Counted 12 people to cover 2 games of rugby league and they could not even do a decent job of the quarter final draw. I have seen better presented meat raffles in my local club. Smart ar$e Wilkin at the centre of it as per usual .

Should have invited Keith Senior along. I'm sure it would've helped Wilkin focus on making a more balanced assessment of the teams' performances

yes maybe so ! half expected ' Chappers' to end up on the studio floor picking the balls up !

Who cares about the coverage? I don't watch the preamble and Switch off at half time. Been just watching the rugby since 90's.

Out of interest what do people expect from the draw etc? Thought the purpose was just to decide who meets who in next round, and that's were the excitement vibe from......am honestly bit baffled about people's expectations.....

I expect it to be done a bit more professionally , no wonder our game is ridiculed all the time.

I thought the studio discussion was good and the package was much better than in previous years. Little irked about the channel changing to get post match analysis, and the hiding of bits on the red button.

Didn't see the draw but frankly that's of less importance than the match & pre-/post- match analysis.

More RL on the BBC/terrestrial channels please!!!

I imagine it will have been a shock to the system for a few southerners tuning in to hear some fairly thick northern accents.That alone is worth it!

Not sure why Wilko is getting a lot of stick on here. He was passionate, speaks well, made some good points about the future of the game and the international scene (alongside John Kear).

Very glad people are verbalising the need for a specific international weekend too!

I don’t actually mind Wilkin as a pundit but it’s clear as day hes not got over Leeds beating Saints in so many finals

Wouldn't have it any other way

BBCs coverage and the presenters are far better on the BBC, to be honest.

I haven't watch a cup draw in years, so I couldn't care less about it.

I thought on general the coverage was pretty good. Won is a pretty decent pundit and speaks well.

The draw was laughable though. I wouldn't normally watch it, but it was on at half time, and I was cringing. The worst of it was the draw being bigged up during commentary

Maybe they could all wear flat caps and have a whippet each on the next programme. BBC would just love that.

I agree and posted on the other thread how poor it was especially the draw having Chappers do it whilst Wilkin was trying to show him up.
Wane talking like he`s wheeltappers and shunters, Kear thinking he`s Eddie Waring and JJB made it a class production indeed,

Wilkin spends too much on the BBC (in particular) trying to be funny and less so as the informed pundit he is capable of being.

It's all well and good bringing in ex-players for their unique insight, but there's a balance between hearing about their own experiences and what they actually know about the game in 2021. Sky are much better with this (IMO) than the BBC which seems fixated on presenting RL as stuck in the past, revelling in all the clips from yesteryear. I was disappointed by the lack of attention to detail from the so-called knowledgeable pundits (Peacock wasn't at his best either), and read more insightful comment on this forum. Someone with Jon Wells' level of analysis would have greatly improved the BBC coverage.