - Conor McNamara and Brian Moore
Scotland v South Africa - Andrew Cotter and Andy Nicol

This week's features saw Ross Harries voice a montage surmising the reasons for Wales' slump in form and he also conducted an interview with All Blacks legend Sir Colin Meads, while Rick O'Shea and Jed Thian looked back on classic Wales v New Zealand moments to preview next Saturday's match. They also showed a snippet of Huw Edwards' interview with WRU Group Chief Executive Roger Lewis from BBC One Wales' The Wales Report.

They didn't show any clips from the Ireland XV v Fiji game for whatever reason, with the score captions left in (including the BBC Three dog on England v Australia) for brief edits of the other two games. It was about a 10 minute edit with 20 minutes of analysis on Wales v Samoa.

Some of the weekend's boxing...

Carl Froch v Yusaf Mack (Sky Sports)
Presenter: Dave Clark with Johnny Nelson, Glenn McCrory and Steve Collins
Commentators: Nick Halling and Jim Watt
Reporters: Ed Robinson and Andy Scott

Antonio DeMarco v Adrien Broner (HBO)
Commentators: Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and Roy Jones Jr with Harold Lederman

NFL Thanksgiving Special (Sky Sports)
Presenter: Kevin Cadle with Neil Reynolds and Cecil Martin

Houston @ Detroit
Commentators (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

Washington @ Dallas
Commentators (Fox): Joe Buck and Troy Aikman with Mike Pereira
Reporters (Fox): Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews

New England @ New York Jets
Commentators (NBC): Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
Reporter (NBC): Michele Tafoya

Friday 23rd November - BBC Two Wales and BBCi

Scrum V Live: Edinburgh v Ospreys

Ross Harries presenting from Murrayfield alongside Robert Jones and Tom Shanklin

Commentators: Gareth Charles and Scott Hastings

Red button commentators: Rick O'Shea and Jed Thian with the RedZone; Gareth Rhys Owen and Rhodri Gomer Davies in Welsh (both teams are working off-tube from Cardiff tonight)

Reporter: Phil Steele

Treviso v Ulster
Commentator: Jim Neilly

This was shown on freeview on 301 in Northern Ireland and on other platforms. They had no studio, reporters, half time analysis etc. like they would do for an Ulster home match and they just showed the match with Jim Neilly commentating presumably from BBC NI in Belfast. It was the like the snooker on the Red Button where during the interval they show the graphic of whos playing etc.

Saturday 24th November - BBC Two

Autumn International: Wales v New Zealand

John Inverdale presenting from the Millennium Stadium alongside Adam Jones, Zinzan Brooke and Jeremy Guscott

Commentators: Eddie Butler and Jonathan Davies

Reporter: Sonja McLaughlan, joined by Martyn Williams for pitchside analysis

For Ireland v Argentina earlier, John presented alongside Keith Wood and Jeremy in the Millennium Stadium studio. Andrew Cotter and Phillip Matthews commentated with Jill Douglas reporting.

And for S4C, it's Gareth Roberts at first hosting pitchside from the Millennium Stadium, with Gareth Davies, Gareth Edwards and Dafydd Jones with him for build up. Commentary from Huw Llewellyn Davies and Dr. Gwyn Jones, with Dot Davies pitchside reporter.

One day, Gareth Roberts will be so close to the Male Voice Choir that they'll smother him.

Abysmal Scotland v Tonga - BBC 1 Scotland

Dougie Vipond presented alongside Chris Paterson and Doddie 'as ever bright trousers' Weir

Comms: John Beattie and Andy Nicol.

Saturday 24th November - Primetime

Live Boxing: Ricky Hatton v Vyacheslav Senchenko

Paul Dempsey presented from the Manchester Evening News Arena alongside Ryan Rhodes and Paulie Malignaggi

Commentators: Ian Darke and Richie Woodhall

Dempsey conducted the post-fight interviews for Primetime. Andy Clarke commentated on this fight for the international feed.

To add to The Difference's post, Ronald McIntosh was also getting ringside interviews for Primetime.

Saturday 1 December on RTE Two

Leinster v Zebre- Daire O'Brien presents. With commentary by Ryle Nugent and Donal Lenihan, and analysis from Brent Pope, Mark McDermott and Shane Horgan

Munster V Scarlets (RaboDirect Pro12 RU)

S4C - Gareth Roberts hosting from their studio in Llandaf, with Dr. Gwyn Jones as analyst. Off-tube commentary from Cennydd Davies and Emyr Lewis, with Dot Davies brave enough to be out there as pitchside reporter. Going by his Twitter it's Gareth Rhys Owen doing solo English commentary.

