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Edinburgh v. Leinster on Setanta Ireland
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EDF Energy Cup Final
Andrew Cotter & Brian Moore It was meant to be Eddie Butler but he injured himself doing DIY |
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Scarlets v. Ospreys on Setanta Ireland
John Forrest & Reggie Corrigan commentating Daire O'Brien presenting with Liam Toland & Neil Francis |
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Gloucester V Cardiff Blues EDF Energy Cup Final
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Scarlets v. Ospreys on Setanta Ireland
John Forrest & Reggie Corrigan commentating |
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Will it be Setanta Ireland only for the Irish teams (rugby union) tour to USA and Canada?
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Will it be Setanta Ireland only for the Irish teams (rugby union) tour to USA and Canada?
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I think so, but you should still be able to see it...
Setanta USA have also started showing domestic competitions as well. |
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Munster v. Connacht on Setanta Ireland
Connor Morris & Donal Lenihan commentating |
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Clermont Ferrand V Brive in the Top14 has Nigel Starmer-Smith on it in glorious 'widescreen' on British Eurosport 2.
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Munster v. Scarlets on Setanta Ireland
Daire O'Brien presenting with Liam Toland & Neil Francis Commentary from Connor Morris & Donal Lenihan |
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Must say I thought Simon Holt's call of the bet365 (nee Whitbread) Gold Cup at Sandown for Channel 4 was one of the all-time great voice-almost-breaking calls - not to mention it being a finish to match that of 25 years ago (hopefully some here will know of which I speak).
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Leinster v. Glasgow on Setanta Ireland
Daire O'Brien presenting with Liam Toland & Ciaran Fitzgerald Commentary from Connor Morris & Reggie Corrigan |
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Flora London Marathon, BBC1/2/i
Paul Dickenson, Steve Cram and Brendan Foster |
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From Friday night...
Munster v Scarlets on BBC Two Wales/BBCi Gareth Lewis presenting with Jonathan Davies and Lyn Jones in the Scrum V's Cardiff studio. Commentary from Gareth Charles and Stuart Davies. Rick O'Shea on Fanscene commentary for Freeview viewers. |
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I agree about Simon Holt yesterday. I commented to my girlfriend afterwards on some of the wording he used. He is a superb commentator.
Last night on Setanta on the boxing from Belfast, it was John Rawling and Richie Woodhall. That means that if those 2 do the Froch V Taylor fight for ITV tonight it must be off tube. |
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I agree about Simon Holt yesterday. I commented to my girlfriend afterwards on some of the wording he used. He is a superb commentator.
Racing commentary is one thing that's got steadily better as time's gone on. Of course those who do it have far better backup than they used to have, but when I listen to old commentaries, Peter O'Sullevan obviously excepted, they sound incredibly incompetent by modern standards - "very slow and a bit military" as Holt himself put it. |
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I've just caught a bit of the NHL Conference Q.Final game between New York Rangers and Washington Capitals on ESPN America, and notice an NBC Logo. Does this mean that NBC have the rights from the Q Finals or just that ESPN America are taking whatever feed they can?
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Must say I thought Simon Holt's call of the bet365 (nee Whitbread) Gold Cup at Sandown for Channel 4 was one of the all-time great voice-almost-breaking calls - not to mention it being a finish to match that of 25 years ago (hopefully some here will know of which I speak).
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I agree about Simon Holt yesterday. I commented to my girlfriend afterwards on some of the wording he used. He is a superb commentator.
He always seems to judge his commentary speed perfectly with the fluctuating pace of the race, just like Peter O'Sullivan used to. |
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Dragons v. Connacht on Setanta Ireland
Commentary from John Forrest & Liam Toland Busy weekend for Toland! |
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I've just caught a bit of the NHL Conference Q.Final game between New York Rangers and Washington Capitals on ESPN America, and notice an NBC Logo. Does this mean that NBC have the rights from the Q Finals or just that ESPN America are taking whatever feed they can?
They picked up NESN's coverage of the Yankees the other night, when on walked NBC's head Dick Ebersol. They had a really interesting chat with him over an innings, extracting from him the nugget that Evander Holyfield was due to light the torch at the Atlanta Olympics... but he had the final say and went for Ali... |
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I agree with you both, with the greatest of respect to Jim McGrath, Simon Holt is the best around and one of the best commentators in sport as a whole atm.
He always seems to judge his commentary speed perfectly with the fluctuating pace of the race, just like Peter O'Sullivan used to. My favourite Languid commentary was when Master Minded beat Voy Por Ustedes at Cheltenham last year. " He's making Voy Por Ustedes look ordinary. And he's not ordinary". Just thought that was such a great line to sum up how good Master Minded was that day. |
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Challenge Cup Semi on Sky Sports
Northampton v. Saracens Commentary from Will Chignell & Ieuan Evans |
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Thursday night - Magners League on BBC Two Wales/BBCi
Ospreys v Newport Gwent Dragons - Gareth Lewis presenting from the Liberty Stadium with Phil Davies and Stuart Davies. Commentary from Gareth Charles and Gareth Llewellyn. Pitchside reports from Phil Steele. |
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Thursday night - Magners League on BBC Two Wales/BBCi
Ospreys v Newport Gwent Dragons Suprised Setanta didn't take this (for some reason they showed a repeat of the NG Dragons V Connacht) The usual pairing of Lyn Davies and Deiniol Jones oedd yn sylwebbu yn gymraeg (was commentating in Welsh) |
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Wigan v St Helens - Super League Magic Weekend - Sky Sports
Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson, Phil Clarke and Brian Carmey all in the commentary box, with Bill Arthur as repoeter. Don't know who did the other games, if there was a different commentary team |
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