Sunday 2 December on RTE Two

Scarlets v Ulster- Daire O'Brien presents. With commentary by Hugh Cahill and Conor O'Shea, and analysis from Donal Lenihan and Shane Horgan

Boxing on Channel 5:

Tyson Fury v Kevin Johnson. Mark Pougatch presents. Commentary by Dave Farrar and Richie Woodhall.

Kenny Anderson v James DeGale- Mark Pougatch presents. Commentary by Dave Farrar and Al Bernstein.

Statoil Masters Tennis on ITV4- John Inverdale presents, with commentary by Annabel Croft, Simon Reed and Chris Wilkinson.

As TheDiff and Tony have covered the big fight on Primetime, elsewhere in the English speaking world...

Ricky Hatton v Vyacheslav Senchenko (Showtime)
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo and Al Bernstein
Reporter (Primetime): Paul Dempsey

Ricky Hatton v Vyacheslav Senchenko (Al Jazeera Sports)
Presenter: Matt Smith with Duke McKenzie and Carl Froch
Commentator (International feed): Andy Clarke
Reporters (Primetime): Ian Darke, Ronald McIntosh and Paul Dempsey

Robert Guerrero v Andre Berto (HBO)
Commentators: Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr with Harold Lederman

Sunday 25th November - TSN (Canada), NBC Sports Network (USA) and ESPN America (Europe)

The CFL on TSN: 100th Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders v Toronto Argonauts

Dave Randorf presented from pitchside at the Rogers Centre alongside Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, Milt Stegall and Chris Schultz

Brian Williams presented the pre-game ceremonies, the half-time show and the trophy presentation from the field, with Matt Dunigan conducting interviews during the trophy presentation

Commentators: Chris Cuthbert and Glen Suitor

In-game analysis: Paul LaPolice provided his Coach's Playbook throughout the match; Doug Flutie joined Chris and Glen in the commentary box during the third quarter

Sideline reporters: Sara Orlesky (Stampeders) and Farhan Lalji (Argonauts)

TSN's Football Insider Dave Naylor was said to have some involvement in TSN's press release, with Bryan Mudryk and Kate Beirness presenting a CFL SportsCentre after the game (Murdryk hosted the half-time update). TSN's secondary CFL commentary team, Rod Black and Duane Forde, provided the national radio commentary for TSN and TEAM Radio (barring TSN Radio Toronto which took their local broadcast), with Jim Tatti hosting on the radio.

Sunday 25th November - BBC Two Wales

Scrum V

Ross Harries presented alongside Jonathan Davies, Kingsley Jones and Lyn Jones

Autumn Internationals
Wales v New Zealand - Eddie Butler and Jonathan Davies, with Sonja McLaughlan and S4C's Dot Davies conducting post-match interviews
England v South Africa - Alistair Bruce-Ball and Brian Moore
Scotland v Tonga - John Beattie and Andy Nicol
Ireland v Argentina - Andrew Cotter and Phillip Matthews

RaboDirect Pro12
Edinburgh v Ospreys - Gareth Charles and Scott Hastings
Munster v Scarlets - Gareth Rhys Owen
Round-up (including parts of the two above edits plus Newport Gwent Dragons v Connacht and Zebre v Cardiff Blues) - Phil Steele (reporting)

Even though eight games featured on this Sunday's Scrum V, they actually spent longer on Wales than they had done during the previous two weekend programmes, with a 15 minute edit, ten minutes of reaction and the best part of ten minutes previewing next Saturday's Wales v Australia game. This meant highlights of the other seven games were brief tries edits. The original scorebars including the clocks were left in on all four edits of the internationals, including Wales v New Zealand, although the BBC Three dog was removed from the England v South Africa edit.

No features this week but they closed the show with Jed Thian from the Alternative Rugby Commentary giving a rallying cry to Wales fans to get behind their team before the Australia game (he's a Kiwi!).

Friday 30th November - BBC Two Wales and BBCi

Scrum V Live: Ospreys v Cardiff Blues

Ross Harries presenting from the Liberty Stadium alongside Martyn Williams, with Sean Holley in the analysis truck

Commentators: Gareth Charles and Jonathan Davies

Red button commentators: Rick O'Shea, Gareth Llewellyn and Paul Williams with the RedZone; Gareth Rhys Owen and Dafydd Jones in Welsh

Reporter: Phil Steele

Saturday 1st December - BBC One

Autumn International: Wales v Australia

John Inverdale presented from the Millennium Stadium alongside Jonathan Davies and Jeremy Guscott

Commentators: Eddie Butler and Brian Moore

Reporter: Sonja McLaughlan, joined by Martyn Williams for pitchside analysis

What a gutting way to end the Autumn Internationals if you are a Wales fan.